Similar to this question here I am trying to monitor if a set of website links are up and running or not responding. I have found the same PowerShell script over the Internet.
However, instead of direct website links I need to check more specific links, for example:
http://mypage.global/Chemical/
http://maypage2:9080/portal/site/hotpot/
When I am trying to check on the status of these links, I get the following output:
URL StatusCode StatusDescription ResponseLength TimeTaken
http://mypage.global/Chemical/ 0
http://maypage2:9080/portal/site/hotpot/ 0
The above links requires me to be connected to the VPN, but I can access these links from the browser.
Output of Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20259251/powershell-script-to-check-the-status-of-a-url:
PS C:\Users\682126> Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20259251/powershell-script-to-check-the-status-of-a-url
The term 'Invoke-WebRequest' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:18
+ Invoke-WebRequest <<<< -Uri https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20259251/powershell-script-to-check-the-status-of-a-url > tmp.txt
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Invoke-WebRequest:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
$PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
CLRVersion 2.0.50727.5472
BuildVersion 6.1.7601.17514
PSVersion 2.0
WSManStackVersion 2.0
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0}
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.1
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$request = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create('http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20259251/powershell-script-to-check-the-status-of-a-url')
$response = $request.GetResponse()
$response.StatusCode
$response.Close()
You must update the Windows PowerShell to minimum of version 4.0 for the script below to work.
[array]$SiteLinks = "http://mypage.global/Chemical/test.html"
"http://maypage2:9080/portal/site/hotpot/test.json"
foreach($url in $SiteLinks) {
try {
Write-host "Verifying $url" -ForegroundColor Yellow
$checkConnection = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url
if ($checkConnection.StatusCode -eq 200) {
Write-Host "Connection Verified!" -ForegroundColor Green
}
}
catch [System.Net.WebException] {
$exceptionMessage = $Error[0].Exception
if ($exceptionMessage -match "503") {
Write-Host "Server Unavaiable" -ForegroundColor Red
}
elseif ($exceptionMessage -match "404") {
Write-Host "Page Not found" -ForegroundColor Red
}
}
}
For people that have PowerShell 3 or later (i.e. Windows Server 2012+ or Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Windows Management Framework 4.0 update), you can do this one-liner instead of invoking System.Net.WebRequest:
$statusCode = wget http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20259251/ | % {$_.StatusCode}
Below is the PowerShell code that I use for basic web URL testing. It includes the ability to accept invalid certs and get detailed information about the results of checking the certificate.
$CertificateValidatorClass = @'
using System;
using System.Collections.Concurrent;
using System.Net;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
namespace CertificateValidation
{
public class CertificateValidationResult
{
public string Subject { get; internal set; }
public string Thumbprint { get; internal set; }
public DateTime Expiration { get; internal set; }
public DateTime ValidationTime { get; internal set; }
public bool IsValid { get; internal set; }
public bool Accepted { get; internal set; }
public string Message { get; internal set; }
public CertificateValidationResult()
{
ValidationTime = DateTime.UtcNow;
}
}
public static class CertificateValidator
{
private static ConcurrentStack<CertificateValidationResult> certificateValidationResults = new ConcurrentStack<CertificateValidationResult>();
public static CertificateValidationResult[] CertificateValidationResults
{
get
{
return certificateValidationResults.ToArray();
}
}
public static CertificateValidationResult LastCertificateValidationResult
{
get
{
CertificateValidationResult lastCertificateValidationResult = null;
certificateValidationResults.TryPeek(out lastCertificateValidationResult);
return lastCertificateValidationResult;
}
}
public static bool ServicePointManager_ServerCertificateValidationCallback(object sender, System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate certificate, System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Chain chain, System.Net.Security.SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors)
{
StringBuilder certificateValidationMessage = new StringBuilder();
bool allowCertificate = true;
if (sslPolicyErrors != System.Net.Security.SslPolicyErrors.None)
{
if ((sslPolicyErrors & System.Net.Security.SslPolicyErrors.RemoteCertificateNameMismatch) == System.Net.Security.SslPolicyErrors.RemoteCertificateNameMismatch)
{
