URL Ping CLI Tool

This is a simple Python-based command-line tool that continuously pings a specified URL and returns its HTTP status code every 5 minutes. The tool provides a visually appealing output using the rich library for colored and styled terminal text.

Features:

• Pings a given URL and returns the HTTP status code.
• Automatically retries every 5 minutes, with a friendly wait message.
• Color-coded output based on the HTTP status code:
  • Green for 2xx (success).
  • Yellow for 4xx (client errors).
  • Red for 5xx (server errors).
• Easy to run on Mac (iTerm2, zsh) or any terminal that supports Python 3.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• Install required packages via pip:

  pip3 install requests rich

Usage:

./ping_url.py <URL>