Prototype of Chef service poking script

service_poker_def_proto.rb

# url => link to poke
# name => human-readable name
# anchor => phrase to look for at page
define :poke_service do
  def is_loaded?
    Timeout::timeout(3) {
      open params[:url].read.include? params[:anchor]
    }
    rescue WhateverExceptionsThereHappen
      puts "#{params[:name]} is loading..."; sleep 10 and reload
    end
    if is_loaded?
      puts "#{params[:name]} is now up and running, check it out!"
    end
  end
end

# Use like this:
poke_service "Kittens" do
  url "http://#{node[:kittens][:host]}:#{node[:kittens][:port]}/stuffs/login.html"
  anchor "alive"
end