certificateValidationMessage.AppendFormat("The remote certificate name does not match.\r\n", certificate.Subject);
}
if ((sslPolicyErrors & System.Net.Security.SslPolicyErrors.RemoteCertificateChainErrors) == System.Net.Security.SslPolicyErrors.RemoteCertificateChainErrors)
{
certificateValidationMessage.AppendLine("The certificate chain has the following errors:");
foreach (System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509ChainStatus chainStatus in chain.ChainStatus)
{
certificateValidationMessage.AppendFormat("\t{0}", chainStatus.StatusInformation);
if (chainStatus.Status == System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509ChainStatusFlags.Revoked)
{
allowCertificate = false;
}
}
}
if ((sslPolicyErrors & System.Net.Security.SslPolicyErrors.RemoteCertificateNotAvailable) == System.Net.Security.SslPolicyErrors.RemoteCertificateNotAvailable)
{
certificateValidationMessage.AppendLine("The remote certificate was not available.");
allowCertificate = false;
}
System.Console.WriteLine();
}
else
{
certificateValidationMessage.AppendLine("The remote certificate is valid.");
}
CertificateValidationResult certificateValidationResult = new CertificateValidationResult
{
Subject = certificate.Subject,
Thumbprint = certificate.GetCertHashString(),
Expiration = DateTime.Parse(certificate.GetExpirationDateString()),
IsValid = (sslPolicyErrors == System.Net.Security.SslPolicyErrors.None),
Accepted = allowCertificate,
Message = certificateValidationMessage.ToString()
};
certificateValidationResults.Push(certificateValidationResult);
return allowCertificate;
}
public static void SetDebugCertificateValidation()
{
ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = ServicePointManager_ServerCertificateValidationCallback;
}
public static void SetDefaultCertificateValidation()
{
ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = null;
}
public static void ClearCertificateValidationResults()
{
certificateValidationResults.Clear();
}
}
}
'@
function Set-CertificateValidationMode
{
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Sets the certificate validation mode.
.DESCRIPTION
Set the certificate validation mode to one of three modes with the following behaviors:
Default -- Performs the .NET default validation of certificates. Certificates are not checked for revocation and will be rejected if invalid.
CheckRevocationList -- Cerftificate Revocation Lists are checked and certificate will be rejected if revoked or invalid.
Debug -- Certificate Revocation Lists are checked and revocation will result in rejection. Invalid certificates will be accepted. Certificate validation
information is logged and can be retrieved from the certificate handler.
.EXAMPLE
Set-CertificateValidationMode Debug
.PARAMETER Mode
The mode for certificate validation.
#>
[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $false)]
param
(
[Parameter()]
[ValidateSet('Default', 'CheckRevocationList', 'Debug')]
[string] $Mode
)
begin
{
$isValidatorClassLoaded = (([System.AppDomain]::CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies() | ?{ $_.GlobalAssemblyCache -eq $false }) | ?{ $_.DefinedTypes.FullName -contains 'CertificateValidation.CertificateValidator' }) -ne $null
if ($isValidatorClassLoaded -eq $false)
{
Add-Type -TypeDefinition $CertificateValidatorClass
}
}
process
{
switch ($Mode)
{
'Debug'
{
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CheckCertificateRevocationList = $true
[CertificateValidation.CertificateValidator]::SetDebugCertificateValidation()
}
'CheckRevocationList'
{
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CheckCertificateRevocationList = $true
[CertificateValidation.CertificateValidator]::SetDefaultCertificateValidation()
}
'Default'
{
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CheckCertificateRevocationList = $false
[CertificateValidation.CertificateValidator]::SetDefaultCertificateValidation()
}
}
}
}
function Clear-CertificateValidationResults
{
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Clears the collection of certificate validation results.
.DESCRIPTION
Clears the collection of certificate validation results.
.EXAMPLE
Get-CertificateValidationResults
#>
[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $false)]
param()
begin
{
$isValidatorClassLoaded = (([System.AppDomain]::CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies() | ?{ $_.GlobalAssemblyCache -eq $false }) | ?{ $_.DefinedTypes.FullName -contains 'CertificateValidation.CertificateValidator' }) -ne $null
if ($isValidatorClassLoaded -eq $false)
{
Add-Type -TypeDefinition $CertificateValidatorClass
}
}
process
{
[CertificateValidation.CertificateValidator]::ClearCertificateValidationResults()
Sleep -Milliseconds 20
}
}
function Get-CertificateValidationResults
{
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Gets the certificate validation results for all operations performed in the PowerShell session since the Debug cerificate validation mode was enabled.
