python3, blacklist

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 stats.json
 vendor/
+blacklist

README.md

@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ stop by irc and say hi!
 `<bind address="127.0.0.1" port="8081" type="httpd">`
 4. add gen_stats to a crontab for a user that can write in the webroot:
 `* * * * * /var/www/tilde.chat/gen_stats`
+5. `cp blacklist{.example,}`
+6. `vim blacklist` - stats gen will fail if this is missing

blacklist.example

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#mysecrets
+#dontlookhere

gen_stats

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import requests, json
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as xml
 
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ out = {}
 d = xml.fromstring(r.text)
 assert d.tag == "inspircdstats"
 
+with open("blacklist", "r") as f:
+    BLACKLIST = f.read().splitlines()
 
 def define(name, xps, vfilter=lambda x: x):
     global out
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ def define(name, xps, vfilter=lambda x: x):
 define("usercount", "./general/usercount", int)
 define("channelcount", "./general/channelcount", int)
 schannels = d.findall("./channellist/channel")
-# print(len(schannels))
+
 channels = []
 for schannel in schannels:
     channel = dict(
@@ -35,15 +37,17 @@ for schannel in schannels:
         and channel["topic"] != "No topic set"
     ):
         channel["topic"] = "Topic hidden"
-    if channel["name"] == "#secret-sudoers":
-        # no stat output for #secret-sudoers! it's a sekrit club of the ~team sysadmins!
+    if channel["name"] in BLACKLIST:
+        # skip channels in the blacklist
         continue
     channel["webchatlink"] = "https://web.tilde.chat/?join=" + channel["name"].lstrip(
         "#"
     )
     channels.append(channel)
+
 channels.sort(key=lambda x: x["name"].lower())
 out["channels"] = channels
+
 # print([x.text for x in d.findall("./channellist/channel/channeltopic/topictext")])
 with open("/var/www/tilde.chat/stats.json", "w") as f:
     json.dump(out, f)