Web Host Monitoring Script
The idea for this software was inspired by louislam/uptime-kuma
This Python script monitors the availability of specified web hosts. It checks the status of URLs and sends notifications through various messaging services if any host is unreachable or returns an error.
Web Host Monitoring: Regularly checks if specified URLs are accessible.
Real-time notifications with support for multiple accounts via:
Telegram
Discord
Slack
Gotify
Ntfy
Pushbullet
Pushover
Rocket.chat
Matrix
Mattermost
Pumble
Flock
Zulip
Apprise
Custom webhook
Dynamic Configuration: Load URLs and settings from JSON files.
Polling Period: Adjustable interval for checking host availability.
Python 3.x
Docker installed and running
Dependencies: requests
, schedule
git clone https://github.com/2boom-ua/web_check.git
cd web_check
Install required Python packages:
pip install -r requirements.txt
{
"list": [
["http://url", "name_of_url"],
["http://url", "name_of_url"],
["http://url", "name_of_url"]
]
}
Item
Required
Description
list
url
Name host
A config.json file in the same directory as the script, and include your API tokens and configuration settings.
{
"TELEGRAM": {
"ENABLED": false,
"TOKENS": [
"first tocken",
"second tocken",
"...."
],
"CHAT_IDS": [
"first chat_id",
"second chat_id",
"...."
]
},
Item
Required
Description
ENABLED
true/false
Enable or disable Telegram notifications
TOKENS
String
The token of your Telegram bot
CHAT_IDS
String
The ID of the Telegram chat where notifications will be sent
"DISCORD": {
"ENABLED": false,
"WEBHOOK_URLS": [
"first url",
"second url",
"...."
]
},
Item
Required
Description
ENABLED
true/false
Enable or disable Discord notifications
WEBHOOK_URLS
url
The URL of your Discord webhook
"SLACK": {
"ENABLED": false,
"WEBHOOK_URLS": [
"first url",
"second url",
"...."
]
},
Item
Required
Description
ENABLED
true/false
Enable or disable Slack notifications
WEBHOOK_URLS
url
The URL of your Slack webhook
"GOTIFY": {
"ENABLED": false,
"TOKENS": [
"first tocken",
"second tocken",
"...."
],
"CHAT_URLS": [
"first server_url",
"second server_url",
"...."
]
},
Item
Required
Description
ENABLED
true/false
Enable or disable Gotify notifications
SERVER_URLS
url
The URL of your Gotify server
TOKENS
String
The token for your Gotify application
"NTFY": {
"ENABLED": false,
"WEBHOOK_URLS": [
"first url",
"second url",
"...."
]
},
Item
Required
Description
ENABLED
true/false
Enable or disable Ntfy notifications
WEBHOOK_URLS
url
The URL of your self-hosted Ntfy server (or use https://ntfy.sh )
"PUSHBULLET": {
"ENABLED": false,
"TOKENS": [
"first tocken",
"second tocken",
"...."
]
},
Item
Required
Description
ENABLED
true/false
Enable or disable Pushbullet notifications
TOKENS
String
The token for your Pushbullet application
"PUSHOVER": {
"ENABLED": false,
"TOKENS": [
"first tocken",
"second tocken",
"...."
],
"USER_KEYS": [
"first user_key",
"second user_key",
"...."
]
},
Item
Required
Description
ENABLED
true/false
Enable or disable Pushover notifications
TOKENS
String
The token for your Pushover application
USER_KEYS
String
The user key for your Pushover application
"MATRIX": {
"ENABLED": false,
"TOKENS": [
"first tocken",
"second tocken",
"...."
],
"SERVER_URLS": [
"first server_url",
"second server_url",
"...."
],
"ROOM_IDS": [
"!first room_id",
"!second room_id",
"...."
]
},
Item
Required
Description
ENABLED
true/false
Enable or disable Matrix notifications
TOKENS
String
The token for your Matrix application
SERVER_URLS
url
The URL of your Matrix server
"MATTERMOST": {
"ENABLED": false,
"WEBHOOK_URLS": [
"first url",
"second url",
"...."
]
},
Item
Required
Description
ENABLED
true/false
Enable or disable Mattermost notifications
WEBHOOK_URLS
url
The URL of your Mattermost webhook
"ROCKET": {
"ENABLED": false,
"TOKENS": [
"first tocken",
"second tocken",
"...."
],
"USER_IDS": [
"first user_id",
"second user_id",
"...."
],
"SERVER_URLS": [
"first server_url",
"second server_url",
"...."
],
"CHANNEL_IDS": [
"#first channel",
"#second channel",
"...."
]
},
Item
Required
Description
ENABLED
true/false
Enable or disable Rocket.Chat notifications
SERVER_URLS
url
The URL of your Rocket.Chat server
TOKENS
String
The token for your Rocket.Chat application
CHANNEL_IDS
String
The ID of the Rocket.Chat channel where notifications will be sent
"FLOCK": {
"ENABLED": false,
"WEBHOOK_URLS": [
"first url",
"second url",
"...."
