Get full list of synced tier 1 Arch Linux mirrors

getmirrors.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# vim:fenc=utf-8
#
# Copyright © 2016 Óscar García Amor <[email protected]>
#
# Distributed under terms of the GNU GPLv3 license.

from time import strftime

import requests

def get_mirrors(mirrors_url):
    request = requests.get(mirrors_url)
    full_mirror_list = request.json()

    # Pick only mirrors in sync and with http or https protocol
    mirror_list = [mirror for mirror in full_mirror_list['urls'] if mirror['completion_pct'] == 1 and mirror['protocol'] != 'rsync']

    # Return list sorted by score
    return sorted(mirror_list, key=lambda mirror: mirror['score'])

if __name__ == '__main__':
    mirrors_url = 'https://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/tier/1/json/'
    mirrors = get_mirrors(mirrors_url)

    print ('##\n## Arch Linux repository mirrorlist')
    print ('## Sorted by mirror score from mirror tier 1 status page')
    print ('## Generated on {}\n##\n'.format(strftime("%Y-%m-%d")))

    for mirror in mirrors:
        print ('## Score: {score:.2f}, {country}'.format(**mirror))
        print ('Server = {url}$repo/os/$arch'.format(**mirror))