http pinger

A simple tool to check website status and notify via email.

build executable

go build http-pinger.go

run from console

./http-pinger

OR:

go run http-pinger.go

config.json

{
    "lag": 30,
    "interval": 60,
    "urls_file": "urls.txt",
    "smtp_username": "",
    "smtp_password": "",
    "smtp_host": "localhost",
    "smtp_port": "25",
    "email_subject": "http pinger",
    "from_email": "admin@server.com",
    "to_emails": ["admingroup@server.com"]
}

Alerts by email when a url's response time longer than lag in seconds.

urls file

http://google.com/
http://baidu.com/
https://non-exist.xyz/

lines without http:// or https:// beginning would be ignored.

TODO

• monitor other services: smtp, ftp, ping, pop3, custom port...
• check spectial expected http status code for a url
• add notify by twitter, SMS ?

License

The MIT License (MIT)