How to get rnstatus results into status.md page ?

[fotografm]

Hi, I have searched around and have not yet found out how to do the above. My Nomadnet node successfully serves up index.mu but I cannot find out how to create the status.md page to link to from index.mu.

[kc1awv]

You need to write some python in the .mu file and make it executable. Here's a basic example:

#!/path/to/python3
import subprocess
import os

rnstatus = subprocess.getoutput("/path/to/rnstatus")

print(">rnstatus")
print(rnstatus)

[faragher]

The whole shebang, or the whole crunchbang? 😆

I'll see myself out.

[fotografm]

Am almost there thanks to your help. I fixed an ownership problem with the .mu files and using Ubuntu the path I need is
#!/usr/bin/python3
The status.mu page when viewed in MeshChat on another machine now reports
/bin/sh: 1: /.local/bin/rnstatus: not found
I entered /.local/bin/rnstatus myself and am not finding a more correct location for it

[kc1awv]

You'll need to make sure that the script is running on the same machine as what is running rns. I assume it is, but you never know... 😄

Make sure you put the whole path for rnstatus in the file. For example, if it's located in /home/user/.local/bin/rnstatus put that in.

/bin/sh: 1: /.local/bin/rnstatus: not found

What's happening here is that the script is looking for the rnstatus program against the root of the filesystem, / and not where it may actually be. Putting the whole path is more betterer.

[fotografm]

That did it. It now works and I have learned some Python on the fly. Thank you to everyone who contributed !
To summarise: in status.mu the first line has to be
#!/usr/bin/python3
The file status.mu needs the attributes
-rwxrwx--- 1 user user
Set the full path name to rnstatus in status.mu:
rnstatus = subprocess.getoutput("/home/user/.local/bin/rnstatus")

[kc1awv]

If you mark the answer, it will help out anyone else that might be looking for the same question.

Glad to help!