Ah, this kind of programme would be so much simpler if Last-Modified and ETag were commonly used.... *sigh*. Unfortunately, advertising kinda killed it...
I recommend www.watchthispage.com if you just need a quick update without killing your own bandwidth. Regards, Liam Clarke-Hutchinson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kent Johnson Sent: Monday, 21 November 2005 10:25 a.m. Cc: tutor@python.org Subject: Re: [Tutor] Website monitoring program. Adisegna wrote: > > I guess I should keep the same subject line (above) from now on since > my > last few posts (urllib, smtplib) are about the same program. My preference is to start a new subject for each new question. > > My question is how to use a loop to go through a tuple of URLs. Please > feel free to suggest an easier way to do the same thing. > > Here is my rudimentary program so far. > > ------------------------------------------------------- > import urllib, smtplib > > urls = ("http://website0.net/imalive.asp";, > "http://website1.net/imalive.asp";, > "http://website2.net/imalive.asp";, > "http://website3.net/imalive.asp";, > "http://website4.net/imalive.asp"; > <http://website4.net/imalive.asp";>,) > > # I added these just to make the loop work and be more readable > > qa = urls[0] > n4k = urls[1] > metro = urls[4] > > for i in urls: # <-- this obviously doens't work because I have to > specify a value "metro" below > > for site in urllib.urlopen(metro): #<----- What can I use here to > loop through the 'urls' tupple I'm not sure I understand but I think what you want is for url in urls: # url will take on each value from urls site = urllib.urlopen(url).read() # site will have the entire text from the page you opened You might also be interested in EDDIE which seems to support building this kind of monitoring app fairly easily. http://eddie-tool.net/doc/manual.html Kent > > good = "400 Bad Request" > bad = "Invalid Hostname" > smtpserver = 'mail.authentium.com <http://mail.authentium.com>' > RECIPIENTS = ['[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'] > SENDER = '[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>' > mssg = site > > if good in site: > print "OK" > text_file = open("test.log", "a") > text_file.writelines('sometext : ') > text_file.writelines(site) > text_file.writelines("\n") > text_file.close() > > elif bad in site: > print "NOT OK" > text_file = open("test.log", "a") > text_file.writelines('metro-ams : ') > text_file.writelines(site) > text_file.writelines("\n") > text_file.close() > session = smtplib.SMTP(smtpserver) > smtpresult = session.sendmail(SENDER, RECIPIENTS, mssg) > if smtpresult: > errstr = "" > for recip in smtpresult.keys(): > errstr = """Could not delivery mail to: %s > > Server said: %s > %s > > %s""" % (recip, smtpresult[recip][0], > smtpresult[recip][1], errstr) > raise smtplib.SMTPException, errstr > > > else: > text_file = open("test.log", "a") > text_file.writelines('Another type of error occurred : ') > text_file.writelines(site) > text_file.writelines("\n") > text_file.close() > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > > Thanks > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- http://www.kentsjohnson.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor A new monthly electronic newsletter covering all aspects of MED's work is now available. Subscribers can choose to receive news from any or all of seven categories, free of charge: Growth and Innovation, Strategic Directions, Energy and Resources, Business News, ICT, Consumer Issues and Tourism. See http://news.business.govt.nz for more details. http://www.govt.nz - connecting you to New Zealand central & local government services Any opinions expressed in this message are not necessarily those of the Ministry of Economic Development. This message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivery to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this message in error and that any use is strictly prohibited. Please contact the sender and delete the message and any attachment from your computer. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
