Checking if a website is up via Python

Question

By using python, how can I check if a website is up? From what I read, I need to check the "HTTP HEAD" and see status code "200 OK", but how to do so ?

Answer 1

my 2 cents

def getResponseCode(url):
conn = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
return conn.getcode()

if getResponseCode(url) != 200:
    print('Wrong URL')
else:
    print('Good URL')