Wakes up a sleeping disk when a user logs onto plex (requires sh package)

wakeupdisk.py

# pip install sh
from sh import tail
from datetime import datetime
import re

plexLog = "/Users/USERNAME/Library/Logs/Plex Media Server/Plex Media Server.log"
hddPath = "/Volumes/tank/media"
openAppRegex = re.compile(".* \[(.*)\] GET \/:\/websockets\/notifications .* TLS GZIP Signed-in Token \((.*)\)")

def wakeUpHdd(wakingUser):
	global hddPath
	now = datetime.now()
	dt_string = now.strftime("%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S")
	with open(hddPath+"/.wakeup", "w") as file:
		file.write(user + " woke up hdd at: " + dt_string)


for line in tail("-f", plexLog, _iter=True):
	match = openAppRegex.match(line)
	if match:
		ip, user = match.group(1,2)
		print("User ", user, " logged in from ip ", ip)
		wakeUpHdd(user)