ps_backprocess.py

from esmond_client.perfsonar.query import ApiConnect, ApiFilters
import datetime
filters = ApiFilters()

filters.ssl_verify = False
host = 'https://psmsu01.aglt2.org'
time_start = datetime.datetime.now()
time_end = datetime.datetime.now()

f = open("results.csv", 'w')
while time_start > datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(hours=6):
    results = 0
    time_end = time_start
    time_start = time_start - datetime.timedelta(seconds=10)
    filters.time_start = int(time_start.strftime("%s"))
    filters.time_end = int(time_end.strftime("%s"))
    conn = ApiConnect(host, filters)
    metadata = conn.get_metadata()
    # Results is the number of metadata
    # 1 metadata = 1 src + 1 dest + 1 test.
    for md in metadata:
        results += 1
    f.write("{},{}\n".format(int(time_start.strftime("%s")), results))
    print "{},{}".format(int(time_start.strftime("%s")), results)

f.close()