[hobbit] More than just green/red for HTTP cont= tests?

[Rolf Schrittenlocher]

Hi Gary,

> Maybe I missed it, but I couldn't find this question anywhere in the 
> hobbit mailing list archives...
>
> Is there a way to have multiple HTTP cont= tests for a single web 
> page, that are for different
> content checks for a different status color?  I currently have Hobbit 
> monitoring several
> webpages which themselves are like mini-Hobbit display pages.  
> Depending on the status of
> those pages, I'd like hobbit to display either green, yellow, or red.  
> Currently, the cont= test
> only checks if the content exists; if it does, it's green, otherwise, 
> it's red.
>
> What I'm thinking is, is there a way to say something like
> cont[=column];url;[expected_data_regexp];[alternate_data_regexp]
>
> Where if "expected_data_regexp" is matched, the status is green.  If 
> it isn't matched,
> it tries to match "alternate_data_regexp".  If *that* is matched, the 
> status is yellow.
> If neither are matched, the status is reg.
>
> Also, let me know if you all think this is going a little beyond the 
> scope of Hobbit.  Perhaps
> I should be doing this test with an external script, rather than using 
> an http cont= test.  The
> only problem would be, I'd have to make the script be able to read and 
> parse an http page...
>
I don't know if cont can do what you want, but I assume: No. Your last 
point seems to be faisable. You might use e.g. wget to store the 
http-content in a tmp-file and then you could analyze it with a simple 
grep or something more sophisticated.

kind regards
Rolf

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