Linux script with curl to check webservice is up

Question

I have a webservice provided at http://localhost/test/testweb

I want to write a script to check if webservice is up with curl

If there a curl parame

Answer 1

I needed a better answer to this, so I wrote the script below.

The fakePhrase is used to detect ISP "Search Assist" adware HTTP resposnes.

#!/bin/bash

fakePhrase="verizon"
siteList=(
  'http://google.com'
  'https://google.com'
  'http://wikipedia.org'
  'https://wikipedia.org'
  'http://cantgettherefromhere'
  'http://searchassist.verizon.com'
)

exitStatus=0

function isUp {
  http=`curl -sL -w "%{http_code}" "$1" -o temp_isUp`
  fakeResponse=`cat temp_isUp | grep $fakePhrase`
  if [ -n "$fakeResponse" ]; then
    http=$fakePhrase
  fi
  case $http in
  [2]*)
    ;;
  [3]*)
    echo 'Redirect'
    ;;
  [4]*)
    exitStatus=4
    echo "$1 is DENIED with ${http}"
    ;;
  [5]*)
    exitStatus=5
    echo "$1 is ERROR with ${http}"
    ;;
  *)
    exitStatus=6
    echo "$1 is NO RESPONSE with ${http}"
    ;;
  esac
}

for var in "${siteList[@]}"
do
  isUp $var
done

if [ "$exitStatus" -eq "0" ]; then
  echo 'All up'
fi

rm temp_isUp
exit $exitStatus