code: def get_state(self, site):
          
          parser = ConfigParser()
          status_section = 'incremental'
          parser.read(self.status_file)
          timestamp = None
          try:
              timestamp = float(
                  parser.get(
                      status_section,
                      self.config_site_to_name(site)))
          except NoSectionError as e:
              pass
          except NoOptionError as e:
              pass
          return(timestamp)
docs: Read client status file and return dict.