omega8cc · August 29, 2015 14:14 · Jun 24, 2011
diff --git a/pause_pingdom.rb b/pause_pingdom.rb
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+require 'net/http'
+require 'net/https'
+require 'uri'
+
+PINGDOM_API_HOSTNAME = "api.pingdom.com"
+PINGDOM_API_KEY = "your_api_key_here"
+PINGDOM_API_VERSION = "2.0"
+PINGDOM_CHECK_ID = "######"
+PINGDOM_USERNAME = "[email protected]"
+PINGDOM_PASSWORD = "password"
+
+# This method uses the Pingdom API to pause and un-pause a Pingdom check
+# Doing so should prevent unnecessary (both annoying + expensive) false alarms of downtime during deploys
+# Params:
+#   do_it -- defaults to true -- this param represents whether the check should be paused (pause = true, unpause = false)
+def pause_pingdom_check(do_it=true)
+  # assemble the url to hit
+  target_url = "https://" + PINGDOM_API_HOSTNAME + "/api/" + PINGDOM_API_VERSION + "/checks/" + PINGDOM_CHECK_ID
+
+  headers = {
+    'App-Key' => PINGDOM_API_KEY
+  }
+
+  # setup the connection and hit the url with params -- paused => true
+  url = URI.parse( target_url )
+
+  http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, 443) #send to port 443 to avoid unknown protocol error
+  http.use_ssl = true
+  http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE # ignore noisy certificate errors
+
+  # configure the request
+  request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url.path, headers)
+  request.basic_auth PINGDOM_USERNAME, PINGDOM_PASSWORD
+  request.set_form_data({ :paused => do_it }, ';')
+
+  # make the request and get response
+  response = http.request( request )
+
+  # were we successful?
+  case response
+  when Net::HTTPSuccess#, Net::HTTPRedirection
+    puts response.body
+    return true
+  else
+    raise response.error!
+  end
+end
+
+pause_pingdom_check(true)
+pause_pingdom_check(false)
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