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Effective Website Monitoring: How to Properly Check Response Status Code

Discover how to effectively monitor a website's status using Python. Learn how to update status messages with each response code change! --- This video is based on the question https://stackoverflow.com/q/72287491/ asked by the user 'Jake' ( https://stackoverflow.com/u/19133197/ ) and on the answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/72287847/ provided by the user 'Omer' ( https://stackoverflow.com/u/18539128/ ) at 'Stack Overflow' website. Thanks to these great users and Stackexchange community for their contributions. Visit these links for original content and any more details, such as alternate solutions, latest updates/developments on topic, comments, revision history etc. For example, the original title of the Question was: I am trying to monitor a website but my code doesn't update when the response status code updates Also, Content (except music) licensed under CC BY-SA https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/l... The original Question post is licensed under the 'CC BY-SA 4.0' ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... ) license, and the original Answer post is licensed under the 'CC BY-SA 4.0' ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... ) license. If anything seems off to you, please feel free to write me at vlogize [AT] gmail [DOT] com. --- Effective Website Monitoring: How to Properly Check Response Status Code Monitoring a website can be essential for web administrators and developers who need to ensure that their services are operational. If you're trying to check the response status code of a website, you may face issues where the code does not update according to the status of the site. In this guide, we will dive into how to implement effective website monitoring using Python, specifically addressing a common pitfall: ensuring that your output reflects the current status accurately. Understanding the Problem When monitoring a website, the goal is to respond to changes in the response status code reliably. For example, you want an alert when a site goes online (returns a 200 status code) or goes offline (returns a 404 status code). However, many users run into an issue where the code continues to print the initial result despite changes; it does not recognize a shift in status. This can make it difficult to track the real-time status of your website. Example of a Common Mistake Consider the following code: [[See Video to Reveal this Text or Code Snippet]] This approach will continuously print "Online!" if the website initially returns a 200 status code, failing to update if the status changes to 404 (offline). Crafting a Solution To overcome the above challenges, we can utilize boolean values to track the previous state of the website. Here’s a refined method to monitor the website's status: Revised Code Implementation Use the following code to effectively monitor the website's status while making sure to print each status change only once: [[See Video to Reveal this Text or Code Snippet]] Code Walkthrough Booleans as Flags: We use two boolean variables (status and status_1) to keep track of the current state. This allows us to know whether to print "Online!" or "Offline!" only when an actual change occurs. Checking the Response: In the while True loop, the script continuously checks the response status code. When the script detects a change in the status code, it prints the appropriate message and updates the flags accordingly. Execution of the Solution When you run this script: Input the URL: You will be prompted to enter a website URL. Constant Monitoring: The script will continuously monitor the website. Single Output for Status Change: It prints "Online!" when the status code changes to 200 and "Offline!" when it changes to 404, ensuring that each message is displayed only once for each status change. Conclusion Implementing effective website monitoring in Python is a must for anyone wanting to maintain up-to-date knowledge about their website's operational status. By utilizing boolean flags, we ensure that our messages regarding the website's status change are accurate and not repeated indefinitely. Now you're equipped with the right approach to monitor a website's status properly! Happy coding, and may your websites always stay Online!