added helper script to get meetings of a BigBlueButton server

examples/get_meetings.py

+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import argparse, sys, os, logging, yaml, urllib, json
+from bigbluebutton_api_python import BigBlueButton
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=os.environ.get("LOGLEVEL", "INFO"))
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("-s","--server", help="Big Blue Button Server URL")
+parser.add_argument("-c","--config", help="path to config file in yaml format e.g. your docker-compose.yml", default="../docker-compose.yml")
+parser.add_argument("-p","--secret", help="Big Blue Button Secret")
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+def get_config_item(list_item):
+    try:
+        with open(args.config) as file:
+            config = yaml.load(file)
+    except FileNotFoundError as ERR:
+        logging.error(ERR)
+        sys.exit()
+
+    docker_environment = config['services']['bbb-streamer']['environment']
+    for line in docker_environment:
+        if line.strip().startswith(list_item):
+            return line.partition('=')[2]
+
+def get_meetings():
+    logging.info("fetching meetings from {}".format(args.server))
+    try:
+        return bbb.get_meetings()
+    except urllib.error.URLError as ERR:
+        logging.error(ERR)
+        sys.exit()
+
+if args.config:
+    args.server = get_config_item('BBB_URL')
+    args.secret = get_config_item('BBB_SECRET')
+if not args.server and not args.secret:
+    logging.error("Error: Please specify server and password or the path to the config file")
+    sys.exit()
+
+bbb = BigBlueButton(args.server,args.secret)
+meetings = get_meetings()
+for meeting in meetings['xml']['meetings']:
+    print(meetings['xml']['meetings'][meeting]['meetingName'])
+    print(meetings['xml']['meetings'][meeting]['meetingID'])
+    print("")