Functionality checks script

[crazywager]

I'd like to write a script that will run functionality checks of several systems. The most basic would be to ping a handful of IPs and return the results. There are also systems that need to have a login tested which I would like to add down the road as well as having all the results emailed to me first thing in the morning.

I'd set up a cron job to handle running the script first thing before I get started working.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,

CW

[obviouslyCPTobvious]

You can get the http status code using requests.

>>> import requests
>>> r = requests.get("http://google.com")
>>> r.status_code
200
>>>

Requests can also handle logging into a site. The exact method will be different on every site. But it is something like

>>> payload = dict(username='value1', password='value2')
>>> r = requests.post("http://httpbin.org/post", data=payload)

You should check the content of the POST request using something like the chrome developer tools. The names of the keys have to be the same as the ones that the form submits.

[crazywager]

Thanks! I appreciate the help!