filecat plugin: a simple plugin to read file contents

plugins/filecat.py

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+import plugins
+
+
+FILECAT_DEFAULTS = {
+    'filename': '/etc/hostname', 'title': 'CAT',
+    'freq': 60, 'nofile': 'unavailable'
+}
+
+
+class PluginThread(plugins.PluginThreadCommon):
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        super(PluginThread, self).__init__(config, FILECAT_DEFAULTS)
+        self.hide = False
+        self.format_status(self.conf['title'], False)
+
+    def format_status(self, contents, urgent):
+        self.status['urgent'] = urgent
+        self.status['full_text'] = self.conf['title'] + ': ' + contents
+
+    def main(self):
+        try:
+            with open(self.conf['filename'], 'r') as datafile:
+                contents = datafile.read().strip()
+            urgent = False
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            contents = self.conf['nofile']
+            urgent = True
+        self.format_status(contents, urgent)