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+ Mithal Monitor Dashboard
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Mithal.space monitoring
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Live uptime and latency dashboard
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This page reads metrics.json, summarizes the last 24 hours, and refreshes automatically every 60 seconds.
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Uptime percentage (24h)
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Latest HTTP latency
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Latest DNS lookup time
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SSL expiration date
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Latest search response time
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+ Latest 10 monitoring records
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diff --git a/q5-mithal-monitor/metrics.json b/q5-mithal-monitor/metrics.json
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+[
+ {
+ "timestamp": "2026-07-29T02:43:55.590275+00:00",
+ "latency_ms": 737.47,
+ "status_code": 200,
+ "uptime": true,
+ "ssl_valid": null,
+ "ssl_valid_error": "SSL certificate does not expose an expiration date",
+ "ssl_expiry": null,
+ "ssl_expiry_error": "SSL certificate does not expose an expiration date",
+ "dns_lookup_ms": 48.09,
+ "search_response_ms": 769.37
+ },
+ {
+ "timestamp": "2026-07-29T02:44:09.531381+00:00",
+ "latency_ms": 705.17,
+ "status_code": 200,
+ "uptime": true,
+ "ssl_valid": true,
+ "ssl_expiry": "2026-09-15T13:10:47+00:00",
+ "dns_lookup_ms": 48.28,
+ "search_response_ms": 763.97
+ },
+ {
+ "timestamp": "2026-07-29T02:46:01.686895+00:00",
+ "latency_ms": 708.52,
+ "status_code": 200,
+ "uptime": true,
+ "ssl_valid": true,
+ "ssl_expiry": "2026-09-15T13:10:47+00:00",
+ "dns_lookup_ms": 47.78,
+ "search_response_ms": 750.01
+ }
+]
diff --git a/q5-mithal-monitor/monitor.py b/q5-mithal-monitor/monitor.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
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+"""Collect availability metrics for https://mithal.space every minute."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import socket
+import ssl
+import sys
+import time
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from html.parser import HTMLParser
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+import tempfile
+from urllib import parse, request
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+
+TARGET_URL = "https://mithal.space"
+METRICS_FILE = Path(__file__).with_name("metrics.json")
+USER_AGENT = "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MithalMonitor/1.0)"
+
+
+@dataclass
+class SearchConfig:
+ """Discovered search request details from the homepage."""
+
+ action_url: str
+ method: str
+ query_param: str
+ fixed_params: dict[str, str]
+
+
+class SearchFormParser(HTMLParser):
+ """Extract candidate search forms from the homepage HTML."""
+
+ def __init__(self) -> None:
+ super().__init__()
+ self.forms: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+ self._current_form: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+
+ def handle_starttag(self, tag: str, attrs: list[tuple[str, str | None]]) -> None:
+ attributes = {key.lower(): value for key, value in attrs}
+
+ if tag.lower() == "form":
+ self._current_form = {
+ "action": attributes.get("action", ""),
+ "method": (attributes.get("method") or "GET").upper(),
+ "inputs": [],
+ }
+ return
+
+ if self._current_form is not None and tag.lower() == "input":
+ self._current_form["inputs"].append(
+ {
+ "type": (attributes.get("type") or "text").lower(),
+ "name": attributes.get("name", ""),
+ "value": attributes.get("value", ""),
+ }
+ )
+
+ def handle_endtag(self, tag: str) -> None:
+ if tag.lower() == "form" and self._current_form is not None:
+ self.forms.append(self._current_form)
+ self._current_form = None
+
+
+def now_iso() -> str:
+ return datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
+
+
+def http_get(url: str, timeout: int = 20) -> tuple[float, int, bytes]:
+ """Perform a full HTTP GET and return latency, status code, and body."""
+
+ started_at = time.perf_counter()
+ req = request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": USER_AGENT})
+
+ with request.urlopen(req, timeout=timeout) as response:
+ body = response.read()
+ latency_ms = (time.perf_counter() - started_at) * 1000
+ return latency_ms, int(response.status), body
+
+
+def fetch_homepage_html(base_url: str) -> str:
+ req = request.Request(base_url, headers={"User-Agent": USER_AGENT})
+ with request.urlopen(req, timeout=20) as response:
+ return response.read().decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+
+
+def discover_search_config(base_url: str) -> SearchConfig:
+ """Inspect the homepage and derive the real search request shape."""
