Google Apps Script for Website Monitoring
This Google Apps Script will turn Google Docs into a website uptime monitor.
/** Monitor your Site's Uptime **/
function isMySiteDown() {
// Get the URL of the Website to monitor
var url = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange('E3').getValue();
// HTTP Response Code of the last server request
if (!ScriptProperties.getProperty('status')) {
ScriptProperties.setProperty('status', 200);
}
var response, error;
try {
// Fetch the web page using UrlFetchApp
response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url);
} catch (error) {
insertData(error, -1, 'Website down');
return;
}
var code = response.getResponseCode();
// code = 200 means the fetch request was successful
if (code == 200) insertData('Up', code, 'Website up');
else insertData(response.getContent()[0], code, 'Website down');
}
function insertData(error, code, msg) {
// Ignore if the error message is logged already
if (ScriptProperties.getProperty('status') == code) return;
// Log the server error in a Google Sheet
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var email = sheet.getRange('E5').getValue();
var row = sheet.getLastRow() + 1;
sheet.getRange(row, 1).setValue(new Date());
sheet.getRange(row, 2).setValue(error);
sheet.getRange(row, 3).setValue(code);
// Send an email alert for the downtime
ScriptProperties.setProperty('status', code);
MailApp.sendEmail(email, msg, error);
}
Amit Agarwal
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Amit Agarwal is a Google Developer Expert in Google Workspace and Google Apps Script. He holds an engineering degree in Computer Science (I.I.T.) and is the first professional blogger in India.
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