create reusable function for the command getting

index.html

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <header>
     <h1>TL;DR</h1>
     <h2>too log didn't read</h2>
-    <small>Some temp debug info: This log was generated on 2024-03-18 20:31:58.328818, the next will be available after 2024-03-18 23:31:58.328818. I now have 18 logs generated! </small>
+    <small>Some temp debug info: This log was generated on 2024-03-18 20:48:33.398733, the next will be available after 2024-03-18 23:48:33.398733. I now have 25 logs generated! </small>
   </header>
   <nav class="slider slider--top">
     <label for="time">time</label>
@@ -49,13 +49,7 @@
 Mar 18 17:39:07 chopchop python3[10827]: lp: No file in print request.
 Mar 18 17:39:07 chopchop python3[10812]: request id is hp-color-laserjet-cp5225-16 (1 file(s))
 Mar 18 17:39:06 chopchop systemd[1]: Started kitchen-stove.service - Kitchen Stove Service.
-Mar 18 17:38:33 chopchop systemd[1]: Started kitchen-bin.service - Kitchen Bin Service.
+Mar 18 17:38:33 chopchop systemd[1]: Started kitchen-bin.service - Kitchen Bin Service.</p>
-</p>
-
-        end0:
-        -s
-        addressq
-        ip addr show eth0 | awk '$1 == "inet" {gsub(/\/.*$/, "", $2); print $2}'
 
         <pre>uptime -s</pre>
         <p>2024-03-18 07:51:34</p>
@@ -81,14 +75,13 @@ Mar 18 17:38:33 chopchop systemd[1]: Started kitchen-bin.service - Kitchen Bin S
         <hr />
         <pre>users_created_today</pre>
         <p>-- No entries --
-
           
           <span class="annotation fn-annotatation" level="1">
             A level 1 annotation for users_created_today
           </span>
           
         <pre>list_active_services</pre>
-        <p> [ - ]  alsa-utils
+        <p>[ - ]  alsa-utils
  [ - ]  apparmor
  [ + ]  atop
  [ + ]  atopacct
@@ -125,7 +118,6 @@ Mar 18 17:38:33 chopchop systemd[1]: Started kitchen-bin.service - Kitchen Bin S
  [ + ]  udev
  [ - ]  uuidd
  [ - ]  x11-common
-
           
           <span class="annotation fn-annotatation" level="1">
             A level 1 annotation for list_active_services
@@ -229,7 +221,6 @@ ssl-cert:x:127:
 scanner:x:128:saned
 saned:x:129:
 colord:x:130:
-
           
           <span class="annotation fn-annotatation" level="1">
             A level 1 annotation for list_groups
@@ -305,7 +296,6 @@ colord:x:130:
           
         <pre>debian_version</pre>
         <p>12.1
-
           
           <span class="annotation fn-annotatation" level="1">
             A level 1 annotation for debian_version
@@ -313,7 +303,6 @@ colord:x:130:
           
         <pre>kernel_version</pre>
         <p>Linux chopchop 6.1.65-v8+ #1703 SMP PREEMPT Tue Dec  5 16:25:41 GMT 2023 aarch64 GNU/Linux
-
           
           <span class="annotation fn-annotatation" level="1">
             A level 1 annotation for kernel_version
@@ -331,7 +320,7 @@ colord:x:130:
   <script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript">
     window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () {
-      var nextDate = new Date("2024-03-18 23:31:58.328818");
+      var nextDate = new Date("2024-03-18 23:48:33.398733");
       var now = new Date();
       var ms = nextDate - now;
       console.log("start a timeout in , ", ms);

script.py

@@ -9,29 +9,31 @@ amount_of_logs = len(fnmatch.filter(os.listdir("./logs"), '*.html'))
 now = datetime.today()
 next_report = now + timedelta(hours=3)
 
+def run_command(command, based = False):
+    result = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True, input=based)
+    result.check_returncode()
+    return result.stdout.decode('UTF-8').strip()
+    
 last_user_added = subprocess.run(["sudo", "journalctl","_COMM=useradd","-r","-n", "1" , "--output-fields=MESSAGE"], capture_output=True)
-last_user_added_name = subprocess.run(['grep', '-Po', "(?<=name)\W*\K[^ ]*"], input=last_user_added.stdout, capture_output=True).stdout.decode('UTF-8').strip()
+last_user_added_name = run_command(['grep', '-Po', "(?<=name)\W*\K[^ ]*"], based=last_user_added.stdout)
 
