Re: Check a website and raise an alert if the site contains a search string

[Marcus Mülbüsch]

Am 27.07.2016 um 20:32 schrieb Jan-Henrik Haukeland:
> > On 27 Jul 2016, at 17:40, Marcus Mülbüsch <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > check host somehost with address 11.22.33.44
> > >        if failed
> > >                request "/some/uri/file.xml"
> > >                use http headers [Authorization: Basic something]
> > >                with content = 'type="alarm"'
> > >        then alert
>
> There is double negation here which might be confusing, but hopefully clearer 
> if you have to read the statement as
>
> if failed -> request "/some/uri/file.xml"
> if failed -> content = ‘type=“alarm”’
>
> The last part means, if the response failed to produce content with 
> ‘type=“alarm”’ then fail. Which is the opposite of what you want. To fix this 
> negate the test,
>
> with content != 'type="alarm"'

Duh.

   Thank you. It's as simple as that and works.

   But I have a special case where it doesn't work in that way, but for 
other reasons. I'm starting another thread.

Marcus