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+#! /usr/bin/python3
+# Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Merspieler, merspieler _at_ airmail.cc
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+
+import sys
+import json
+import os
+import pymysql
+from time import sleep
+
+from common import norm
+
+verbose = False
+dbuser = ""
+dbpw = ""
+fname = ""
+repeat = 0
+
+argc = len(sys.argv)
+i = 1
+while i < argc:
+	if sys.argv[i] == "--port":
+		i += 1
+		port = int(sys.argv[i])
+	elif sys.argv[i] == "--host":
+		i += 1
+		host = sys.argv[i]
+	elif sys.argv[i] == "-f" or sys.argv[i] == "--file":
+		i += 1
+		fname = sys.argv[i]
+	elif sys.argv[i] == "-u" or sys.argv[i] == "--user":
+		i += 1
+		dbuser = sys.argv[i]
+	elif sys.argv[i] == "-p" or sys.argv[i] == "--password":
+		i += 1
+		dbpw = sys.argv[i]
+	elif sys.argv[i] == "-r" or sys.argv[i] == "--repeat":
+		i += 1
+		repeat = int(sys.argv[i])
+	elif sys.argv[i] == "-v":
+		verbose = True
+	elif sys.argv[i] == "-h" or sys.argv[i] == "--help":
+		print("usage: get-progress.py [OPTIONS]")
+		print("Writes the procgress to json file")
+		print("")
+		print("OPTIONS")
+		print("  -f, --file        Output file")
+		print("  -u, --user        Database user")
+		print("  -p, --password    Database password")
+		print("  -v, --verbose     Verbose printouts")
+		print("  -r, --repeat      If set, run every <n> minutes else run once")
+		print("  -h, --help        Shows this help and exit")
+		sys.exit(0)
+	else:
+		print("Unknown option " + sys.argv[i])
+		sys.exit(1)
+	i += 1
+
+if dbuser == "":
+	print("ERROR: No database user given")
+	sys.exit(1)
+
+if dbpw == "":
+	print("ERROR: No database password given")
+	sys.exit(1)
+
+if fname == "":
+	print("ERROR: No file name given")
+	sys.exit(1)
+
+db = pymysql.connect("localhost", dbuser, dbpw, "worldbuild")
+
+cursor = db.cursor()
+
+while True:
+	sql = "SELECT topLevel.name AS topLevelName, status.name AS statusName, COUNT(*) AS sCount from secondLevel JOIN topLevel ON secondLevel.parent_id = topLevel.id JOIN status ON secondLevel.status_id = status.id GROUP BY status.id, topLevelName"
+	cursor.execute(sql)
+	rows = cursor.fetchall()
+	
+	status = {}
+	for row in rows:
+		if not row[0] in status:
+			status[row[0]] = {}
+		status[row[0]][row[1]] = row[2]
+	
+	sql = "SELECT topLevel.name, status.name FROM topLevel JOIN status ON topLevel.status_id = status.id"
+	cursor.execute(sql)
+	rows = cursor.fetchall()
+	
+	for row in rows:
+		status[row[0]]["status"] = row[1]
+	
+	try:
+		with open(fname, "w") as f:
+			json.dump(status, f, indent=4)
+	except IOError:
+		print("ERROR: Failed to write to file")
+
+	if repeat == 0:
+		sys.exit(0)
+	else:
+		sleep(repeat * 60)