commit 9c8299055a3350500b93c3319791e93ca75bd91f
Author: askiiart <dev@askiiart.net>
Date:   Mon Feb 5 18:01:49 2024 -0600

    Initial commit

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+# Updog HTTP checker
+
+An HTTP checker for updog.
+
+## Arguments
+
+Arguments marked with * are required.
+
+### `url`*
+
+The URL for the thing being checked.
+
+Default: None, this is a required value.
+
+#### Example
+
+```json
+"url": "https://example.com:443"
+```
+
+### `append-messages`
+
+Text to be appended after the status message for each status code.
+
+TODO: Add ranges and lists for these - will not be stored like that, just processed into a normal dict like this.
+
+Default: None
+
+#### Example
+
+```json
+"append-messages": {
+    200: " - Up",
+    404: " - Partial outage",
+    502: " - Down"
+}
+```
+
+### `headers`
+
+Headers to be sent for the HTTP request.
+
+Default: None
+
+#### Example
+
+```json
+"headers": {
+    "Content-Type": "text"
+}
+```
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+import requests
+from http.client import responses
+
+
+class HttpChecker:
+    def __init__(self, arguments):
+        self.url = arguments['url']
+        # return an empty dict for optional things
+        append_messages = arguments.get(
+            'append-messages', dict())
+        self.headers = arguments.get('headers', dict())
+
+        # Append the custom stuff to the response status code messages
+        self.status_messages = responses
+        for status_code in self.status_messages:
+            self.status_messages[status_code] = str(
+                self.status_messages[status_code]) + append_messages.get(str(status_code), '')
+
+    def get_status(self):
+        return requests.get(self.url, headers=self.headers).status_code()
+
+    def get_return_codes(self):
+        return (self.status_messages)