Get server status from Uptime Robot

uptime_robot.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import urllib2
import json


API_KEY = ''   # for a single monitor
API_QUERY = 'https://api.uptimerobot.com/getMonitors?apiKey={}&format=json&noJsonCallback=1'


def get_response():
    page = urllib2.urlopen(API_QUERY.format(API_KEY))
    response = json.loads(page.read())
    page.close()
    return response['monitors']['monitor'][0]['status']   # '2' is good, '8' and '9' are bad