PowerShell script to check the status of a URL

Question

Similar to this question here I am trying to monitor if a set of website links are up and running or not responding. I have found the same PowerShell script over the Interne

Answer 1

You can try this:

function Get-UrlStatusCode([string] $Url)
{
    try
    {
        (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $Url -UseBasicParsing -DisableKeepAlive).StatusCode
    }
    catch [Net.WebException]
    {
        [int]$_.Exception.Response.StatusCode
    }
}

$statusCode = Get-UrlStatusCode 'httpstat.us/500'