.DESCRIPTION
Gets the certificate validation results for all operations performed in the PowerShell session since the Debug certificate validation mode was enabled in reverse chronological order.
.EXAMPLE
Get-CertificateValidationResults
#>
[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $false)]
param()
begin
{
$isValidatorClassLoaded = (([System.AppDomain]::CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies() | ?{ $_.GlobalAssemblyCache -eq $false }) | ?{ $_.DefinedTypes.FullName -contains 'CertificateValidation.CertificateValidator' }) -ne $null
if ($isValidatorClassLoaded -eq $false)
{
Add-Type -TypeDefinition $CertificateValidatorClass
}
}
process
{
return [CertificateValidation.CertificateValidator]::CertificateValidationResults
}
}
function Test-WebUrl
{
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Tests and reports information about the provided web URL.
.DESCRIPTION
Tests a web URL and reports the time taken to get and process the request and response, the HTTP status, and the error message if an error occurred.
.EXAMPLE
Test-WebUrl 'http://websitetotest.com/'
.EXAMPLE
'https://websitetotest.com/' | Test-WebUrl
.PARAMETER HostName
The Hostname to add to the back connection hostnames list.
.PARAMETER UseDefaultCredentials
If present the default Windows credential will be used to attempt to authenticate to the URL; otherwise, no credentials will be presented.
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param
(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
[Uri] $Url,
[Parameter()]
[Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WebRequestMethod] $Method = 'Get',
[Parameter()]
[switch] $UseDefaultCredentials
)
process
{
[bool] $succeeded = $false
[string] $statusCode = $null
[string] $statusDescription = $null
[string] $message = $null
[int] $bytesReceived = 0
[Timespan] $timeTaken = [Timespan]::Zero
$timeTaken = Measure-Command `
{
try
{
[Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.HtmlWebResponseObject] $response = Invoke-WebRequest -UseDefaultCredentials:$UseDefaultCredentials -Method $Method -Uri $Url
$succeeded = $true
$statusCode = $response.StatusCode.ToString('D')
$statusDescription = $response.StatusDescription
$bytesReceived = $response.RawContent.Length
Write-Verbose "$($Url.ToString()): $($statusCode) $($statusDescription) $($message)"
}
catch [System.Net.WebException]
{
$message = $Error[0].Exception.Message
[System.Net.HttpWebResponse] $exceptionResponse = $Error[0].Exception.GetBaseException().Response
if ($exceptionResponse -ne $null)
{
$statusCode = $exceptionResponse.StatusCode.ToString('D')
$statusDescription = $exceptionResponse.StatusDescription
$bytesReceived = $exceptionResponse.ContentLength
if ($statusCode -in '401', '403', '404')
{
$succeeded = $true
}
}
else
{
Write-Warning "$($Url.ToString()): $($message)"
}
}
}
return [PSCustomObject] @{ Url = $Url; Succeeded = $succeeded; BytesReceived = $bytesReceived; TimeTaken = $timeTaken.TotalMilliseconds; StatusCode = $statusCode; StatusDescription = $statusDescription; Message = $message; }
}
}
Set-CertificateValidationMode Debug
Clear-CertificateValidationResults
Write-Host 'Testing web sites:'
'https://expired.badssl.com/', 'https://wrong.host.badssl.com/', 'https://self-signed.badssl.com/', 'https://untrusted-root.badssl.com/', 'https://revoked.badssl.com/', 'https://pinning-test.badssl.com/', 'https://sha1-intermediate.badssl.com/' | Test-WebUrl | ft -AutoSize
Write-Host 'Certificate validation results (most recent first):'
Get-CertificateValidationResults | ft -AutoSize
You can try this:
function Get-UrlStatusCode([string] $Url)
{
try
{
(Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $Url -UseBasicParsing -DisableKeepAlive).StatusCode
}
catch [Net.WebException]
{
[int]$_.Exception.Response.StatusCode
}
}
$statusCode = Get-UrlStatusCode 'httpstat.us/500'
Source: Stackoverflow.com