CGI script needed

[Allanm]

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

[Torsten.]

What is the meaning of "monitor some URLs"?

This is not clear (at least to me).

[OFC_EDM]

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

[OFC_EDM]

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.

[OFC_EDM]

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!

[Steven Schweda]

> 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?

[Torsten.]

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)?

[Allanm]

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.

[Torsten.]

Still not sure ...

How about this.

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

=== cut here ===





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

[Patrick Wallek]

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.

[Allanm]

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.

[Steven Schweda]

> 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.