status.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import urllib, re, sys

def content_match(url, match, nocase):
  uh = urllib.urlopen(url)
  if re.search(match, uh.read(), re.I if nocase else 0) and uh.getcode() == 200:
    return [True, uh.geturl(), uh.getcode()]
  else:
    return [False, uh.geturl(), uh.getcode()]
  
def usage():
  print 'Usage: ', sys.argv[0], '[http://url-to-test.com] [match-content] [optional-flags]'
  print 'Optional Flags:'
  print '\t-i\t\tCase Insensitive Regex'

def main():
  if len(sys.argv) < 3:
    usage()
    return

  try:
    if sys.argv[3] and sys.argv[3] == '-i':
      nocase = True
    else:
      nocase = False
  except IndexError:
    nocase = False
  
  match = content_match(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], nocase)
  if not match[0]:
    print match[2], 'Failure Detected.'
  else:
    print match[2], 'Success Detected.'

  if sys.argv[1] != match[1]:
    print 'Redirect Detected:', sys.argv[1], '->', match[1]

  return

if __name__ == '__main__':
  main()