ping-monitor-fork v0.8.31
Uptime Event Emitter
An uptime event emitter for http and tcp servers.
Installation
npm install ping-monitorDocumentation
How to use
const Monitor = require('ping-monitor');
const myWebsite = new Monitor(options);
myWebsite.on(event, function(response, state) {
    // Do something with the response
});Alternatively, you can subscribe to the Monitor's events through a notification channel. Click to see some demo nofitication channels.
const Monitor = require('ping-monitor');
const SlackChannel = require('@ping-monitor/slack');
const EmailChannel = require('@ping-monitor/email');
const myWebsite = new Monitor(options);
const slacker = new SlackChannel({...config});
const mailer = new EmailChannel({...config});
myWebsite.addNotificationChannel(slacker);
myWebsite.addNotificationChannel(mailer);Methods
- stop- stop an active monitor
- restart- stop and start an active monitor
- addNotificationChannel(or- addChannel) - adds a notification channel that subscribes to the monitor's events
Options
- address- Server address to be monitored
- protocol- (defaults to- http) request protocol (http/s, tcp, udp)
- port- Server port (optional).
- interval(defaults to 15) - time interval for polling requests.
- httpOptions- allows you to define your http/s request with more control. A full list of the options can be found here: https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_request_url_options_callback
- expect{ statusCode , contentSearch } - allows you define what kind of a response you expect from your endpoint.- statusCodedefines the expected http response status code.
- contentSearchdefines a substring to be expected from the response body.
 
- config{ intervalUnits } - configuration for your Monitor, currently supports one property,- intervalUnits.- intervalUnitsspecifies which to time unit you want your Monitor to use. There are 4 options,- milliseconds,- seconds,- minutes(default), and- hours.
- ignoreSSL- ignore broken/expired certificates
Expect Object
expect {
  statusCode: Integer, // http status codes
  contentSearch: String
}Config Object
config {
  intervalUnits: String
}// http Get
const myApi = new Monitor({
    address: 'https://api.ragingflame.co.za',
    title: 'Raging Flame',
    interval: 5,
    protocol: 'http', // http/s, tcp, udp
    config: {
      intervalUnits: 'minutes' // seconds, milliseconds, minutes {default}, hours
    },
    httpOptions: {
      path: '/users',
      method: 'get',
      query: {
        id: 3
      }
    },
    expect: {
      statusCode: 200
    }
});
// http Post
const myApi = new Monitor({
    address: 'http://api.ragingflame.co.za',
    title: 'Raging Flame',
    interval: 10,
    protocol: 'http',
    config: {
      intervalUnits: 'minutes' // seconds, milliseconds, minutes {default}, hours
    },
    httpOptions: {
      path: '/users',
      method: 'post',
      query: {
        first_name: 'Que',
        last_name: 'Fire'
      },
      body: {content:'Hello World!'}
    },
    expect: {
      statusCode: 200
    }
});Emitted Events
- up- All is good server is up.
- down- Not good, server is down.
- stop- Fired when the monitor has stopped.
- error- Fired when there's an error
- timeout- Fired when the http request times out
- restored- Fired server is up after being down
Response object
- object.website(deprecated) - website being monitored .
- object.address- server address
- object.port- server port
- object.time- (aka responseTime) request response time
- object.responseMessage- http response code message
- object.responseTime- response time in milliseconds
- object.httpResponse- native http/s response object
State object
- object.id- null- monitor id, useful when persistence.
- object.title- null- monitor label for humans.
- object.isUp- true- flag to indicate if monitored server is up or down.
- object.created_at<Date.now()> - monitor creation date.
- object.isUp- true- previous uptime status of the monitor.
- object.port- null- server port.
- object.totalRequests- 0- total requests made.
- object.totalDownTimes- 0- total number of downtimes.
- object.lastDownTime<Date.now()> - time of last downtime.
- object.lastRequest<Date.now()> - time of last request.
- object.interval- 5- polling interval in minutes
- object.website- null- (deprecated) website being monitored.
- object.address- null- server address being monitored.
- object.port- null- server port.
