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JavaScript: Retry on HTTP GET Connection Timeout

Hi there,

I need to add the feature of if the website is unavailable, to wait 10 seconds and try again. If my website is still unavailable, try again 5 times, if still navailable, echo "UnableToConnect" then exit.

IT WOULD LOGICALLY LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS (but in Java Script):

SET ConnectCounter=0
:Home
Echo http://www.MyWebSite.com
Send the GET command to the website and ECHO it out
If can't connect to http://www.MyWebSite.com (
If %ConnectCounter% GEQ 5 (
ECHO UnableToConnect
EXIT
)
SET /a ConnectCounter=%ConnectCounter%+1
Add a delay of 10Seconds
)
Goto home

HERE IS MY ORIGINAL WORKING JAVA SCRIPT:
var request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
var notyetready = 1;

request.onreadystatechange=function()
{
if(request.readyState==4)
{
WScript.Echo(request.responseText);
notyetready = 0;
}
}

var objArgs = WScript.Arguments;
WScript.Echo("http://www.MyWebSite.com");
request.open( "GET", "http://www.MyWebSite.com" , true );
request.send(null);

while( notyetready )
{
WScript.Sleep( 100 );
}

Thanks for your help,
Rene

leakim971

Check this thread : https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/25460684/Alert-box-when-no-internet-connection-is-present-a-la-facebook.html

leakim971

For my solution you need to replace the picture https://www.experts-exchange.com/expert/images/logo.jpg with your picture http://www.MyWebSite.com/path/to/a/pic.jpg

ReneGe

ASKER

leakim971,

Thanks for your reference.

I tried to modify my code with yours without success.

Could you please help me with this?

This script is to monitor my website and I used Wikipedia website for the purpose of this post.

Thanks,
Rene

COMMAND LINE FROM MY BATCH FILE TO LAUNCH THE JAVA SCRIPT:
cscript Monitor.js http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloghia

JAVA SCRIPT MODIFIED AS PER leakim971's LINK :
var request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
var notyetready = 1;

request.onreadystatechange=function()
{
if(request.readyState==4)
{
WScript.Echo(request.responseText);
notyetready = 0;
}
}

      var counter = 0;
      function timer() {
var objArgs = WScript.Arguments;
WScript.Echo(objArgs(0));
            request.open( "GET", objArgs(0) , true );
request.send(null);
            setTimeout("timer()", 1000); // try to reload the picture every 1 seconds.
      }
      function resetCounter() {
            counter = 0;
      }
      function increaseCounter() {
            counter++;
            // If we fail to reload the pic 5 times, display alert message
            if(counter>5) alert("Your browser appears to be offline.\nPlease check your internet connection and try again.");

      }

while( notyetready )
{
WScript.Sleep( 100 );
}

leakim971

Why replace ? Use the provided code entirely ? Or what does it miss?

ReneGe

ASKER

I tried it but it did not work.
I need to call your script with a batch file, adding as an argument, the website to be monitored, and have the web site dumped in a text file for analysis.

FOR EXAMPLE:
cscript Monitor.js http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloghia>Output.txt

Have any ideas?

Thanks,
Rene

leakim971

>cscript Monitor.js http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloghia>Output.txt

Not with javascript : You cannot run javasript from command line.
You need a VBScript

ReneGe

ASKER

Hmmmmm

When I call the following JavaScript from a cammand line, it works.

Am I missing something here?

COMMAND LINE: cscript Monitor.js http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloghia>Output.txt

JAVA SCRIPT (NAME: Monitor.js):

var request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
var notyetready = 1;

request.onreadystatechange=function()
{
if(request.readyState==4)
{
WScript.Echo(request.responseText);
notyetready = 0;
}
}

var objArgs = WScript.Arguments;
WScript.Echo(objArgs(0));
request.open( "GET", objArgs(0) , true );
request.send(null);

while( notyetready )
{
WScript.Sleep( 100 );
}

leakim971

WScript is VBScript not javascript. You can run VBScript from command line (with or without cscript) but not javascript.

ReneGe

ASKER

Ok, now I am confised. The script I provided is a WScript, and that is also called VBScript?

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ReneGe

ASKER

leakim971,

I posted it as WScript and got it done.

Thanks for your help,
Rene