Module code.cgi-bin.getLog

#!/usr/bin/env python3.4
'''
Author: Jonathan Rotter

Fetches today's websocket log
for debugging `server2020.py`.
Each websocket log has the date in its name.
Access using `/cgi-bin/getLog.py`
'''

import time


def getDateISO8601():
    '''
    Gets the current local time and returns in the format YYYY-MM-DD

    Return:
        date: date in the format YYYY-MM-DD
    '''
    tmp = time.localtime()
    return '{}-{:0>2}-{:0>2}'.format(tmp.tm_year, tmp.tm_mon, tmp.tm_mday)


# Print header specifying file type
print("Content-type: text/html\n\n")

date = getDateISO8601()
try:
    # Open and read websocket log file
    f = open('/var/log/MATE/websocket{}.log'.format(date), 'r')
    raw = f.read()
    f.close()

    # Replace the char '\n' with html's line break <br>
    raw = raw.replace('\n', '<br>')

    # Send file contents to sys.stdout,
    # which sends it to be displayed on the webpage
    print(raw)
except FileNotFoundError as e:
    # Error Reporting
    print(e)