- object.paused- false- monitor paused flag
- object.httpOptions- monitor httpOptions options
Website Example
'use strict';
const Monitor = require('ping-monitor');
const myMonitor = new Monitor({
  address: 'http://www.ragingflame.co.za',
  title: 'Raging Flame',
  interval: 10 // minutes
  //protocol: 'http'
});
myMonitor.on('up', function (res, state) {
    console.log('Yay!! ' + state.address + ' is up.');
});
myMonitor.on('down', function (res, state) {
  console.log('Oh Snap!! ' + state.address + ' is down! ' + state.statusMessage);
});
myMonitor.on('restored', function (res, state) {
  console.log(state.address + ' has been restore');
});
myMonitor.on('stop', function (res, state) {
  console.log(state.address + ' monitor has stopped.');
});
myMonitor.on('timeout', function (error, res) {
  console.log(error);
});
myMonitor.on('error', function (error) {
  console.log(error);
});TCP Example
'use strict';
const Monitor = require('ping-monitor');
const myMonitor = new Monitor({
  address: '162.13.124.139',
  port: 8080,
  interval: 5, // minutes
  protocol: 'tcp'
});
myMonitor.on('up', function (res, state) {
  console.log('Yay!! ' + state.address + ':' + state.port + ' is up.');
});
myMonitor.on('down', function (res, state) {
  console.log('Oh Snap!! ' + state.address + ':' + state.port + ' is down! ');
});
myMonitor.on('restored', function (res, state) {
  console.log('Yay!! ' + state.address + ':' + state.port + ' has been restored! ');
});
myMonitor.on('stop', function (res, state) {
  console.log(state.address + ' monitor has stopped.');
});
myMonitor.on('error', function (error, res) {
  console.log(error);
});
myMonitor.on('timeout', function (error, res) {
  console.log(error);
});UDP Example
'use strict';
const Monitor = require('ping-monitor');
const myMonitor = new Monitor({
  address: '32.13.124.139',
  port: 8080,
  interval: 5,
  protocol: 'udp'
});
myMonitor.on('up', function (res, state) {
  console.log('Yay!! ' + state.address + ':' + state.port + ' is up.');
});
myMonitor.on('down', function (res, state) {
  console.log('Oh Snap!! ' + state.address + ':' + state.port + ' is down! ');
});
myMonitor.on('restored', function (res, state) {
  console.log('Yay!! ' + state.address + ':' + state.port + ' has been restored! ');
});
myMonitor.on('stop', function (res, state) {
  console.log(state.address + ' monitor has stopped.');
});
myMonitor.on('error', function (error, res) {
  console.log(error);
});
myMonitor.on('timeout', function (error, res) {
  console.log(error);
});Change log
v0.8.0
Changes
- Added protocolproperty to the Monitor Options object
- Added support for UDP servers. To monitor a UDP server, set the protocolproperty toudp
- Added the restoredevent which is emitted once when a server is up after beign down
- Depracated websiteproperty on the Monitor Options object. Only useaddress
- Refactored some code
  const ping = new Monitor({
    address: '34.22.237.1',
    port: 1234,
    interval: 10,
    protocol: 'udp',
  });
  ping.on('up', function (res, state) {
    console.log('Yay!! Service is up');
  });
  ping.on('down', function (res, state) {
    console.log(':( Service is down!');
  });
  ping.on('restored', function (res, state) {
    console.log('Yay!! Service has been restored');
  });
  ping.on('error', function (error, res) {
    console.error(error);
  });v0.7.0
Changes
- Dependencies update.
- Added addNotificationChannelmethod to Monitor.
- Added addChannelmethod to Monitor. This method is an alias of theaddNotificationChannelmethod.
  /*** 
   * Channel class 
   * methods: up, down, stop, error, timeout 
   * properties: name
   ***/
  class Logger {
    constructor(config = {}) {
      // do something with the config
    }
    name = 'logger';
    up(res, state) {
      console.log(`#${this.name}: ${res.address} is up`);
    }
    down(res, state) {
      console.log(`#${this.name}: ${res.address} is down`);
    }
    stop(res, state) {
      console.log(`#${this.name}: ${res.address} monitor stopped`);
    }
    error(error, res, state) {
      console.log(`#${this.name}: ${res.address} monitor returned an error`);
    }
    timeout(error, res, state) {
      console.log(`#${this.name}: ${res.address} timed out`);
    }
    restored(error, res, state) {
      console.log(`#${this.name}: ${res.address} has been restored`);
    }
  }
  const ping = new Monitor({
    address: 'https://google.com',
    interval: 30,
    protocol: 'http',
    config: {
      intervalUnits: 'seconds',
    }
  });
  const logger = new Logger();
  ping.addNotificationChannel(logger);
  // you can multiple notification channels
  // ping.addNotificationChannel(mailer)
  // ping.addNotificationChannel(slack)v0.6.1
Changes
- Added auto id generation opt-out
  let ping = new Monitor({
    address: 'https://google.com',
    interval: 5,
    protocol: 'http',
    config: {
      intervalUnits: 'minutes',
      generateId: false // defaults is true
    }
  });
  ping.on('up', function (res, state) {
    //state.id === null
    console.log('Yay!! Google is up');
  });
  ping.on('error', function (error, res) {
    console.error(error);
  });v0.6.0
Changes
- Code refactoring
- Removed activefrom props (redundant)
- Removed hostfrom props (not used)
- Added ignoreSSLto support websites with expired certificates
  let ping = new Monitor({
    address: 'https://wrong.host.badssl.com',
    interval: 1,
    protocol: 'http',
    config: {
      intervalUnits: 'minutes' // seconds, milliseconds, minutes {default}, hours
    },
    ignoreSSL: true
  });
  ping.on('up', function (res, state) {
    console.log('Yay!! Service is up');
  });
  ping.on('error', function (error, res) {
    console.error(error);
  });v0.5.2
Changes
- Added support for configuring interval units
  let ping = new Monitor({
    address: 'https://webservice.com',
    interval: 1,
    protocol: 'http',
    config: {
      intervalUnits: 'minutes'
    }
  });
  ping.on('up', function (res, state) {
    console.log('Yay!! Service is up');
  });
  ping.on('error', function (error, res) {
    console.error(error);
  });v0.5.1
Changes
- Added Support for content search in HTTP/HTTPS - courtesy of @pbombnz
  let ping = new Monitor({
    address: 'https://ecommorce-shop.com/playstation5',
    interval: 1,
    protocol: 'http',
    expect: {
      contentSearch: 'In stock'
    }
  });
  ping.on('up', function (res, state) {
    console.log('Yay!! Content cantains the phrase "In stock"');
  });
  ping.on('error', function (error, res) {
    console.error(error);
  });v0.5.0
Changes
- Added timeoutevent to Monitor instance. This event is passed from the htt/s module.
