Move to "with file open" syntax from "file.read()" style.

arke.py

@@ -90,24 +90,27 @@ while is_on:
         json.dump(datastore, outfile, ensure_ascii=False, sort_keys=True)
 
     # track state
-    file = open(this_round_file, "r")
-    if os.path.exists(last_round_file):
-        stateFile = open(last_round_file, "r")
-    else:
-        stateFile = open(last_round_file, "w+")
-
-    oldData = stateFile.read()
-    if oldData != file.read():
-        stateChanged = True
-    else:
-        stateChanged = False
+    with open(this_round_file, "a+", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+        if os.path.exists(last_round_file):
+            stateFile = open(last_round_file, "r")
+        else:
+            stateFile = open(last_round_file, "w+")
+
+        oldData = stateFile.read()
+        if oldData != file.read():
+            stateChanged = True
+        else:
+            stateChanged = False
+
+    stateFile.close()
 
     # delete state.log so I can write to it cleanly
     os.remove(last_round_file)
 
     # queue up an alert if stateChanged = True
     results = []
-    with open(this_round_file, "r") as json_File:
+    with open(this_round_file, "r+", encoding="utf-8") as json_File:
+        pdb.set_trace()
         json_data = json.load(json_File)
         for item in json_data:
             results.append(item)
@@ -119,10 +122,9 @@ while is_on:
                 errorFile.write(errorText)
 
     # Copy current results to state.log file for next iteration
-    errorFile = open(last_round_file, "a+")
-    errorFile.write(json_string)
-    errorFile.write(cert_json)
-    errorFile.write(domain_json)
-    errorFile.close()
+    with open(last_round_file, "a+") as json_File:    
+        json_datastore = json.dumps(datastore, ensure_ascii=False, sort_keys=True)
+        json_File.write(json_datastore)
+
     os.remove(this_round_file)
     time.sleep(60)