poll for escalations

# Warning: I have not tested this
import requests
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

api_key = '(Your API Key)'
username = '(Your API Username)'
password = '(Your API Password)'
header = {
    'x-api-key': api_key
}
base_url = 'https://api.perch.rocks/v1'
auth_url = base_url + '/auth/access_token'
escalated_status = 4
escalated_alerts_url = f'{base_url}/alerts?status={escalated_status}'
poll_minutes = 10
last_poll = datetime.now()


def authenticate():
    # Authenticate the user and set the auth token header
    auth_url = base_url + '/auth/access_token'
    req_body = {
        'username': username,
        'password': password
    }
    res = requests.post(auth_url, data=req_body, headers=header)
    res_body = res.json()
    header['Authorization'] = 'Bearer ' + res_body['access_token']


def main():
    authenticate()

    while True:
        now = datetime.now()
        if now < last_poll + timedelta(minutes=poll_minutes):
            continue

        url = f'{escalated_alerts_url}&status_updated_at__gte={last_poll.isoformat()}'
        res = requests.get(url, headers=header)

        if not res.ok:
            print('There was some error with fetching escalations')

        data = res.json()
        #TODO: do things with data.

        last_poll = now


main()