Checking a Web Site

[Stuart Browne]

> From: Edwin Zoeller [mailto:Edwin.Zoeller at ama-assn.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, 20 January 2011 7:28 AM
> 
> I was wondering if someone out there can help me with this. I am trying to
> monitoring a website to which I login with a username/password then from
> there as that user access another site that I am allowed to see from my
> login name. If someone has done this I would very much appreciate the help.
> Also, what is the proper syntax for searching for a string that would appear
> only as an error. Example, all is good but if the phrase "Denied" appears on
> the web page, I want to report that as an error.


The standard check_http plugin supports the ability to send username and
password (assuming the site uses a browser-authentication).  From there you
can do either string or regular-expression matching.

If the site doesn't use browser-authentication, then I'd recommend the perl
module WWW::Mechanize to fill in forms and browse through a website.

We use this module for a number of our site monitoring.  It's very robust
(if you take the time to use the module properly) and very easy to use.

Stuart

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