First working? version with persistent state

main.go

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package main
 import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"syscall"
 
 	"gitlab.hamburg.ccc.de/ccchh/spaceapid/handlers"
 	"gitlab.hamburg.ccc.de/ccchh/spaceapid/util"
@@ -15,10 +18,23 @@ func main() {
 	log.Println("Reading initial SpaceAPI response from", config.TemplatePath)
 	spaceApiResponse := util.ParseTemplate(config.TemplatePath)
 
+	// Merge old state if present
+	util.MergeOldState(&spaceApiResponse)
+
 	// Register HTTP handlers
 	http.HandleFunc("/", handlers.Root(&spaceApiResponse))
 	http.HandleFunc("/state/open", handlers.StateOpen(config.BAUsername, config.BAPassword, &spaceApiResponse))
 
+	// Start webserver
 	log.Println("Starting HTTP server...")
-	log.Fatalln(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil))
+	go log.Fatalln(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil))
+
+	// Wait for exit signal
+	sc := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(sc, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
+	<-sc
+
+	// Save state for next run
+	log.Println("Saving state and shutting down...")
+	util.SaveCurrentState(spaceApiResponse)
 }

types/v14.go

@@ -38,3 +38,10 @@ type SpaceAPIResponseV14 struct {
 		URL  string `json:"url"`
 	} `json:"links"`
 }
+
+type PersistentStateV14 struct {
+	State struct {
+		Open       bool  `json:"open"`
+		LastChange int64 `json:"lastchange"`
+	} `json:"state"`
+}

util/util.go

@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@ package util
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"slices"
 
 	"gitlab.hamburg.ccc.de/ccchh/spaceapid/types"
 )
 
+const savedStateJSONPath = "/var/lib/spaceapid/spaceapid-state.json"
+
 // ParseTemplate parses the given file and
 func ParseTemplate(file string) (resp types.SpaceAPIResponseV14) {
 
@@ -34,3 +38,77 @@ func ParseTemplate(file string) (resp types.SpaceAPIResponseV14) {
 
 	return
 }
+
+// MergeOldState merges a given SpaceAPIResponse with the state saved at the time of last program exit and then deletes
+// the file containing the old state.
+func MergeOldState(response *types.SpaceAPIResponseV14) {
+	var (
+		err      error
+		oldState []byte
+	)
+
+	// Create state directory if not present
+	err = os.MkdirAll(path.Dir(savedStateJSONPath), 0750)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln("Failed creating", savedStateJSONPath, ", aborting... error:", err)
+	}
+
+	// Check if state.json is present
+	_, err = os.Stat(savedStateJSONPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Old state json not accessible at", savedStateJSONPath, ", skipping merge... error:", err)
+		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			return
+		}
+		goto removeOld
+	}
+
+	// Read file and merge
+	oldState, err = os.ReadFile(savedStateJSONPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Error reading old state from", savedStateJSONPath, ", skipping merge... error:", err)
+		goto removeOld
+	}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(oldState, response)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(savedStateJSONPath, "doesn't seem to contain valid data... error:", err)
+		goto removeOld
+	}
+
+	// Delete old state json
+removeOld:
+	err = os.RemoveAll(savedStateJSONPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Failed to remove", savedStateJSONPath, ", continuing... error:", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func SaveCurrentState(response types.SpaceAPIResponseV14) {
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(savedStateJSONPath, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln("Failed opening", savedStateJSONPath, "while trying to save current state... error:", err)
+	}
+	defer func(file *os.File) {
+		_ = file.Close()
+	}(file)
+
+	// Create persistent state
+	persistentStateV14 := types.PersistentStateV14{
+		State: struct {
+			Open       bool  `json:"open"`
+			LastChange int64 `json:"lastchange"`
+		}{Open: response.State.Open, LastChange: response.State.LastChange},
+	}
+
+	// Serialize persistent state
+	marshal, err := json.MarshalIndent(persistentStateV14, "", "\t")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln("Failed serializing persistent state... error:", err)
+	}
+
+	// Write to file
+	_, err = file.Write(marshal)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln("Failed writing persistent state to file", file.Name(), "... error:", err)
+	}
+}