From a85e656e8d5320db721216365205c16160756d5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: av1nxsh <79896600+av1nxsh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 16:16:20 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] rest_client.py

optimised with var 'configstatus'
---
 scripts/rest_client.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/rest_client.py b/scripts/rest_client.py
index a7d7705fe..ecf961ddd 100755
--- a/scripts/rest_client.py
+++ b/scripts/rest_client.py
@@ -176,9 +176,10 @@ class FtRestClient():
 
     def ping(self):
         """simple ping"""
-        if not self.show_config():
+        configstatus = self.show_config()
+        if not configstatus:
             return {"status": "not_running"}
-        elif self.show_config()['state'] == "running":
+        elif configstatus['state'] == "running":
             return {"status": "pong"}
         else:
             return {"status": "not_running"}