]
},
Item
Required
Description
ENABLED
true/false
Enable or disable Flock notifications
WEBHOOK_URLS
url
The URL of your Flock webhook
"PUMBLE": {
"ENABLED": false,
"WEBHOOK_URLS": [
"first url",
"second url",
"...."
]
},
Item
Required
Description
ENABLED
true/false
Enable or disable Pumble notifications
WEBHOOK_URLS
url
The URL of your Pumble webhook
"ZULIP": {
"ENABLED": false,
"WEBHOOK_URLS": [
"first url",
"second url",
"...."
]
},
Item
Required
Description
ENABLED
true/false
Enable or disable Zulip notifications
WEBHOOK_URLS
url
The URL of your Zulip webhook
"APPRISE": {
"ENABLED": false,
"WEBHOOK_URLS": [
"first url",
"second url",
"...."
],
"FORMAT_MESSAGES": [
"markdown",
"html",
...
]
},
Item
Required
Description
ENABLED
true/false
Enable or disable Apprise notifications
WEBHOOK_URLS
url
The URL of your Apprise webhook
FORMATS
markdown, html, text, asterisk
The format(s) to be used for the notification (e.g., markdown/html/text/asterisk)
"CUSTOM": {
"ENABLED": false,
"WEBHOOK_URLS": [
"first url",
"second url",
"...."
],
"HEADERS": [
{first JSON structure},
{second JSON structure},
...
],
"PYLOADS": [
{first JSON structure},
{second JSON structure},
...
],
"FORMAT_MESSAGES": [
"markdown",
"html",
...
]
},
Item
Required
Description
CUSTOM
ENABLED
true/false
Enable or disable Custom notifications
WEBHOOK_URLS
url
The URL of your Custom webhook
HEADERS
JSON structure
HTTP headers for each webhook request. This varies per service and may include fields like {"Content-Type": "application/json"}.
PAYLOAD
JSON structure
The JSON payload structure for each service, which usually includes message content and format. Like as {"body": "message", "type": "info", "format": "markdown"}
FORMAT_MESSAGE
markdown, html, text, asterisk
Specifies the message format used by each service, such as markdown, html, or other text formatting.
markdown - a simple text-based format with lightweight syntax for basic styling (Pumble, Mattermost, Discord, Ntfy, Gotify),
html - a web-based format using tags for advanced text styling,
text - raw text without any styling or formatting.
asterisk - non-standard Markdown (Telegram, Zulip, Flock, Slack, RocketChat).
Examples for Telegram, Matrix, Apprise, Ntfy, Zulip, Gotify, Pushover, Pushbullet
"CUSTOM": {
"ENABLED": true,
"WEBHOOK_URLS": [
"https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/sendMessage",
"{server_url}/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/{room_id}/send/m.room.message?access_token={token}",
"{server_url}/notify/{config_id}",
"{server_url}/{subsribe}",
"{organizattion}.zulipchat.com/api/v1/external/slack_incoming?api_key={api_key}",
"{server_url}/message?token={token}",
"https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json",
"https://api.pushbullet.com/v2/pushes"
],
"HEADERS": [
{},
{"Content-Type": "application/json"},
{"Content-Type": "application/json"},
{"Content-Type": "application/json", "Priority": "1", "Markdown": "yes"},
{},
{},
{"Content-type": "application/json"},
{"Content-Type": "application/json", "Access-Token": "{token}"}
],
"PYLOADS": [
{"chat_id": "{chat_id}", "text": "message", "parse_mode": "Markdown"},
{"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "message", "format": "org.matrix.custom.html", "formatted_body": "message"},
{"body": "message", "type": "info", "format": "markdown"},
{"data": "message"},
{"text": "message"},
{"title": "title", "message": "message", "priority": 0, "extras": {"client::display": {"contentType": "text/markdown"}}},
{"token": "{token}", "user": "{user_key}", "title": "header", "message": "message", "html": "1"},
{"type": "note", "title": "header", "body": "message"}
],
"FORMAT_MESSAGES": [
"asterisk",
"html",
"markdown",
"markdown",
"asterisk",
"markdown",
"markdown",
"text"
]
}
"DEFAULT_DOT_STYLE": true,
"MIN_REPEAT": 1
Item
Required
Description
DEFAULT_DOT_STYLE
true/false
Round/Square dots.
MIN_REPEAT
1
Set the poll period in minutes. Minimum is 1 minute.
Running as a Linux Service
You can set this script to run as a Linux service for continuous monitoring.
Create a systemd service file:
nano /etc/systemd/system/web_check.service
[Unit]
Description=check active hosts
After=multi-user.target
[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /opt/web_check/web_check.py
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
systemctl enable web_check.service
systemctl start web_check.service
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the MIT License for details.