This script is used to fetch the status code of any request.
- Input:
- URL of a website or an API
- Output:
- Line 1 : Status code of the response followed by emoji (thumbsup/thumbsdown)
- Line 2 : Relevant message about the status code. i.e. If status code corresponds to failure, then reason of failure would be shown in the message field.
Requirements:
- emoji==0.6.0
Prerequisites:
- This program uses and external dependency of “emoji” library to display the emojis in output.
- This library can be installed easily by using the following command: pip install -r requirements.txt
How to Use:
- Install the requirements.
- Type the following command: python fetch_http_status_code.py
- A message asking URL/API would be displayed : Enter any url of choice and check the output
Source Code:
fetch_http_status_code.py
#Program to fetch the http status code give the url/api from urllib.request import urlopen from urllib.error import URLError, HTTPError import emoji #Taking input url from user requestURL = input("Enter the URL to be invoked: ") #Gets the response from URL and prints the status code, corresponding emoji and message accordingly try: response = urlopen(requestURL) #In case of success, prints success status code and thumbs_up emoji print('Status code : ' + str(response.code) + ' ' + emoji.emojize(':thumbs_up:')) print('Message : ' + 'Request succeeded. Request returned message - ' + response.reason) except HTTPError as e: #In case of request failure, prints HTTP error status code and thumbs_down emoji print('Status : ' + str(e.code) + ' ' + emoji.emojize(':thumbs_down:')) print('Message : Request failed. Request returned reason - ' + e.reason) except URLError as e: #In case of bad URL or connection failure, prints Win Error and thumbs_down emoji print('Status :', str(e.reason).split(']')[0].replace('[','') + ' ' + emoji.emojize(':thumbs_down:')) print('Message : '+ str(e.reason).split(']')[1])