topic Re: CGI script needed in Operating System - HP-UX

CGI script needed

Allanm — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:49:23 GMT

I need a CGI script in which I can monitor some URLs in different environments / servers.

Does anybody already have this which I can use and modify the URLs to have a nice display to monitor those URLs through a single browser page.

Thanks,
Allan

Re: CGI script needed

Torsten. — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:57:03 GMT

What is the meaning of "monitor some URLs"?

This is not clear (at least to me).

Re: CGI script needed

OFC_EDM — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:53:33 GMT

I used wget to do this years ago.

You'll have to download and install.

I'll see if i can locate the url to download the file for you.

And also get an examplet of how to use it.

In the meantime do a search in the forums for wget and you'll probably beat me to the full answer.

Regards

Re: CGI script needed

OFC_EDM — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:56:03 GMT

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/

That's the UK link where you can get teh wget software.

You can select a different country such as Canada etc. if you're elsewhere.

Don't forget to look at the software dependencies and ensure they're on your system before you install wget.

If you don't have the dependencies they should all be available on the same website.

Re: CGI script needed

OFC_EDM — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:58:47 GMT

http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1073618&admit=109447627+1203429452882+28353475

Link to an ITRC thread with your answers. Near the end of the thread they give a sample script.

Hope this is what you need!

Re: CGI script needed

Steven Schweda — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:09:52 GMT

> What is the meaning of "monitor some URLs"?
> This is not clear (at least to me).

I'm with you. (Also, "nice" is not a
well-defined attribute.)

> I need a CGI script [...]

Any language preference?

Re: CGI script needed

Torsten. — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:22:02 GMT

Thanks Steven.

wget is a downloader. Downloading something is not what I would call monitor an URL.

But several "URLs through a single browser page" ... ?

How about a html page with a frame definition (+ a "refresh" META tag)?

Re: CGI script needed

Allanm — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:15:59 GMT

Ok here is an explanation :

I want to monitor few URLs through a single web page. ( can be a cgi script so that I can open it through a browser page )

Since I want to monitor multiple URLs within a single browser page I want to have a nice layout to it.( categorised based on different environments - like prod , qa , integration ) since each environment it pointing different URL.

I hope it explains my problem a little better.

Re: CGI script needed

Torsten. — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:26:30 GMT

Still not sure ...

How about this.

Copy to a file, add the *.html extension and open in a browser.

=== cut here ===

MyFrames
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="10;" />

Re: CGI script needed

Patrick Wallek — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:29:02 GMT

Your question is still not entirely clear. What exactly do you mean by "want to monitor few URLs through a single web page"?

How do you want to monitor the URLs? Are you wanting to see if they work? Are you wanting to display multiple web pages in a single browser window? You must be more clear about exactly what you are trying to accomplish.

Re: CGI script needed

Allanm — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:04:00 GMT

Are you wanting to see if they work?
YES

and if I do a refresh ( of the browser )it should fetch me the current status.

Re: CGI script needed

Steven Schweda — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:35:00 GMT

> Are you wanting to see if they work?
> YES

In that case, I'd probably use wget to
attempt to fetch an URL, redirecting its
normal output to a file, then scan that file
for a success status ("200 OK", or whatever),
and put out whatever HTML would look "nice"
to show that result.

No, I don't already have a script to do this.