-users_created_today = subprocess.run(["sudo", "journalctl", "-S","today","_COMM=useradd","-r","-n","1","--output-fields=MESSAGE"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode('UTF-8')
+users_created_today = run_command(["sudo", "journalctl", "-S","today","_COMM=useradd","-r","-n","1","--output-fields=MESSAGE"])
-list_active_services = subprocess.run(["sudo", "service", "--status-all"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode('UTF-8')
+
-list_groups = subprocess.run(["getent","group"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode('UTF-8')
+
-since_last_boot = subprocess.run(["uptime","-s"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode('UTF-8').strip()
+since_last_boot = run_command(["uptime","-s"])
 slb_date = datetime.strptime(since_last_boot, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
 time_since_last_boot = now - slb_date
+
 list_package_installs = subprocess.run(["grep", 'install', "/var/log/dpkg.log"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode('UTF-8')
 list_package_upgrade = subprocess.run(["grep", 'upgrade', "/var/log/dpkg.log"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode('UTF-8')
 list_package_remove = subprocess.run(["grep", 'remove', "/var/log/dpkg.log"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode('UTF-8')
+
 device_info_grab = subprocess.run(["grep", 'Model' , "/proc/cpuinfo"], check=True, capture_output=True)
-device_info = subprocess.run(['awk', '-F:', '{ print $2}'], input=device_info_grab.stdout, capture_output=True).stdout.decode('utf-8').strip()
+device_info = run_command(['awk', '-F:', '{ print $2}'], based=device_info_grab.stdout)
 
 ip_address_show = subprocess.run(["ip", "addr", "show", "end0"], check=True, capture_output=True)
-ip_address = subprocess.run(['awk', '$1 == "inet" {gsub(/\/.*$/, "", $2); print $2}' ], input=ip_address_show.stdout, capture_output=True).stdout.decode('utf-8').strip()
+ip_address = run_command(['awk', '$1 == "inet" {gsub(/\/.*$/, "", $2); print $2}' ], based=ip_address_show.stdout)
-
+kitchen_services = run_command(["sudo", "journalctl", "-S", "today", "-u", "kitchen-stove.service", "-u", "kitchen-bin.service", "-u", "kitchen-fridge.service", "-r", "-n"])
-debian_version = subprocess.run(["cat", "/etc/debian_version"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode('UTF-8')
-kernel_version = subprocess.run(["uname","-a"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode('UTF-8')
-hostname = subprocess.run(["hostname","-i"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode('UTF-8')
-
-kitchen_services = subprocess.run(["sudo", "journalctl", "-S", "today", "-u", "kitchen-stove.service", "-u", "kitchen-bin.service", "-u", "kitchen-fridge.service", "-r", "-n"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode('UTF-8')
 
 # loading the environment
 env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader("templates"))
@@ -47,19 +49,19 @@ output = template.render(
     last_user_added=last_user_added.stdout.decode('UTF-8'),
     last_user_added_name=last_user_added_name,
     users_created_today=users_created_today,
-    list_active_services=list_active_services,
-    list_groups=list_groups,
     since_last_boot=since_last_boot,
     list_package_installs=list_package_installs,
     list_package_upgrade=list_package_upgrade,
     list_package_remove=list_package_remove,
     device_info=device_info,
-    debian_version=debian_version,
-    kernel_version=kernel_version,
-    hostname=hostname,
     days_since_last_boot = time_since_last_boot.days,
     kitchen_services = kitchen_services,
-    ip_address = ip_address
+    ip_address = ip_address,
+    list_groups = run_command(["getent","group"]),
+    list_active_services = run_command(["sudo", "service", "--status-all"]),
+    debian_version = run_command(["cat", "/etc/debian_version"]),
+    kernel_version = run_command(["uname","-a"]),
+    hostname = run_command(["hostname","-i"])
 )
 
 log_file_name = "logs/log_" + now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S") + ".html"