zulip/scripts/nagios/cron_file_helper.py

import time
from typing import Tuple


def nagios_from_file(results_file: str) -> Tuple[int, str]:
    """Returns a nagios-appropriate string and return code obtained by
    parsing the desired file on disk. The file on disk should be of format

    %s|%s % (timestamp, nagios_string)

    This file is created by various nagios checking cron jobs such as
    check-rabbitmq-queues and check-rabbitmq-consumers"""

    try:
        with open(results_file) as f:
            data = f.read().strip()
    except FileNotFoundError:
        state = 'UNKNOWN'
        ret = 3
        data = "Results file is missing"
    else:
        pieces = data.split('|')

        if not len(pieces) == 4:
            state = 'UNKNOWN'
            ret = 3
            data = "Results file malformed"
        else:
            timestamp = int(pieces[0])

            time_diff = time.time() - timestamp
            if time_diff > 60 * 2:
                ret = 3
                state = 'UNKNOWN'
                data = "Results file is stale"
            else:
                ret = int(pieces[1])
                state = pieces[2]
                data = pieces[3]

    return (ret, f"{state}: {data}")