Find and build latest spigot minecraft server, suitable for daily or periodic build

build_latest_spigot.sh

#!/bin/bash
latest=$(python find_latest_spigot.py)
stored_latest=$(<latest.txt)
echo Last stored Spigot version $stored_latest
if [ $stored_latest == $latest ]; then
  echo Latest version $latest remains unchanged, not building.
else
  echo Building Spigot version $latest
  echo $latest > latest.txt
  java -Xmx1024M -jar BuildTools.jar --output-dir ./daily_build/ --rev $latest
fi

find_latest_spigot.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import requests

url = 'https://mcmirror.io/api/file/spigot/spigot-latest.jar'


resp = requests.get(url = url)
data = resp.json()

print(data["mc_version"])