NAME
Watchdog::HTTPService - Monitor HTTP service
SYNOPSIS
use Watchdog::HTTPService;
$h = new Watchdog::HTTPService($name,$host,$port);
print $h->id, $h->is_alive ? ' is alive' : ' is dead', "\n";DESCRIPTION
Watchdog::HTTPService is an extension for monitoring an HTTP server running on a Unix host.
CLASS METHODS
new($name,$host,$port)
Returns a new Watchdog::HTTPService object. $name is a string which will identify the service to a human (default is 'httpd'). $host is the hostname which is running the service (default is 'localhost'). $port is the port on which the service listens (default is 80).
OBJECT METHODS
is_alive()
Returns true if an HTTP GET method succeeds for the URL http://$host:$port/ or false if it doesn't.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Paul Sharpe <paul@miraclefish.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1998 Paul Sharpe. England. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.