uptime-robot-adder.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import requests
import sys
import csv
import urllib

API_KEY = ""
ENDPOINT_URL = "https://api.uptimerobot.com/v2/newMonitor"
HEADERS = {
    'cache-control': "no-cache",
    'content-type': "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
    }

if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    print "This script needs to be passed only the CSV path, try again."
    sys.exit(1)

# read in from CSV what we need to add
csv_path = sys.argv[1]
with open(csv_path, 'rb') as csv_file:
    reader = csv.DictReader(csv_file, delimiter=',', dialect=csv.excel_tab)
    for row in reader:
        friendly_name_status = urllib.quote_plus(row['Website'].rstrip() + " - HTTP Status")
        friendly_name_content = urllib.quote_plus(row['Website'].rstrip() + " - Content")
        url = urllib.quote_plus(row['URL'].rstrip())
        keyword_value = row['Monitor Word'].rstrip()
        keyword_type = "2" # type = alert on keyword not found
        interval = "180" # in seconds
        alert_contacts = "2585519_0_0-2586654_5_0" # syntax is contactid_threshold_recurrence-
        mwindows = "14904"

        # first add the HTTP status code monitor - type 1 and value case sensitive
        payload = "api_key=" + API_KEY + "&format=json&type=1&url=" + url + "&friendly_name=" + friendly_name_status + "&interval=" + interval + "&alert_contacts=" + alert_contacts + "&mwindows=" + mwindows
        print "Creating monitor for %s - http status..." % row['Website']
        response = requests.request("POST", ENDPOINT_URL, data=payload, headers=HEADERS) 
        print response.text

        # now add the keyword monitor - type 2
        payload = "api_key=" + API_KEY + "&format=json&type=2&url=" + url + "&friendly_name=" + friendly_name_content + "&interval=" + interval + "&alert_contacts=" + alert_contacts + "&mwindows=" + mwindows + "&keyword_value=" + keyword_value + "&keyword_type=" + keyword_type
        print "Creating monitor for %s - content..." % row['Website']
        response = requests.request("POST", ENDPOINT_URL, data=payload, headers=HEADERS)
        print response.text