A simple python http server writing out load average and number of cpu:s.

http_top_server.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import BaseHTTPServer, os, multiprocessing

class TopHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/plain')
        self.end_headers()
        self.wfile.write(str(os.getloadavg()[0]) + "," + str(multiprocessing.cpu_count()))

def main():
    try:
        port = 18373
        server = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('', port), TopHandler)
        print 'Started httpserver on port', port
        server.serve_forever()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print '^C received, shutting down server'
        server.socket.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()