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Uptime Checker

by @johnnywang2001

Lightweight URL uptime checker and response time monitor. Check if websites and APIs are up, measure response times, track history, and detect SSL issues. Us...

Versionv1.0.0
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clawhub install uptime-checker

πŸ“– About This Skill

name: uptime-checker description: Lightweight URL uptime checker and response time monitor. Check if websites and APIs are up, measure response times, track history, and detect SSL issues. Use when checking if a site is down, monitoring API endpoints, measuring response times, checking SSL certificates, or building uptime reports. Triggers on "is this site up", "check uptime", "website down", "response time", "monitor URL", "endpoint health check", "site status".

Uptime Checker

Zero-dependency URL uptime checker with response time monitoring, history tracking, and multi-URL support.

Quick Start

# Check a single URL
python3 scripts/uptime_check.py https://example.com
Check multiple URLs

python3 scripts/uptime_check.py https://api.example.com https://example.com https://status.example.com
JSON output for scripting

python3 scripts/uptime_check.py https://example.com --format json
Check with custom expected status

python3 scripts/uptime_check.py https://example.com/old-page --expected-status 301
Load URLs from file

python3 scripts/uptime_check.py --urls-file urls.txt
Save results and view history

python3 scripts/uptime_check.py https://example.com --save --history-file checks.json
python3 scripts/uptime_check.py --history --history-file checks.json
Skip SSL verification (self-signed certs)

python3 scripts/uptime_check.py https://internal.example.com --no-verify-ssl
Custom timeout and method

python3 scripts/uptime_check.py https://example.com --timeout 5 --method HEAD
Add custom headers (auth, etc.)

python3 scripts/uptime_check.py https://api.example.com --header "Authorization:Bearer token123"

Features

  • Check single or multiple URLs in one command
  • Response time measurement in milliseconds
  • SSL certificate validation
  • Redirect detection and following
  • History tracking with uptime percentage summaries
  • Configurable expected HTTP status codes
  • Custom headers, methods, and timeouts
  • JSON and text output formats
  • Exit code 1 if any endpoint is down (for scripting/cron)
  • No external dependencies β€” pure Python stdlib

    • πŸ’‘ Examples

    # Check a single URL
python3 scripts/uptime_check.py https://example.com
    Check multiple URLs
    
python3 scripts/uptime_check.py https://api.example.com https://example.com https://status.example.com
    JSON output for scripting
    
python3 scripts/uptime_check.py https://example.com --format json
    Check with custom expected status
    
python3 scripts/uptime_check.py https://example.com/old-page --expected-status 301
    Load URLs from file
    
python3 scripts/uptime_check.py --urls-file urls.txt
    Save results and view history
    
python3 scripts/uptime_check.py https://example.com --save --history-file checks.json
python3 scripts/uptime_check.py --history --history-file checks.json
    Skip SSL verification (self-signed certs)
    
python3 scripts/uptime_check.py https://internal.example.com --no-verify-ssl
    Custom timeout and method
    
python3 scripts/uptime_check.py https://example.com --timeout 5 --method HEAD
    Add custom headers (auth, etc.)
    
python3 scripts/uptime_check.py https://api.example.com --header "Authorization:Bearer token123"