#!/bin/bash

# make the file executable
# run the script as ./check_service.sh <URL> <any text here>

# make sure curl is installed
HTTP_CODE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $1)
CODE_TYPE=${HTTP_CODE:0:1}

if [[ $CODE_TYPE == "4" || $CODE_TYPE == "5" || $CODE_TYPE == "0" ]]
then
	echo "$(date) --- $1 service is not working or does not exist!"
else
	echo "$(date) --- $1 service working!"
fi

if [[ $2 != "" ]]
then 
	crontab -l | { cat; echo "* * * * * $0 $1 >> ./logs.txt 2>&1"; } | crontab -
	# edit the crontab args to fit the necessary time interval
fi