fastApp.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import time
from pprint import pprint
from flask import Flask, jsonify
app = Flask(__name__)

START = time.time()

health_status = True

def elapsed():
    running = time.time() - START
    minutes, seconds = divmod(running, 60)
    hours, minutes = divmod(minutes, 60)
    return "%d:%02d:%02d" % (hours, minutes, seconds)

@app.route('/toggle')
def toggle():
    global health_status
    health_status = not health_status
    return jsonify(health_value=health_status)

@app.route('/health')
def health():
    if health_status:
        resp = jsonify(health="healthy")
        resp.status_code = 200
    else:
        resp = jsonify(health="unhealthy")
        resp.status_code = 500

    return resp

@app.route('/')
def root():
    return "Hello World (Python)! (up %s)\n" % elapsed()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(debug=True, host="0.0.0.0", port=8080)