Simple Http check utility

http_check.py

import httplib
import time

def get_current_time():
  return time.strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S", time.localtime())
  
def get_connection(domain, port):
  if port == httplib.HTTPS_PORT:
    return httplib.HTTPSConnection(domain)  
  return httplib.HTTPConnection(domain)

def send_get_request(domain, uri, port):
  try:
    connection = get_connection(domain, port)
    connection.request("GET", uri)
    response = connection.getresponse()
    print get_current_time() + " | " + domain + ":" + str(port) + " " + str(response.status) + " " + response.reason
  except:     
    print get_current_time() + " error in connecting to "  + domain + uri    

def check_url():
  send_get_request("www.google.de","", httplib.HTTP_PORT)
  send_get_request("secure.img-cdn.mediaplex.com","/0/8541/138140/mp_landing_ns.js", httplib.HTTPS_PORT)
  time.sleep(30)
  check_url()
  
check_url()