URL Health Checker

A Python script to check the status of a list of URLs and optionally report their ping times.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Features
• Contributing
• License

Installation

1. Ensure you have Python installed. This script is compatible with Python 3.6+.

2. Install required packages:

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   pip install requests

Usage

To use the URL Health Checker, run the script check_urls.py with required and optional arguments:

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python check_urls.py -L <path_to_file_with_urls> [options]

Arguments:

• -L, --list: (Required) Path to the file containing a list of URLs to check.

• -T, --threads: (Optional) Number of threads to use. Default is 10.

• --only-up: (Optional) If provided, only display URLs that are up.

• --show-ping: (Optional) If provided, display the ping time for URLs.

Example:

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python check_urls.py -L urls.txt --show-ping

Features

• URL Health Checking: Determine if a URL is up or down based on HTTP status codes.

• Ping Reporting: Optional feature to display the ping time for each URL.

• Multithreading: Speed up the checking process by running checks in parallel.

Contributing

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/fooBar).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some fooBar').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/fooBar).
5. Create a new Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.