formating log file, log directory specified

README.md

-The wp-check script checks statistics for a wordpress instance for the time frame of 1 day and logs those into file with a timestamp.
+The check-wp script checks statistics for wordpress instances for the time frame of 1 day and logs those into file with a timestamp.
 * new users
 * new posts
 * new pages
+
+** Requirenments
+
+For Centos:
+
+```
+yum install MySQL-python
+```
+
+Create the user and grant select privileges on the DB:
+
+```
+create user 'wp-check-user'@'your_server' identified by 'password';
+grant select on wordpress_db.* to `wp-check-user`@`your_server`;
+```
+
+Let the check run every day at 5am
+
+```
+crontab -e
+```
+
+Insert
+
+```
+ # check wordpress instances for news
+0 5 * * * /usr/bin/python /opt/check-wp/check-wp.py
+````

check-wp.py

@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ import MySQLdb
 
 from settings import *
 
-log_name = '' + time.strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S") + '_wordpress_stats.log'
+log_name = LOG_DIR + time.strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S") + '_wordpress_stats.log'
 logfile = open(log_name, "w")
 
 # Open database connection
 for i, wp in WORDPRESS_DATABASES.items():
 
-    logfile.write("Wordpress: '{0}' ".format(i) + '\n')
+    logfile.write("Wordpress: '{0}' ".format(wp['NAME']))
     nonews = True
 
     db = MySQLdb.connect(wp['HOST'], wp['USER'], wp['PASSWORD'], wp['DATABASE'])
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ for i, wp in WORDPRESS_DATABASES.items():
 
         if int(count[0]) > 0:
             nonews = False
+            logfile.write(' '+ wp['URL'] + '\n')
             logfile.write("{0} new {1}\n".format(''.join(map(str, count)), j))
             logfile.write(stats['header'] + "\n")
             cursor.execute(stats['query'])
@@ -33,9 +34,9 @@ for i, wp in WORDPRESS_DATABASES.items():
                 logfile.write('  |  '.join(map(str, row)) + '\n')
 
     if nonews:
-        logfile.write('    Nothing new here.')
+        logfile.write('.... \n')
 
-        logfile.write(' \n')
+    logfile.write('\n')
 
     db.close()
 

sample.settings.py

+LOG_DIR = ''
 
 WORDPRESS_DATABASES = {
      'default': {
          'NAME': '',
+         'URL': '',
          'USER': '',
          'PASSWORD': '',
          'HOST': '',