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+from i3pystatus import IntervalModule, formatp
+
+from enum import IntEnum
+import requests
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
+
+
+class SensuCheck(IntervalModule):
+    """ Pool sensu api events
+
+    .. rubric:: Available formatters
+
+    * {status} OK if not events else numbers of events
+    * {last_event} Display the output of the most recent event (with priority on error event)
+    """
+    interval = 5
+
+    required = ("api_url",)
+
+    settings = (
+
+        ("api_url", "URL of Sensu API. e.g: http://localhost/sensu/"),
+        "api_username",
+        "api_password",
+        "format",
+        "color_error",
+        "color_warn",
+        "color_ok",
+        ("last_event_label", "Label to put before the last event output (default 'Last:')"),
+        ("max_event_field", "Defines max length of the last_event message field "
+                            "(default: 50)"),
+    )
+
+    api_url = None
+    api_username = None
+    api_password = None
+
+    format = "{status}"
+    color_error = "#ff0000"
+    color_warn = "#f9ba46"
+    color_ok = "#00ff00"
+    last_event_label = "Last:"
+    max_event_field = 50
+
+    def run(self):
+        try:
+            auth = ()
+            if self.api_username:
+                auth = (self.api_username, self.api_password or "")
+
+            response = requests.get(urljoin(self.api_url, "events"), auth=auth)
+            if response.status_code != requests.codes.OK:
+                self.error("could not query sensu api: {}".format(response.status_code))
+            else:
+                try:
+                    events = response.json()
+                except ValueError:
+                    self.error("could not decode json")
+                else:
+                    try:
+                        self.set_output(events)
+                    except KeyError as exc:
+                        self.error("could not find field {!s} in event".format(exc))
+        except Exception as exc:
+            self.output = {
+                "full_text": "FAILED: {!s}".format(str(exc)),
+                "color": self.color_error,
+            }
+
+    def set_output(self, events):
+        events = sorted(
+            [e for e in events if e["action"] != "resolve" and not e["silenced"]],
+            key=lambda x: x["last_ok"],
+            reverse=True
+        )
+
+        last_event_output = ""
+        if not events:
+            status = "OK"
+            color = self.color_ok
+        else:
+            error = None
+            try:
+                error = next(e for e in events if e["check"]["status"] == SensuStatus.critical)
+            except StopIteration:
+                last_event = events[0]
+            else:
+                last_event = error
+
+            status = "{} event(s)".format(len(events))
+            color = self.color_error if error else self.color_warn
+            last_event_output = self.get_event_output(last_event)
+
+        self.output = {
+            "full_text": formatp(self.format, status=status, last_event=last_event_output),
+            "color": color,
+        }
+
+    def get_event_output(self, event):
+        output = (event["check"]["output"] or "").replace("\n", " ")
+        if self.last_event_label:
+            output = "{} {}".format(self.last_event_label, output)
+
+        if self.max_event_field and len(output) > self.max_event_field:
+            output = output[:self.max_event_field]
+
+        return output
+
+    def error(self, error_msg):
+        self.output = {
+            "full_text": error_msg,
+            "color": self.color_error,
+        }
+
+
+class SensuStatus(IntEnum):
+    ok = 0
+    warn = 1
+    critical = 2
+    unknown = 3