+
+ homepage_html = fetch_homepage_html(base_url)
+ parser = SearchFormParser()
+ parser.feed(homepage_html)
+
+ for form in parser.forms:
+ action = (form.get("action") or "").strip()
+ method = (form.get("method") or "GET").upper()
+ inputs = form.get("inputs") or []
+
+ query_input = None
+ fixed_params: dict[str, str] = {}
+
+ for input_item in inputs:
+ input_name = (input_item.get("name") or "").strip()
+ input_type = (input_item.get("type") or "text").lower()
+ input_value = input_item.get("value") or ""
+
+ if not input_name:
+ continue
+
+ if input_type in {"text", "search", "url", "email", "tel", "hidden"} and query_input is None:
+ if input_type != "hidden":
+ query_input = input_name
+
+ if input_type == "hidden" and input_value:
+ fixed_params[input_name] = input_value
+
+ if query_input is None:
+ for input_item in inputs:
+ input_name = (input_item.get("name") or "").strip()
+ input_type = (input_item.get("type") or "text").lower()
+ if input_name and input_type != "hidden":
+ query_input = input_name
+ break
+
+ if query_input and ("search" in action.lower() or any("search" in (item.get("name") or "").lower() for item in inputs)):
+ return SearchConfig(
+ action_url=parse.urljoin(base_url, action or "/search"),
+ method=method,
+ query_param=query_input,
+ fixed_params=fixed_params,
+ )
+
+ return SearchConfig(
+ action_url=parse.urljoin(base_url, "/search"),
+ method="GET",
+ query_param="q",
+ fixed_params={},
+ )
+
+
+def measure_dns_lookup(hostname: str) -> float:
+ started_at = time.perf_counter()
+ socket.getaddrinfo(hostname, 443, type=socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+ return (time.perf_counter() - started_at) * 1000
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+
+def measure_ssl_certificate(hostname: str, port: int = 443) -> tuple[bool, str]:
+ pem_certificate = ssl.get_server_certificate((hostname, port), timeout=20)
+
+ with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("w", delete=True) as temp_file:
+ temp_file.write(pem_certificate)
+ temp_file.flush()
+ certificate = ssl._ssl._test_decode_cert(temp_file.name) # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+
+ not_after = certificate.get("notAfter")
+ if not not_after:
+ raise ValueError("SSL certificate does not expose an expiration date")
+
+ expiry_timestamp = ssl.cert_time_to_seconds(not_after)
+ expiry_dt = datetime.fromtimestamp(expiry_timestamp, tz=timezone.utc)
+ is_valid = datetime.now(timezone.utc) < expiry_dt
+ return is_valid, expiry_dt.isoformat()
+
+
+def measure_search_response(base_url: str, query: str = "test") -> float:
+ search_config = discover_search_config(base_url)
+ params = dict(search_config.fixed_params)
+ params[search_config.query_param] = query
+
+ if search_config.method != "GET":
+ raise ValueError(f"Unsupported search method: {search_config.method}")
+
+ search_url = f"{search_config.action_url}?{parse.urlencode(params)}"
+ latency_ms, _, _ = http_get(search_url)
+ return latency_ms
+
+
+def metric_record(name: str, value: Any, error_message: str | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ record = {name: value}
+ if error_message is not None:
+ record[f"{name}_error"] = error_message
+ return record
+
+
+def collect_metrics(base_url: str = TARGET_URL) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ hostname = parse.urlparse(base_url).hostname or "mithal.space"
+ record: dict[str, Any] = {"timestamp": now_iso()}
+
+ try:
+ latency_ms, status_code, _ = http_get(base_url)
+ record.update(metric_record("latency_ms", round(latency_ms, 2)))
+ record.update(metric_record("status_code", status_code))
+ record["uptime"] = status_code == 200
+ except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001 - keep the monitor resilient.
+ record.update(metric_record("latency_ms", None, str(exc)))
+ record.update(metric_record("status_code", None, str(exc)))
+ record["uptime"] = None
+ record["uptime_error"] = str(exc)
+
+ try:
+ ssl_valid, ssl_expiry = measure_ssl_certificate(hostname)
+ record["ssl_valid"] = ssl_valid
+ record["ssl_expiry"] = ssl_expiry
+ except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001 - keep the monitor resilient.
+ record["ssl_valid"] = None
+ record["ssl_valid_error"] = str(exc)
+ record["ssl_expiry"] = None
+ record["ssl_expiry_error"] = str(exc)
+
+ try:
+ dns_lookup_ms = measure_dns_lookup(hostname)
+ record["dns_lookup_ms"] = round(dns_lookup_ms, 2)
+ except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001 - keep the monitor resilient.
+ record["dns_lookup_ms"] = None
+ record["dns_lookup_ms_error"] = str(exc)
+
+ try:
+ search_response_ms = measure_search_response(base_url)
+ record["search_response_ms"] = round(search_response_ms, 2)
+ except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001 - keep the monitor resilient.
+ record["search_response_ms"] = None
+ record["search_response_ms_error"] = str(exc)
+
+ return record
+
+
+def load_metrics(path: Path) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+ if not path.exists():
+ return []
+
+ try:
+ with path.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as file_handle:
+ data = json.load(file_handle)
+ except Exception:
+ return []
+
+ if isinstance(data, list):
+ return [record for record in data if isinstance(record, dict)]
+
+ return []
+
+
+def save_metrics(path: Path, records: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
+ temp_path = path.with_suffix(".tmp")
+ with temp_path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as file_handle:
+ json.dump(records, file_handle, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)
+ file_handle.write("\n")
+ temp_path.replace(path)
+
+
+def append_metric_record(record: dict[str, Any], path: Path = METRICS_FILE) -> None:
+ records = load_metrics(path)
+ records.append(record)
+ save_metrics(path, records)
+
+
+def run_monitor(interval_seconds: int, once: bool, target_url: str, metrics_file: Path) -> None:
+ while True:
+ record = collect_metrics(target_url)
+ append_metric_record(record, metrics_file)
+ print(json.dumps(record, ensure_ascii=False))
+
+ if once:
+ return
+
+ time.sleep(interval_seconds)
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Collect monitoring metrics for mithal.space")
+ parser.add_argument("--interval", type=int, default=60, help="Seconds between metric collections")
+ parser.add_argument("--once", action="store_true", help="Collect one record and exit")
+ parser.add_argument("--target-url", default=TARGET_URL, help="Website to monitor")
+ parser.add_argument("--metrics-file", default=str(METRICS_FILE), help="Path to metrics.json")
+ return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+ args = parse_args()
+ metrics_file = Path(args.metrics_file)
+
+ try:
+ run_monitor(args.interval, args.once, args.target_url, metrics_file)
+ except KeyboardInterrupt:
+ return 0
+ except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001 - the outer loop should never crash silently.
+ print(f"monitor failed: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
+ return 1
+
+ return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ raise SystemExit(main())
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