h/plugins/down.py

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import urlparse
from util import hook, http
2010-03-01 02:32:41 +00:00
@hook.command
def down(inp):
'''.down <url> -- checks to see if the website is down'''
# urlparse follows RFC closely, so we have to check for schema existance and prepend empty schema if necessary
if not inp.startswith('//') and '://' not in inp:
inp = '//' + inp
urlp = urlparse.urlparse(inp, 'http')
if urlp.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):
return inp + " is not a valid HTTP URL"
inp = "%s://%s" % (urlp.scheme, urlp.netloc)
# http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2006-December/589854.html
try:
http.get(inp, get_method='HEAD')
return inp + ' seems to be up'
except http.URLError as error:
return inp + ' seems to be down. Error: %s' % error.reason