Check if EPFL is down.

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Command Line

Install

Install this globally and you'll have access to the is-epfl-down command anywhere on your system.

npm i is-epfl-down -g

Usage

is-epfl-down
Usage: is-epfl-down [options]

Startup options:
  -h, --help     Show help                                             [boolean]
  -v, --version  Show version number                                   [boolean]

Hosts and urls options:
  -c, --config     Test your own list of subdomains or urls             [string]
  -f, --faculties  Test EPFL faculties websites
  -m, --main       Test EPFL main site
  -o, --officials  Test EPFL officials websites
  -s, --services   Test EPFL services
  -t, --timeout    Milliseconds to wait for a server                    [number]

Notifications options:
  -a, --alarm   Override default alarm sound                            [string]
  -n, --notify  Show a native notification            [boolean] [default: false]
  -q, --quiet   No alarm sound                        [boolean] [default: false]

Examples:
  is-epfl-down -m          Test EPFL main site
  is-epfl-down -s -n       Test EPFL services and use native notification
  is-epfl-down -f -t 2000  Test EPFL faculties with a timeout of 2 seconds

Startup options

-v, --version
Print is-epfl-down's version.

-h, --help
Print is-epfl-down command line options.

Hosts and urls options

-c [file], --config=[file]
Test your own list of subdomains or urls. File must be a path to a json file. A json example:

["actu","blogs","memento","wiki","http://www.epfl.ae"]

-f, --faculties
Test EPFL faculties websites.

-m, --main
Test EPFL main site.

-o, --officials
Test EPFL officials websites.

-s, --services
Test EPFL services.

-t [number], --timeout=[number]
Milliseconds to wait for a server to send response headers before aborting request.

Notifications options

-a [file], --alarm=[file]
Override default alarm sound. File must be a path to a mp3 or a wav file.

-n, --notify
Show a native notification.

-q, --quiet
No alarm sound.

Examples

Test the main site:
is-epfl-down -m

Test EPFL services:
is-epfl-down -s

Test your own config:
is-epfl-down --config=/path/to/my/config.json

Test EPFL faculties with a timeout of 2s:
is-epfl-down -f -t 2000

Test EPFL faculties with a specific alarm sound in case of failure:
is-epfl-down -f -a /path/to/my/sound.mp3

API

Install

npm i is-epfl-down --save

Usage

const isEpflDown = require('is-epfl-down');

isEpflDown(['www','actu','blogs','http://www.epfl.ae']).then(function(isDown) {
  console.log(isDown);
  //=> false
});

isEpflDown(['unicorn'], {timeout: 1000}).then(function(isDown) {
  console.log(isDown);
  //=> true
});

isEpflDown(subDomains, [options])

Returns a Promise with a boolean as parameter.

subDomains

Type: array

A list of subdomains from EPFL or urls.

options

Type: object

Any of the following options.

timeout

Type: number

Milliseconds to wait for a server to send response headers before aborting request.

Screenshot

Contributing

Contributions are always welcome.

See Contributing.

Developers

• Olivier Bieler
• William Belle

Contributors

• Nicolas Borboën

License

Apache License 2.0

Original work (c) ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, Switzerland, VPSI, 2017-2018.
Modified work (c) William Belle, 2018-2023.

See the LICENSE file for more details.