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It looks like the version of vnstat you installed does not support the -u parameter. Let’s proceed with the correct steps to configure vnstat and set up the bandwidth monitoring API.

Step 1: Configure `vnstat`

Initialize vnstat for your network interface:

sudo vnstat -i eth0

Step 2: Wait for Data Collection

vnstat needs time to gather data. Check the status periodically:

sudo vnstat -l

After some time, verify data collection:

sudo vnstat -d

Step 3: Create an API to Expose Bandwidth Data

Install Flask:

pip install Flask

Create a Python script (bandwidth_api.py):

from flask import Flask, jsonify
from flask_cors import CORS
import subprocess

app = Flask(__name__)
CORS(app)  # Enable CORS for all routes

@app.route('/bandwidth', methods=['GET'])
def get_bandwidth():
    # Run the vnstat command to get the 5-minute interval traffic statistics for eth0
    result = subprocess.run(['vnstat', '-i', 'eth0', '-5', '--json'], capture_output=True, text=True)
    data = result.stdout

    # Return the captured data as a JSON response
    return jsonify(data)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5000)

Run the script:

python bandwidth_api.py

Step 4: Integrate with Your Blog

Use the following HTML and JavaScript to fetch and display the bandwidth data:

document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
    fetch('https://www.lzwjava.xyz/bandwidth')
        .then(response => response.json())
        .then(data => {
            var bandwidthData = JSON.parse(data);

            // Create a container for the times
            var timesContainer = document.createElement('div');

            var currentUtcTime = new Date();
            var currentLocalTime = new Date(currentUtcTime.getTime());

            var pUtcTime = document.createElement('p');
            pUtcTime.textContent = `UTC Time: ${currentUtcTime.toUTCString()}`;
            timesContainer.appendChild(pUtcTime);

            var pLocalTime = document.createElement('p');
            pLocalTime.textContent = `My Local Time: ${currentLocalTime.toString()}`;
            timesContainer.appendChild(pLocalTime);

            // Append the times container to the status div
            document.getElementById('status').appendChild(timesContainer);

            // Create a table
            var table = document.createElement('table');
            table.border = '1';
            table.style.borderCollapse = 'collapse';
            table.style.width = '100%';

            // Create table header
            var thead = document.createElement('thead');
            var tr = document.createElement('tr');
            var headers = ['Time', 'Traffic (KB/s)', 'Status'];
            headers.forEach(headerText => {
                var th = document.createElement('th');
                th.textContent = headerText;
                tr.appendChild(th);
            });
            thead.appendChild(tr);
            table.appendChild(thead);

            // Create table body
            var tbody = document.createElement('tbody');

            // Process traffic data
            var fiveMinuteData = bandwidthData.interfaces[0].traffic.fiveminute.reverse();
            fiveMinuteData.forEach(interval => {
                var tr = document.createElement('tr');

                var dataTime = new Date(Date.UTC(interval.date.year, interval.date.month - 1, interval.date.day, interval.time.hour, interval.time.minute));
                var timeDifference = Math.round((currentUtcTime - dataTime) / (1000 * 60)); // Time difference in minutes

                var tdTimeDifference = document.createElement('td');
                tdTimeDifference.textContent = timeDifference + ' mins ago';
                tr.appendChild(tdTimeDifference);

                var averageTraffic = (interval.rx + interval.tx) / 2; // Calculate average of RX and TX
                var tdTrafficKBs = document.createElement('td');
                var trafficKBs = (averageTraffic / (5 * 60 * 1024)).toFixed(2); // Convert to KB/s
                tdTrafficKBs.textContent = trafficKBs;
                tr.appendChild(tdTrafficKBs);

                var tdStatus = document.createElement('td');
                tdStatus.textContent = trafficKBs > 5 ? 'Online' : 'Offline';
                tdStatus.className = trafficKBs > 5 ? 'status-online' : 'status-offline';
                tr.appendChild(tdStatus);

                tbody.appendChild(tr);
            });
            table.appendChild(tbody);

            // Append the table to the status div
            document.getElementById('status').appendChild(table);
        })
        .catch(error => {
            console.error('Error fetching bandwidth data:', error);
        });
});

Replace http://your-droplet-ip:5000/bandwidth with your droplet’s IP address.

Additional Considerations

Security: Ensure your API is secure. Consider adding authentication.
Performance: Monitoring bandwidth can be resource-intensive. Ensure your droplet has enough resources.
Reliability: Add error handling and retry logic to handle API unavailability.

By following these steps, you can create a status page on your blog that indicates whether you are online based on the bandwidth usage of your DigitalOcean droplet.

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