supporting ot-ping.py utility

contrib/ot-ping.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# ot-ping.py
+# send a "pingping" to the OwnTracks Recorder via MQTT
+
+import paho.mqtt.publish as mqtt  # pip install paho-mqtt
+import json
+import time
+import os
+
+__author__    = 'Jan-Piet Mens <jpmens()gmail.com>'
+__copyright__ = 'Copyright 2015 Jan-Piet Mens'
+
+hostname    = 'localhost'
+port        = 1883
+username    = None
+password    = None
+tls         = None
+qos         = 0
+retain      = 0
+
+def pingping():
+
+    params = {
+            'hostname'  : hostname,
+            'port'      : port,
+            'qos'       : qos,
+            'retain'    : retain,
+            'client_id' : "ot-recorder-ping-ping-%s" % os.getpid(),
+    }
+    auth = None
+
+    if username is not None:
+        auth = {
+            'username' : username,
+            'password' : password
+        }
+
+    topic = "owntracks/ping/ping"
+
+    location = {
+        "_type"     : "location",
+        "tid"       : "pp",
+        "lat"       : 51.47879,
+        "lon"       : -0.010677,
+        "tst"       : int(time.time()),
+    }
+
+    topic = "nop/ping/ping"
+    payload = json.dumps(location)
+
+    mqtt.single(topic, payload,
+            auth=auth,
+            tls=tls,
+            **params)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    pingping()