Posted by: Dakusan
« on: December 23, 2010, 11:32:33 am »Original post for Ping URL can be found at https://www.castledragmire.com/Posts/Ping_URL.
Originally posted on: 12/23/10
Originally posted on: 12/23/10
The following is a Python script that automatically pings a requested web address at a given interval. It was made as a quick favor for a friend. Here is the downloadable source code and Windows binary.
The Configuration Options File (PingURL.cfg) contains 2 lines:- The URL to ping (The default pings the GetIP script)
- The millisecond interval between pings (Default=600000=10 minutes)
#!python
from sys import stderr
from urllib import urlopen
from time import localtime, strftime, sleep
#Main function
def Main():
#Open the settings file
SettingFileName='PingURL.cfg';
Settings=[] #Blank out settings file variable in case it can't be opened
try:
Settings=open(SettingFileName, 'r').readlines()
except IOError as (errno, strerror):
stderr.write('Cannot open {0} configuration file: I/O error({1}): {2}\n'.format(SettingFileName, errno, strerror))
return
#Confirm valid settings were passed
if(len(Settings)<2):
stderr.write('Not enough settings found in settings file\n')
return
try:
IntervalTime=int(Settings[1])
except:
stderr.write('Invalid interval time\n')
return
#Ping the URL indefinitely
while(True):
try:
URLText=urlopen(Settings[0]).read()
except:
URLText='READ FAILED'
print 'URL Pinged At {0}: {1}'.format(strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', localtime()), URLText)
sleep(IntervalTime/1000)
#Run the program
Main()
