import urlparse from util import hook, http @hook.command def down(inp): '''.down -- checks to see if the site is down''' if 'http://' not in inp: inp = 'http://' + inp inp = 'http://' + urlparse.urlparse(inp).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: return inp + ' seems to be down'