How to monitor Solace as an external consumer

I hope this helps explain what I’d like to achieve.
Keen to get some feedback etc, thanks in advance.
I’ve setup a local docker subpub+ using the starter guide and running the code below to test out some queries.
Note the following code is very rough and just for initial learning:


## Check the message VPN and Auth in the process
def check_message_vpn():
    apiUrl = f"http://{primaryBroker}:8080/SEMP/v2/__private_monitor__/msgVpns/{messageVpnName}?select=state"
    response = requests.get(apiUrl, auth=(apiUsername, apiPassword), verify=False)
    print(response.json())  
    try:
        response = requests.get(apiUrl, auth=(apiUsername, apiPassword), verify=False)
        if response.status_code == 200:
            vpn_state = response.json().get("data", {}).get("state", "unknown")

            if vpn_state == "up":
                print(f"Message VPN '{messageVpnName}' is up and responding correctly.")
            else:
                print(
                    f"Message VPN '{messageVpnName}' is not up. Current state: {vpn_state}"
                )
        elif response.status_code == 401:
            print("Authentication failed. Please check your username and password.")
        else:
            print(
                f"Failed to fetch the state of the message VPN. Status code: {response.status_code}"
            )
            print("Response content:", response.text)
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

## Check the queue
def check_queue_health():
    apiUrl = f"http://{primaryBroker}:8080/SEMP/v2/config/msgVpns/{messageVpnName}/queues/{queueName}"
    try:
        response = requests.get(apiUrl, auth=(apiUsername, apiPassword), verify=False)
        if response.status_code == 200:
            queue_info = response.json().get("data", {})
            ingress_enabled = queue_info.get("ingressEnabled", "unknown")
            egress_enabled = queue_info.get("egressEnabled", "unknown")
            if ingress_enabled and egress_enabled:
                print(f"Queue '{queueName}' is up and processing messages.")
            else:
                print(
                    f"Queue '{queueName}' is not processing messages correctly. Ingress: {ingress_enabled}, Egress: {egress_enabled}"
                )
        elif response.status_code == 401:
            print("Authentication failed. Please check your username and password.")
        else:
            print(
                f"Failed to fetch the state of the queue. Status code: {response.status_code}"
            )
            print("Response content:", response.text)
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")