Quick proof of concept

uptime-notifier.rb

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+#!/usr/bin/ruby
+
+# Uptime Notifier
+#
+# Super simplistic website monitoring. Crontab is up and enjoy!
+#
+# Usage: ruby uptime-notifier.rb
+#
+# p.s. This was just a quick Thanksgiving proof of concept, I do plan on
+#      expanding this and giving is some sick configuration options.
+#
+# Requires terminal-notifier:
+#     https://github.com/alloy/terminal-notifier
+
+require 'net/http'
+
+url = 'http://this-website-should-be-down.com'
+
+resource = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse(url.to_s))
+
+unless (resource.code =~ /2|3\d{2}/)
+then
+	`terminal-notifier \
+		-title "Uptime Notifier" \
+		-message "OH NOES, it looks like #{URI.parse(url).host} is down!!~!" \
+		-open #{url} \
+		-group Uptime Notifier \
+		-remove Uptime Notifier`
+end