Move from magic strings to two variables.

arke.py

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s %(message)s', datefmt='%Y/%m/%d %I:%M:%S
 logger = logging.getLogger("arke")
 
 
+last_round_file = "/shared/state.log"
+this_round_file = "/shared/results.json"
+
+
 def monitor_HttpTargets(monitoringtargets):
     responseTable = {}
     for target in monitoringtargets:
@@ -83,18 +87,18 @@ while is_on:
     domain_json = json.dumps(domain_info)
 
     # write new results to file
-    file = open("/shared/results.json", "a+")
+    file = open(this_round_file, "a+")
     file.write(json_string)
     file.write(cert_json)
     file.write(domain_json)
     file.close()
 
     # track state
-    file = open("/shared/results.json", "r")
+    file = open(this_round_file, "r")
-    if os.path.exists("/shared/state.log"):
+    if os.path.exists(last_round_file):
-        stateFile = open("/shared/state.log", "r")
+        stateFile = open(last_round_file, "r")
     else:
-        stateFile = open("/shared/state.log", "w+")
+        stateFile = open(last_round_file, "w+")
 
     oldData = stateFile.read()
     if oldData != file.read():
@@ -103,11 +107,11 @@ while is_on:
         stateChanged = False
 
     # delete state.log so I can write to it cleanly
-    os.remove("/shared/state.log")
+    os.remove(last_round_file)
 
     # queue up an alert if stateChanged = True
     results = []
-    with open("/shared/results.json", "r") as json_File:
+    with open(this_round_file, "r") as json_File:
         json_data = json.load(json_File)
         for item in json_data:
             results.append(item)
@@ -119,10 +123,10 @@ while is_on:
                 errorFile.write(errorText)
 
     # Copy current results to state.log file for next iteration
-    errorFile = open("/shared/state.log", "a+")
+    errorFile = open(last_round_file, "a+")
     errorFile.write(json_string)
     errorFile.write(cert_json)
     errorFile.write(domain_json)
     errorFile.close()
-    os.remove("/shared/results.json")
+    os.remove(this_round_file)
     time.sleep(60)