Statuscheck with Pipedream.com

What is this?

This is a simple script that can check the current status of your services and create an incident on the status page if necessary. All this works via Python scripts and the website pipedream.com.

Note

This is not an advertisement!

Wait, pipedream.com, what's that and why I use this?

With pipedream.com you have the possibility to run scripts on an external server. This is necessary, for example, if your home server is not available or you have problems with your network connection.

Important

In the free version of Pipedream.com, it is only possible to run the check script a maximum of 10 times a day. This means that it can only be executed every 2.5 hours.

Why do I need that?

Because you want to know when your services are offline. So this is a must for anyone who has a few services to maintain.

How do I get it?

Watch this tutorial on YouTube (german) or read the following guide.

The guide (step-by-step)

1. Create an account here
2. Login and First Setup
3. Go to Projects => New project
4. Set name and click Create Project
5. Click New => Workflow
6. Set name and click Create Workflow
7. Click Add Trigger
8. Click Custom Interval
9. Set Every 150 Minutes
10. Click Generate Test Event
11. Click Save and Continue
12. Click on +
13. Search after Python => select Run Python code
14. Paste this Code into the Code section
15. Adjust all variables

Quantity	Variable	Explanation	Example
1	<service_url>	URL of your Websites	https://example.com
1	<component_id>	Component_id to your Websites	a1b2c3d4e5f6
1	<discord_webhook>	Discord Webhook URL	https://discord.com/api/webhooks/12345678910/ABCdEFG_hIJKlMNOp_QRsTUVw_XYz/
2	<statuspage_url>	URL of your statuspage	https://atlassian.statuspage.io/
1	<page_id>	PageID of your statuspage	12ab34cd56ef
1	<api_key>	API_Key from statuspage	123abc456def789ghi1011jkl1213mno

16. Click Test
17. Click + and select Continue execution if a condition is met (Actions -> Control Flow)
18. Set Initial Value to {{steps.code.continue_workflow}}
19. Set Condition to Text Matches exactly (TEXT_EQUALS)
20. Set Second value to true
21. By Case sensitive click on CLEAR
22. Click Test
23. Click +, click HTTP / Webhook and select Send POST Request
24. Set Request URL to https://api.statuspage.io/v1/pages/<your_page_id>/incidents/ (INSERT YOUR PAGE ID!!)
25. Set Authorization Type to Bearer Token and insert your API Key from Statuspage
26. Click on Body, select application/json for Content-Type
27. Click in Edit raw JSON and insert this JSON code
28. Click on Deploy (Do not click `Test' because all your services are currently working, so your variables are empty. You would get errors! And of course, this workflow will stop before that).

The workflow should now be executed automatically every 150 minutes to check the status of your specified services to create an incident on the Statuspage if necessary.

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