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Primary LanguageJava

The Amazing URL Monitor

Quick-start

Requirements

  • Java 11 +
  • Gradle 7.3

Run Tests (Unix/macOS)

  • Open a terminal and go to root project folder (monitor)
  • Execute
gradlew test

Run Monitor (Unix/macOS)

  • Open a terminal and go to root project folder (monitor)
  • Execute
gradlew bootRun
  • On a browser go to http://localhost:8080/http-monitor
    • Monitoring page refresh automatically each 30secs.

Dashboard

application.properties parameters:

  • logging.level.root: logging level, default info
  • logging.file.name: full path to the file to be logged, default monitor.log under monitor project folder
  • monitor.http.defaultCheckPeriodInMillis: monitoring check period in milliseconds, default 60000
  • monitor.http.monitoredObjectsFilePath: full path to .json file which has urls to be monitored. default src/main/resources/urls.json

Add urls to be monitored

  • modify src/main/resources/urls.json file adding/removing url objects
  • URL object parameters:
    • name: validator's name
    • url: url to be validated
    • regexValidator: String or regex expression to be found in the page
  {
      "name": "WikiFinland",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland",
      "regexValidator": "(Arg\\w music | tango)"
  }