Ping My Site
A simple CLI Pingdom-like written in ruby. Check your site's HTTP status code and notify via Slack if anything went wrong.
How to use
Git clone
Install required Gem
bundle
dotenv (.env)
Copy the .env_schemafile to .envand fill it.
cp .env_schema .env
Run
bin/ping-my-site ping http://google.com --expected-status-code 200 --follow-location false
Options
--expected-status-code XXX: define the expected HTTP status code (default:200)--follow-location true: allow CURL to follow HTTP redirection (default: false)
Usecase
Test HTTP status
bin/ping-my-site ping http://google.com --expected-status-code 200
Test HTTP redirection
bin/ping-my-site ping http://mysite.be --expected-status-code 301 --follow-location false --expected-redirect-url http://www.mysite.be
Troubleshooting
Dotenv::Schema::ValidationError
Something is missing in your .envfile. Compare it to .env_schemaand be sure every constant is defined.
Use with crontab
- * * * * /bin/bash -l -c 'cd /path/to/ping-my-site/ && bundle exec bin/ping-my-site ping http://www.6x7asbl.be --expected-status-code 200 --follow-location false'
Technologies
Roadmap
- Add proxy support (host, port, username, password)
- Add content-check support (both string and regex)
- Add description to gemspec
- Add GitHub URL to gemspec
- Add LICENCE file
- Add post_install_message to gemspec