sitechecker

A website deadoralive checker

1. sitechecker.py checks a single site. A basic program
2. multichecker.py checks a near infinite number of sites quickly using threading
3. runner.sh intended to be run using cron

Example Cron Line:

*/1 * * * * /home/ubuntu/github/augurlabs/sitechecker/runner.sh >> /home/ubuntu/github/augurlabs/sitechecker/cron.log will run it every minute

Slack Configuration

1. Start Here: https://api.slack.com/start
2. You need to create an app, and generate an app token that has permissions to create a chat message
3. The required channel ID can be obtained by right clicking on a channel. You likely need admin rights on the Slack org to make this work https://slack.dev/python-slack-sdk/installation/index.html#access-tokens
4. Export the slack application token as an environment variable, and add that variable to the default .bashrc, .profile. .zshrc or other shell environment setup configuratoin of your choosing. export SLACK_TOKEN='my-slack-app-token' or something similar.

Copyright 2024 Sean P. Goggins, University of Missouri, University of Nebrasksa-Omaha, and the CHAOSS Project