1 files changed, 39 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lorry-controller-webapp b/lorry-controller-webapp
index 6acbac0..3963853 100755
--- a/lorry-controller-webapp
+++ b/lorry-controller-webapp
@@ -26,6 +26,27 @@ import cliapp
 from flup.server.fcgi import WSGIServer
 
 
+STATUS_HTML_TEMPLATE = '''
+<!DOCTYPE HTML>
+<html>
+ <head>
+  <title>Lorry Controller status</title>
+ </head>
+ <body>
+    <blockquote>{quote}</blockquote>
+
+    <h1>Status of Lorry Controller</h1>
+
+    <p>Running queue: {running-queue}.</p>
+
+    <hr>
+
+    <p>Updated: {timestamp}</p>
+ </body>
+</html>
+'''
+
+
 class StateDB(object):
 
     '''A wrapper around raw Sqlite for STATEDB.'''
@@ -75,7 +96,8 @@ class LorryControllerRoute(object):
 
     '''
 
-    def __init__(self, statedb):
+    def __init__(self, app_settings, statedb):
+        self.app_settings = app_settings
         self.statedb = statedb
 
     def run(self, **kwargs):
@@ -94,10 +116,17 @@ class Status(LorryControllerRoute):
             "I'm giving her all she's got, Captain!",
             ]
         import random
-        return {
-            'quote': '%s\n' % random.choice(quotes),
+        status = {
+            'quote': '%s' % random.choice(quotes),
             'running-queue': self.statedb.get_running_queue(),
+            'timestamp': time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'),
             }
+        self.write_static_status_page(status)
+        return status
+
+    def write_static_status_page(self, status):
+        with open(self.app_settings['status-html'], 'w') as f:
+            f.write(STATUS_HTML_TEMPLATE.format(**status))
 
 
 class StartQueue(LorryControllerRoute):
@@ -128,6 +157,12 @@ class WEBAPP(cliapp.Application):
             'use FILE as the state database',
             metavar='FILE')
 
+        self.settings.string(
+            ['status-html'],
+            'write a static HTML page to FILE to describe overall status',
+            metavar='FILE',
+            default='/dev/null')
+
         self.settings.boolean(
             ['wsgi'],
             'run in wsgi mode (default is debug mode, for development)')
@@ -172,7 +207,7 @@ class WEBAPP(cliapp.Application):
         webapp = bottle.Bottle()
 
         for route_class in self.find_routes():
-            route = route_class(statedb)
+            route = route_class(self.settings, statedb)
             webapp.route(
                 path=route.path,
                 method=route.http_method,