larrystrick
IS-IT--Management
How can I use HTTP::Request to determine if a web page is available and has NOT been redirected?
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Monitoring web sites
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I'd be tempted to use Net::Telnet rather than HTTP::Request. All you really want to do is write "GET $url HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n\" to port 80 on the required server and then analyse the first few lines of the response (if any). Net::Telnet's timeout will let you spot dead sites.
Hope this helps...
PS - beware of caching proxies!
Hope this helps...
PS - beware of caching proxies!
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