Python requests to test if captive portal is grabbing connection

captive_portal.py

#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script
# /// script
# requires-python = ">=3.10"
# dependencies = ["requests"]
# ///

import requests


def get_urls() -> dict[str, tuple[str, int]]:
    urls = {
        "Firefox": ("http://detectportal.firefox.com/success.txt", 200),
        "Windows": ("http://www.msftconnecttest.com/connecttest.txt", 200),
        "macOS": ("http://captive.apple.com/hotspot-detect.html", 200),
        "Fedora": ("http://fedoraproject.org/static/hotspot.txt", 200),
        "Google": ("http://connectivitycheck.gstatic.com/generate_204", 204),
        "Android": ("http://connectivitycheck.android.com/generate_204", 204),
        "Ubuntu": ("http://connectivity-check.ubuntu.com/generate_204", 204),
    }

    return urls


def check_connectivity(url: str) -> int | None:
    try:
        response = requests.head(url, timeout=5)
        return response.status_code
    except requests.RequestException as e:
        print(f"Error checking {url}: {e}")
        return None


if __name__ == "__main__":
    urls = get_urls()

    ok = "\u2705"
    bad = "\u274c"

    for platform, (url, expected_status) in urls.items():
        status_code = check_connectivity(url)
        if status_code is None:
            print(f"{platform}: {url} could not be reached {bad}\n")
        elif status_code == expected_status:
            print(f"{platform}: {url} returned {status_code} {ok}\n")
        else:
            print(
                f"{platform}: {url} returned {status_code} (expected {expected_status}) {bad}\n"
            )