Python-based server that provides a RESTful API for getting system statistics for a web page.
SysStatWeb uses a standard server-client architecture for transferring system statistics to the web page. The client PC loads the web page hosted on the remote host, which communicates with the SysStatWeb Python server also running on the host. The Python server returns a response with the requested information.
Resource requests are single-instance and stateless, and the Python server will provide the updated value for a request only when requested by the client.
SysStatWeb requires a running web server containing the necessary Javascript to make the REST API calls. The simplest way of doing this is through Python's http module. A wrapper for this command can be found in RunWebServer.sh.
For more advance users, a full-fledged web server suite, like Apache, can be used. This will require integrating the proper Javascript calls into the web page hosted on the server. Example code can be found in the ui directory.
To run the SysStatWeb server itself, Python 3 and a few modules are needed. Setting up the virtual environment and installing the needed packages can be done using the provided PythonSetup.sh script. Alternatively, the following commands can be ran from the project root:
python3 -m venv venv
source ./venv/bin/activate
pip3 install psutil
./src/SysStatWeb.pyThe SysStatWeb.py Python script has a shebang that calls the virtual environment's Python instance.