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# -*- python -*-
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# This file is part of the easydev software
#
# Copyright (c) 2011-2017
#
# File author(s): Thomas Cokelaer <cokelaer@gmail.com>
#
# Distributed under the GPLv3 License.
# See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or copy at
# http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
#
# Website: https://github.com/cokelaer/easydev
# Documentation: http://easydev-python.readthedocs.io
#
##############################################################################
"""Utilities related to the web"""
try:
import httplib
except ImportError:
import http.client as httplib
__all__ = ["isurl_reachable"]
def isurl_reachable(url, timeout=10, path="/"): # pragma: no cover
"""Checks if an URL exists or nor
:param str url: the url to look for
:param str path: Used in request.request at the
url path following the domain name. For instance,
www.ensembl.org is the site url but actually
we want to check this full url www.ensembl.org/biomart/martview
:return: True if it exists
.. versionchanged:: 0.9.30
"""
if url.startswith("http://") or url.startswith("https://"):
url = url.split("//")[1]
conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(url, timeout=timeout)
try:
conn.request("HEAD", path)
except:
return False
# 302 is a redirection
# 200 is okay
try:
response = conn.getresponse()
except:
return False
if response.status in [200, 302]:
return True
else:
return False