red and green observer status icons
diff --git a/planetstack/core/static/observer_status.js b/planetstack/core/static/observer_status.js
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+++ b/planetstack/core/static/observer_status.js
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+function updateObserverStatus() {
+ var url="/observer";
+ console.log("fetching observer status url " + url);
+ $.ajax({ url: url,
+ dataType : 'json',
+ type : 'GET',
+ success: function(newData) {
+ console.log(newData);
+ if (newData.health==":-)") {
+ html = '<span style="margin-left: 16px;" title="last observer run time = ' + Math.floor(newData.last_duration) + ' seconds"><img src="/static/img/green-cloud.gif" width=16 height=16></span>';
+ } else {
+ html = '<span style="margin-left: 16px;" title="observer is offline"><img src="/static/img/red-cloud.gif"></span>';
+ }
+ $("#observer-status").html(html);
+ setTimeout(function() { updateObserverStatus(); }, 60000);
+ },
+ error: function() {
+ setTimeout(function() { updateObserverStatus(); }, 60000);
+ }
+});
+}
+
+$( document ).ready(function() {
+ updateObserverStatus();
+});