a functional ping plugin, but needs moar exceptions and sanity checks

conf.ini

@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 [main]
 
+[ping_ext]
+plugin = ping
+hosts = de-ber-as20647.anchors.atlas.ripe.net,nl-ams-as1101.anchors.atlas.ripe.net,uk-boh-as196745.anchors.atlas.ripe.net
+title = NET:
+
+[ping_local]
+plugin = ping
+hosts = 127.0.0.1,127.0.0.2
+title = LOCAL:
+
 [day]
 plugin = date
-color = red
+color = #FF0000
 format = %%A %%d
 
 [time]
 plugin = date
-format = %%H:%%M
+format = %%H:%%M

plugins/date.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import time
 
 
-def run(config, section):
+def execute(config, section):
     fmt = config.get(section, 'format')
     result = dict()
     if config.has_option(section, 'color'):

plugins/ping.py

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import os
+import random
+import time
+import threading
+
+
+class ConnTest(threading.Thread):
+    def __init__(self, threadID, name):
+        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
+        self.threadID = threadID
+        self.name = name
+        self.hosts = list()
+        self.status = 'n/a'
+        self.freq = int()
+
+    def configure(self, hosts, freq=5):
+        self.hosts = hosts.split(',')
+        self.freq = freq
+
+    def run(self):
+        global is_running
+        is_running = True
+        while True:
+            random.shuffle(self.hosts)
+            try:
+                for host in self.hosts:
+                    fping = 'fping -q -c1 -t100 ' + host + ' &>/dev/null'
+                    response = os.system(fping)
+                    if response == 0:
+                        self.status = 'on'
+                        break
+                    self.status = 'off'
+
+            except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
+                break
+            time.sleep(self.freq)
+
+is_running = False
+ping_object = ConnTest(1, 'test_network')
+
+
+def execute(config, section):
+    result = dict()
+    global ping_object
+    if is_running is False:
+        ping_object.configure(config.get(section, 'hosts'), 10)
+        ping_object.start()
+    result['full_text'] = config.get(section, 'title') + ' ' + ping_object.status
+    return result

vdstatus.py

@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ def run_plugins():
             continue
         plugin_name = '.' + configuration.get(section, 'plugin')
         plugin_module = importlib.import_module(plugin_name, 'plugins')
-        outputs.append(plugin_module.run(configuration, section))
-    print(json.dumps(outputs) + ',')
+        outputs.append(plugin_module.execute(configuration, section))
+    return outputs

vdstatus_i3

@@ -1 +1,12 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3 -u
+#!/usr/bin/python3 -u
+import json
+import vdstatus
+import time
+
+
+print('{"version":1}')
+print('[')
+while True:
+    output = vdstatus.run_plugins()
+    print(json.dumps(output) + ',')
+    time.sleep(1)