Manipulate JSON data into cachet.io - json

Question

I have just set up a Cachet status page but i am struggling to push updates to the components via it's API.
I am looking to take an existing JSON feed from a partner site and use this to update the status on my own page.
Here is a sample of the JSON data I need to pull:
{
"state":"online",
"message":"",
"description":"",
"append":"false",
"status":true,
"time":"Sat 23 Apr 2016 10:51:23 AM UTC +0000"
}
and below is the format Cachet uses in it's API.
{
"data": {
"id": 1,
"name": "Component Name",
"description": "Description",
"link": "",
"status": 1,
"order": 0,
"group_id": 0,
"created_at": "2015-08-01 12:00:00",
"updated_at": "2015-08-01 12:00:00",
"deleted_at": null,
"status_name": "Operational"
}
}
Never dealt with JSON stuff before, but I guess i need a script that i can run every X mins to grab the original data and do the following:
Convert the "state" from the original feed into Cachet ones.
Update the "updated_at" time with the time the script was last run.
Any help or tutorial's would be really appreciated.
Thanks!

Answer 1

I'm the Lead Developer of Cachet, thanks for trying it out!
All you need to do is update the Component status. Cachet will take care of the updated_at timestamp for you.
I'm unable to write the script for you, but you'd do something like this:
// This will be a lookup of the states from the service you're watching to Cachet.
serviceStates = [
'online' => 1,
'issues' => 2,
'offline' => 4,
]
// The id of the component we're updating
componentId = 1
// The state that is coming back from the service you're watching
state = 'online'
request({url: 'demo.cachethq.io/api/v1/components/'+componentId, data: { status: serviceStates[state] }})
Pseudo code, but you should be able to work from that.