checking reachability against a specific page in a URL

Question

After I have read the answer for this question I have found that using reachabilityWithHostName does not work with a URL such as this one: mySite.com/serv

Answer 1

Swift 5

A possible solution for Swift is:

 func verifyURL(urlPath: String, completion: @escaping (_ isValid: Bool) ->()) {
    if let url = URL(string: urlPath) {
        var request = URLRequest(url: url)
        request.httpMethod = "HEAD"
        let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { _, response, error in
            if let httpResponse = response {
                if httpResponse.getStatusCode() == 200 {
                completion(true)
                }
            } else {
                completion(false)
            }
        }
        task.resume()
    } else {
        completion(false)
    }
}

Then call the method like that:

verifyURL(urlPath: "www.google.com", completion: { (isValid) in
    if isValid {
        runYourCode()
    } else {
        print("URL: www.google.com is not reachable")
    }
})