Auto updating Minecraft Server

gistfile1.txt

root@hwsrv-623932:~# crontab -l
## HOST ENTRIES
10 8 * * * /bin/bash /etc/hwautomate/hostwinds_backups.sh > /dev/null 2>&1

# Custom Entries

# Update minecraft to latest every morning at 4am
0 4 * * * /opt/minecraft/tools/update.sh
root@hwsrv-623932:~# cat /opt/minecraft/tools/update.sh 
#!/bin/bash

systemctl stop minecraft.service
URL=$(/opt/minecraft/tools/get_latest_server_jar_url.py)
wget -O /opt/minecraft/server/server.jar.download $URL
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
  cp /opt/minecraft/server/server.jar.download /opt/minecraft/server/server.jar
  rm /opt/minecraft/server/server.jar.download
fi
systemctl start minecraft.service
root@hwsrv-623932:~# cat /opt/minecraft/tools/get_latest_server_jar_url.py 
#!/usr/bin/env python
import requests
from requests.exceptions import HTTPError

try:
    r = requests.get("https://launchermeta.mojang.com/mc/game/version_manifest.json")
    r.raise_for_status()
    json_response = r.json()
    latest_version = json_response["latest"]["release"]
    release = json_response["versions"][0]
    if release["id"] == latest_version:
        release_url = release["url"]
        rr = requests.get(release_url)
        rr.raise_for_status()
        rr_json_response = rr.json()
        download_url = rr_json_response["downloads"]["server"]["url"]
        print (download_url)
# print(rr_json_response)
    else:
        print("First object isn't the latest release like normal!")

except HTTPError as http_error:
    print("HTTP Error occurred: %s" % http_error)
except Exception as ex:
    print("Other error occurred: %s" % ex)