Scrapy epic status API (Unofficial)

Born from a parent's frustration

When my kid couldn't log in to Epic Games and was getting upset, I wanted to quickly check the server status. Epic has a status page, but no readily available API. So, in a moment of parental ingenuity, I whipped up this simple scraper. Now it provides a basic endpoint you can use to build your own bot or notification system!

Disclaimer

• This is NOT an official Epic Games project.
• It's a quick and dirty solution, so there's no guarantee it will work forever if Epic changes their website structure.
• Use at your own risk!

How it works

1. Scrapes the Epic Games status page: The code periodically fetches the official status page and parses the HTML.
2. Provides a simple API: A /epic-games-status endpoint returns the current status of various Epic services in JSON format.

What you can do with it

• Build a notification bot: Get alerted when Fortnite (or other Epic services) go down.
• Integrate with your own project: Display the status information in your own application.
• Peace of mind: Next time your kid is freaking out, you can quickly check if it's an Epic issue or something on their end.

Setup

1. Clone the repository: git clone [email protected]:elton-peixoto-lu/epic-api.git
2. Install dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt (You'll need Flask, requests, and BeautifulSoup4)
3. Run the script: python api.py or python3 api.py

API Endpoint

• URL: /epic-games-status
• Method: GET
• Response: JSON array containing status information for various Epic services and components.

Contributing

Feel free to fork and improve! Pull requests are welcome.

License

This project is released under the MIT License.

Remember: This was a spur-of-the-moment project born out of a need. It's not perfect, but hopefully it helps someone else out there facing the same frustrated-kid scenario!