  myMonitor.on('timeout', function (error, res) {
    console.log(error);
  });
  // also make sure that you are handling the error event
  myMonitor.on('error', function (error, res) {
    console.log(error);
  });- Dependencies update
Please note: When the timeout event is fired, it is followed by the error event which is created when we manually abort the http request.
v0.4.4
Dependencies update
v0.4.3
Changes
- Added the native http/s response object in the Monitorresponse object
- Added Post support in your Monitor instances.
You can now include a body in your httpOptions:
// http Post
const myApi = new Monitor({
    address: 'http://api.ragingflame.co.za',
    title: 'Raging Flame',
    interval: 10 // minutes
    protocol: 'http',
    // new options
    httpOptions: {
      path: '/users',
      method: 'post',
      query: {
        type: 'customer',
      },
      body: {
        name: 'Que',
        email: 'que@test.com'  
      }
    },
    expect: {
      statusCode: 200
    }
});
myApi.on('up', function (res, state) {
  /*
    response {
      responseTime <Integer> milliseconds
      responseMessage <String> response code message
      address <String> url being monitored.
      address <String> server address being monitored
      port <Integer>
      httpResponse <Object> native http/s response object
    }
    state {
      created_at <Date.now()>
      isUp <Boolean>
      port: <Integer>
      totalRequests <Integer>
      lastDownTime <Date.now()>
      lastRequest <Date.now()>
      interval <Integer>
    }
  */
});v0.4.2
Changes
Added some utility methods used when updating a monitor and added immediate ping on monitor creation.
- Added pausemethod to Monitor.
- Added unpausemethod to Monitor.
Tip: See options section to learn how they work.
v0.4.1
Changes
Changes in v0.4.1 give you more control to define your http requests and what response to expect.
- Added httpOptionsprop to Monitor instance options.
- Added expectprop for naming your your monitor.
Tip: See options section to learn how they work.
v0.4.0
Changes
Most of the changes introduced in this version were introduced to support database persistence.
- Added idprop, useful when you add database persistence.
- Added titleprop for naming your your monitor.
- Added activeprop to flag if monitoring is active.
- Added totalDownTimesprop for keeping record of total downtimes.
- Added isUpprop to indicate if monitored server is up or down.
- Added website,address,totalDownTimes,active,activeprops to the emittedstateobject
- Added eslinting (2015) and cleaned up the code a bit
- breaking change:  the stopevent now takes a callback that accepts 2 arguments,response&&state(same as theupanddownevents).
v0.3.1
New Feature
- Added a - stateobject in the response that returns useful monitoring data
- Stateobject
  const Monitor = require('ping-monitor');
  const myMonitor = new Monitor(options);
  myMonitor.on(event, function(response, state) {
    /*
      response {...}
      state {
        created_at <Date.now()>
        isUp <Boolean>
        port: <Integer>
        totalRequests <Integer>
        lastDownTime <Date.now()>
        lastRequest <Date.now()>
        interval <Integer>
      }
    */
  });Changes made
- The event handler now accepts to arguments responseandstate, please see above examples.
v0.3.0
- Brought back errorevent - required for handling module usage related errors
- Added responseTimeto the response object
- Added support for tcp servers
v0.2.0
- Code cleanup and upgrade to ES6
- Removed the errorevent - now being handled internally
- Bug fixed: Unreachable resource not handled #9
Testing
npm testLicense
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