Fetch monit XML status URL content, transform it to JSON and display a status report

getmonit.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import requests
import xmltodict
import json
import os
import sys

with open('{0}/.getmonitrc'.format(os.path.expanduser('~'))) as f:
    cf = json.loads(f.read())

red = u'\033[1;31m'
green = u'\033[1;32m'

okkomatch = [
    { 'bold': u'\u2714', 'normal': u'\t\u2713' },
    { 'bold': u'\u2718', 'normal': u'\t\u2717' } 
]

color = [ green , red ]

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    arg = sys.argv[1]
else:
    arg = ''

def okko_print(okko, bold, text):

        if okko != 0: okko = 1

        sys.stdout.write(color[okko])
        sys.stdout.write(okkomatch[okko][bold])
        # restore normal color
        sys.stdout.write('\033[1;0m')

        print('  {0}'.format(text))

def check_status(item):
    if float(item['responsetime']) < 0.0:
        return -1
    else:
        return 0

globstatus = 0

for site in cf:
    s = cf[site]
    r = requests.get(s['url'], auth=(s['user'], s['passwd']))
    
    allstat = json.loads(json.dumps(xmltodict.parse(r.text)['monit']))
    
    services = allstat['service']
    status = {}

    if arg and arg == 'dump':
        print(json.dumps(allstat))
        sys.exit(0)

    for service in services:
        name = service['name']
        status[name] = { 'status': int(service['status']), 'check': {} }

        if 'icmp' in service:
            status[name]['check']['icmp'] = {
                'status': check_status(service['icmp'])
            }

        if 'port' in service:
            if type(service['port']) is not list:
                service['port'] = [service['port']]

            status[name]['check']['port'] = {}

            for port in service['port']:
                portnum = port['portnumber']
                status[name]['check']['port'][portnum] = {
                    'responsetime': port['responsetime'],
                    'protocol': port['protocol'],
                    'type': port['type'],
                    'hostname': port['hostname'],
                    'status': check_status(port)
                }

        if status[name]['status'] != 0:
            globstatus = '-1'

        # display

        if 'v' in arg:
            okko_print(status[name]['status'], 'bold', name)

        if 'vv' in arg and 'check' in status[name]:
            for check in status[name]['check']:
                if 'icmp' in check:
                    okko_print(
                        status[name]['check']['icmp']['status'],
                        'normal',
                        'icmp'
                    )
                if 'port' in check:
                    for port in status[name]['check']['port']:
                        okko_print(
                            status[name]['check']['port'][port]['status'],
                            'normal',
                            'port {0}/{1}'.format(
                                port,
                                status[name]['check']['port'][port]['protocol']
                            )
                        )

if not arg:
    okko_print(globstatus, 'bold', 'global status')

Hey, I found very useful and adapted it at https://github.com/adriaaah/monit-dashboard

Hi,
years later ;)

i made a use case where, instead of going to grab data from a monitored VM where monit is started...
I made a hook which receive data from the monitored VM like that

PAYLOAD=$(curl -XGET http://$MONIT_ADMIN:$MONIT_ADMIN_PASS@$MONIT_SERVER:2812/_status?format=xml -H "Accept: application/xml") && curl -s -XPOST --data-binary "$PAYLOAD" $URL -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -H "Accept: application/xml"

then, when the data are receive on the server part I enchain with

allstat = json.loads(json.dumps(xmltodict.parse(r.text)['monit']))

Or if I want to send just the status of ONE probe I did

PAYLOAD="{\"data_collected\": \"${MONIT_TIMESTAMP}\", \"server\": \"${MONIT_HOST}\", \"service\": \"${SERVICE}\", \"status_string\": \"${MONIT_DESCRIPTION}\" , \"status\": \"${STATUS}\", \"type\": \"server\"}"
curl -s -X POST --data-urlencode "$PAYLOAD" $URL

cheers