chkurl.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import httplib
import sys

def check_webserver(address, port, resource):
    #create connection
    if not resource.startswith('/'):
        resource = '/' + resource
    try:
        conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(address, port)
        print 'HTTP connection created successfully'

 #make request
        req = conn.request('GET', resource)
        print ' request for %s successful' % resource
        #get response
        response = conn.getresponse()
        print ' response status: %s' % response.status
    except sock. error, e:
        print ' HTTP connection failed: %s' % e
        return False
    finally:
        conn. close()
        print ' HTTP connection closed successfully'
    if response. status in [200, 301]:
        return True
    else:
        return False

if __name__ == ' __main__':

    from optparse import OptionParser

    parser. add_option("-a", "--address", dest="address", default='localhost',
                      help="ADDRESS for webserver", metavar="ADDRESS")
    parser. add_option("-p", "--port", dest="port", type="int", default=80,
                      help="PORT for webserver", metavar="PORT")
    parser. add_option("-r", "--resource", dest="resource", default='index.html',
                      help="RESOURCE to check", metavar="RESOURCE")
    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
    print ' options: %s, args: %s' % (options, args)
    check = check_webserver(options.address, options.port, options.resource)
    print ' check_webserver returned %s' % check
    sys.exit(not check)