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Simple Checkin

Check in if a script runs succesfully (perfect for cron tasks)

$ /path/to/very_important_script.sh && curl https://api.IsItWorking.info/c/CHECKIN_IDENTIFIER &> /dev/null 

The && means that the curl is only called if very_important_script.sh returns an exit code of zero

Checkin with status and message

$ /path/to/script_that_might_fail.sh; curl -d "s=$?" https://api.IsItWorking.info/c/CHECKIN_IDENTIFIER

Curl will be called whatever the exit code for script_that_might_fail returns

The status is sent to IsItWorking, and if it is non-zero, an alert will be sent to you

Timing a script

  			#!/bin/sh
  			start=`date +%s`
  			/Users/rob/Documents/Development/Rails/IsItWorking/test/scripts/slow_script.sh
  			end=`date +%s`
  			runtime=$((end-start))

  			curl -d "t=$runtime" https://api.IsItWorking.info/c/CHECKIN_IDENTIFIER
  			echo $runtime
  		

Note - this only measures elapsed seconds

Setting a boundary and a message:

  			#!/bin/sh
  			start=`date +%s`
  			/Users/rob/Documents/Development/Rails/IsItWorking/test/scripts/slow_script.sh
  			end=`date +%s`
  			runtime=$((end-start))

  			curl -d "t=$runtime&b=5&m=Possibly Slow Script" https://api.IsItWorking.info/c/CHECKIN_IDENTIFIER
  			echo $runtime
  		

If the time is larger than the boundary value (5 seconds here), then an alert is triggered

IsItWorkingInfo Gem

We have a gem which provides a super way to do checkins in Ruby

Is It Working Gem

Simple Checkin

require 'net/http'

uri = URI('https://api.IsItWorking.info/c/CHECKIN_IDENTIFIER')
result = Net::HTTP.get(uri) 

Checkin with status and message

require 'net/http'

uri = URI('https://api.IsItWorking.info/c/CHECKIN_IDENTIFIER')
params = {
m: "Important Message",
s: 1
}
res = Net::HTTP.post_form(uri,params)

The status is sent to IsItWorking, and if it is non-zero, an alert will be sent to you

Timing a script

require 'net/http'

time = Benchmark.realtime do

	#do important things here

end
milliseconds = time * 1000

uri = URI('https://api.IsItWorking.info/c/CHECKIN_IDENTIFIER')
params = {
t: milliseconds
}
res = Net::HTTP.post_form(uri,params)

Setting a boundary and a message:

require 'net/http'

time = Benchmark.realtime do

	#do important things here

end
milliseconds = time * 1000

uri = URI('https://api.IsItWorking.info/c/CHECKIN_IDENTIFIER')
params = {
m: "Is my script slow?",
t: milliseconds,
b: 5000
}
res = Net::HTTP.post_form(uri,params)

If the time is larger than the boundary value (5,000 milliseconds here), then an alert is triggered

You can check in with any language that allows you to make an http call.

Please see the API document for more details.


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