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+import datetime
+from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
+from email.mime.text import MIMEText
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import smtplib
+
+enable_email = os.getenv('ENABLE_EMAIL', 'false').lower() == 'true'
+smtp_server = os.getenv('SMTP_SERVER', 'localhost')
+email_sender = os.getenv('EMAIL_SENDER')
+lease_warning_days = int(os.getenv('LEASE_WARNING_DAYS', 1))
+
+def run_openstack_command(cmd):
+    output_json = subprocess.check_output('%s --format json' % cmd, shell=True)
+    return json.loads(output_json)
+
+def get_last_event_id(default_last_event_id=0, file_name='.esi-last-event-id'):
+    try:
+        with open(file_name, "r") as f:
+            last_event_id = int(f.read())
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        last_event_id = default_last_event_id
+    except ValueError:
+        last_event_id = default_last_event_id
+    return last_event_id
+
+def write_last_event_id(last_event_id, file_name='.esi-last-event-id'):
+    with open(file_name, "w") as f:
+        f.write(str(last_event_id))
+
+def notify_lease(project_name, email_body):
+    try:
+        project = run_openstack_command('openstack project show %s' % project_name)
+        to_email = project.get('email')
+        if not to_email:
+            print('No email linked to project %s. '
+                  'Not sending email notification' % project)
+        else:
+            msg = MIMEMultipart()
+            msg['From'] = email_sender
+            msg['To'] = to_email
+            msg['Subject'] = '[ESI]Lease notification'
+            msg.attach(MIMEText(email_body, 'plain'))
+            server = smtplib.SMTP(smtp_server)
+            server.sendmail(email_sender, to_email,
+                            msg.as_string())
+            server.quit()
+            print("Email sent successfully to %s" % to_email)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print('Email not sent: %s: %s' %
+                (type(e).__name__, e))
+
+def main():
+    last_event_id = get_last_event_id()
+    events = run_openstack_command('openstack esi event list --last-event-id %s' % last_event_id)
+    new_last_event_id = last_event_id
+    for event in events:
+        new_last_event_id = event['ID']
+        if event['Event Type'] == 'esi_leap.lease.fulfill.end':
+            node_uuid = event['Resource UUID']
+            lease_uuid = event['Object UUID']
+            lease = run_openstack_command('openstack esi lease show %s' % lease_uuid)
+            print("Lease %s with purpose %s on node %s started" % (lease_uuid, lease['purpose'], node_uuid))
+            if enable_email:
+                email_body_lease_start = f"Hi {lease['project']}," \
+                                         f"\n\n" \
+                                         f"We would like to inform you that " \
+                                         f"your lease: {lease['uuid']} is fulfilled. " \
+                                         f"Start Time: {lease['start_time']}." \
+                                         f"\n\n" \
+                                         f"Thank you!" \
+                                         f"\n\n" \
+                                         f"ESI Admin Team"
+                notify_lease(lease['project'], email_body_lease_start)
+    write_last_event_id(new_last_event_id)
+
+    # Checking for leases expire soon
+    leases = run_openstack_command('openstack esi lease list')
+    now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+    for lease in leases:
+        lease_end = datetime.datetime.strptime(lease["End Time"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f")
+        if lease_end - now <= datetime.timedelta(lease_warning_days):
+            print('Lease %s is expiring in %s day(s)' %(lease["UUID"], lease_warning_days))
+            if enable_email:
+                email_body_lease_expire = f"Hi {lease['Project']}," \
+                                          f"\n\n" \
+                                          f"We would like to inform you that" \
+                                          f" your lease: {lease['UUID']} " \
+                                          f"will expire on {lease['End Time']}." \
+                                          f" To ensure " \
+                                          f"the continuity of your data, " \
+                                          f"please take the following steps:" \
+                                          f"\n\n" \
+                                          f"1. Save any important data" \
+                                          f" associated with this resource." \
+                                          f"\n" \
+                                          f"2. If you wish to" \
+                                          f" extend your lease," \
+                                          f" please contact ESI admin team." \
+                                          f"\n\n" \
+                                          f"Thank you!" \
+                                          f"\n\n" \
+                                          f"ESI Admin Team"
+                notify_lease(lease['Project'], email_body_lease_expire)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()