IsDown

Check if a website is up and running or not using isitup.org API.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'is_down'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install is_down

Usage

On console:

$ is_down www.facebook.com
www.facebook.com is up

Or else

require 'is_down'

puts IsDown.is_down?("www.facebook.com") # false
puts IsDown.is_up?("www.facebook.com") # true

Common issues

On Windows, Ruby may raise an SSL error ("certificate verify failed"). To fix it:

1. Download a cacert from https://curl.haxx.se/docs/caextract.html
2. Set an environment variable 'SSL_CERT_FILE' to the path of the downloaded file.

Development

1. Fork this repo
2. Make your changes
3. Make a PR

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/Gr3atWh173/is_down. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the IsDown project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.