Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.014 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; '16,': 0.03; 'jeff': 0.04; 'subject:Question': 0.07; 'exception,': 0.09; 'try:': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'blocked': 0.16; 'internally': 0.16; 'logon': 0.16; 'received:mac.com': 0.16; 'urllib': 0.16; 'when,': 0.16; 'component': 0.16; 'all.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'received:10.0.1': 0.19; 'programming': 0.22; 'import': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'print': 0.22; 'cc:2**1': 0.23; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'script': 0.25; 'am,': 0.29; 'reporting': 0.29; 'dec': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; '"",': 0.31; 'sites.': 0.31; 'up.': 0.33; 'url:python': 0.33; 'could': 0.34; 'except': 0.35; 'skip:u 20': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'done': 0.36; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; 'received:10.0': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'received:10': 0.37; 'being': 0.38; 'server': 0.38; 'received:17': 0.38; 'url:amazon': 0.38; 'expect': 0.39; 'sure': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'lower': 0.61; 'simply': 0.61; 'our': 0.64; 'due': 0.66; 'home': 0.69; 'fact,': 0.69; 'etc.]': 0.84; 'examples.': 0.84; 'header:In-reply-to:1': 0.84; 'to:addr:jeff': 0.84; '2013,': 0.91 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.11.87,1.0.14,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-12-16_02:2013-12-17,2013-12-16,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1308280000 definitions=main-1312160225 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_33DF53DA-6891-46BA-9396-A6E42CA04B0A" MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: Question RE urllib From: William Ray Wing In-reply-to: Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:45:02 -0500 References: To: Jeff James X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) Cc: python-list@python.org, William Ray Wing X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 80 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1387251914 news.xs4all.nl 2847 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53029 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:62142 --Apple-Mail=_33DF53DA-6891-46BA-9396-A6E42CA04B0A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 On Dec 16, 2013, at 6:40 AM, Jeff James wrote: > So I'm using the following script to check our sites to make sure they = are all up and some of them are reporting they are "down" when, in fact, = they are actually up. These sites do not require a logon in order for = the home page to come up. Could this be due to some port being blocked = internally ? Only one of the sites reporting as down is "https" but all = are internal sites. Is there some other component I should be including = in the script ? There are about 30 or 40 sites that I have listed in = all. I just use those in the following script as examples. Thanks >=20 > import urllib >=20 > sites =3D ["http://www.amazon.com/", = "https://internalsite.com/intranet.html", etc.] >=20 > for site in sites: > try: > urllib.urlopen(site) > print site + " " > except Exception, e: > print site + " is down" > --=20 > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list I've never used urllib, although I've done a fair amount of network = programming at lower levels. Are you sure the report of "down" isn't simply a time out due to the = server being busier than you expect when you hit it? -Bill= --Apple-Mail=_33DF53DA-6891-46BA-9396-A6E42CA04B0A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 jeff@jeffljames.com> = wrote:
So I'm using the following script to = check our sites to make sure they are all up and some of them are = reporting they are "down" when, in fact, they are actually up.   = These sites do not require a logon in order for the home page to come = up.  Could this be due to some port being blocked internally ? =  Only one of the sites reporting as down is "https" but all are = internal sites.  Is there some other component I should be = including in the script ?  There are about 30 or 40 sites that I = have listed in all.  I just use those in the following script as = examples.   Thanks

import urllib


for site in sites:
    = try:
        = urllib.urlopen(site)
        print site + = " "
    except Exception, e:
    =     print site + " is down"
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I've never used urllib, although I've done a fair amount of network = programming at lower levels.

Are you sure the = report of "down" isn't simply a time out due to the server being busier = than you expect when you hit = it?

-Bill
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