new_contents: import argparse
  from datetime import datetime
  import os
  import pytz
  import urllib3
  
  REDCAP_URL = "https://ncanda.sri.com/redcap/api/"
  
  def check_redcap_status(log_filename):
      http = urllib3.PoolManager()
      tz = pytz.timezone('America/Los_Angeles')
      current_time = datetime.now(tz)
  
      try:
          http.request("POST", REDCAP_URL)
      except urllib3.exceptions.MaxRetryError:
          file_mode = "a"
          if not os.path.exists(log_filename):
              file_mode = "w"
  
          with open(log_filename, file_mode) as f:
              f.write(current_time.strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %H:%M:%S"))
  
  if __name__ == "__main__":
      parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
      parser.add_argument("logfile")
      args = parser.parse_args()
      check_redcap_status(args.logfile)
  
subject: Add redcap status check