Auto-create channels.txt from established channels

checkring.py

@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ from yachalk import chalk
 
 
 class CheckRing:
-    def __init__(self, lnd, output, pubkeys_file, show_fees):
+    def __init__(self, lnd, output, pubkeys_file, write_channels, show_fees, channels_file):
         self.lnd = lnd
         self.output = output
         self.pubkeys_file = pubkeys_file
         self.show_fees = show_fees
+        self.write_channels = write_channels
+        self.channels_file = channels_file
 
     def read_file(self, file):
         if not os.path.isfile(file):
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ class CheckRing:
 
     def once(self):
         pubkeys = self.read_file(self.pubkeys_file)
+        channelList = []
 
         for idx, pubkeyInfo in enumerate(pubkeys):
             # pubkeys format is <pubkey>,<telegram username> to be able to mimic the manual pubkey overview with usernames
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ class CheckRing:
                         hasChannel = True
                         channelId = channel.channel_id
                         channelInfo = channel
+                        channelList.append(channelId)
 
                 if hasChannel:
                     outputHas = chalk.green('✅')
@@ -71,6 +75,11 @@ class CheckRing:
             except Exception as error:
                 self.output.print_line(
                     format_channel_error(pubkey, repr(error)))
+        if self.write_channels:
+            f = open(self.channels_file, "w")
+            for c in channelList:
+                f.write(str(c) + "\r\n")
+            f.close()
 
     def print_channel(self, channel, node1_alias, node2_alias, chan_disabled):
         self.output.print_line(format_channel(

ringtools.py

@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ class RingTools:
             CheckRing(self.lnd,
                    self.output,
                    self.arguments.pubkeys_file,
-                   self.arguments.show_fees).run()
+                   self.arguments.write_channels,
+                   self.arguments.show_fees,
+                   self.arguments.channels_file
+                   ).run()
         pass
 
 
@@ -61,17 +64,31 @@ def get_argument_parser():
         dest="grpc",
         help="(default localhost:10009) lnd gRPC endpoint",
     )
-    check_group = parser.add_argument(
+    
+    status_group = parser.add_argument_group(
+        "status",
+        "Get the current status of all channels",
+    )
+    check_group = parser.add_argument_group(
+        "check",
+        "Check if channels are open with pubkey list",
+    )
+    
+    check_group.add_argument(
         "-pubkeys-file",
         "-pk",
         default="./pubkeys.txt",
         dest="pubkeys_file",
         help="(default ./pubkeys.txt) pubkeys file"
     )
-    status_group = parser.add_argument_group(
-        "status",
-        "Get the current status of all channels",
+    check_group.add_argument(
+        '-w',
+        '--write-channels',
+        action="store_true",
+        dest="write_channels",
+        help="(default False) Write channels.txt"
     )
+
     status_group.add_argument(
         "-channels-file",
         "-c",
@@ -94,6 +111,7 @@ def get_argument_parser():
         dest="show_fees",
         help="(default False) Shows fees in status screen"
     )
+    
     return parser