checkUrl {spsUtil}

check if an URL can be reached

Description

check if a URL can be reached, return TRUE if yes and FALSE if cannot or with other status code

Usage

checkUrl(url, timeout = 5)

Arguments

url

string, the URL to request

timeout

seconds to wait before return FALSE

Value

TRUE if url is reachable, FALSE if not

Examples

checkUrl("https://google.com")
try(checkUrl("https://randomwebsite123.com", 1))