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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright (C) 2009  Glen Pitt-Pladdy
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+#
+#
+
+CACHETIME = 30
+CACHEFILE = '/tmp/apache-snmp'
+
+# check for cache file newer CACHETIME seconds ago
+import os
+import time
+if os.path.isfile ( CACHEFILE ) \
+	and ( time.time() - os.stat ( CACHEFILE )[8] ) < CACHETIME:
+	# use cached data
+	f = open ( CACHEFILE, 'r' )
+	data = f.read()
+	f.close()
+else:
+	# grab the status URL (fresh data)
+	# need debian package python-urlgrabber
+	from urlgrabber import urlread
+	data = urlread ( 'http://localhost/server-status?auto',
+					user_agent = 'SNMP Apache Stats' )
+	# write file
+	f = open ( CACHEFILE+'.TMP.'+`os.getpid()`, 'w' )
+	f.write ( data )
+	f.close()
+	os.rename ( CACHEFILE+'.TMP.'+`os.getpid()`, CACHEFILE )
+
+
+# dice up the data
+scoreboardkey = [ '_', 'S', 'R', 'W', 'K', 'D', 'C', 'L', 'G', 'I', '.' ]
+params = {}
+for line in data.splitlines():
+	fields = line.split( ': ' )
+	if fields[0] == 'Scoreboard':
+		# count up the scoreboard into states
+		states = {}
+		for state in scoreboardkey:
+				states[state] = 0
+		for state in fields[1]:
+			states[state] += 1
+	elif fields[0] == 'Total kBytes':
+		# turn into base (byte) value
+		params[fields[0]] = int(fields[1])*1024
+	else:
+		# just store everything else
+		params[fields[0]] = fields[1]
+
+# output the data in order (this is because some platforms don't have them all)
+dataorder = [
+	'Total Accesses',
+	'Total kBytes',
+	'CPULoad',
+	'Uptime',
+	'ReqPerSec',
+	'BytesPerSec',
+	'BytesPerReq',
+	'BusyWorkers',
+	'IdleWorkers'
+]
+for param in dataorder:
+	try:
+		print params[param]
+#                print param
+	except:	# not all Apache's have all stats
+		print 'U'
+
+# print the scoreboard
+for state in scoreboardkey:
+	print states[state]
+#	print state