Checks a list of URLs ...

checker.py

"""
URL Checker.
A basic tester for the URL
"""
from __future__ import print_function
import re
import requests
from colors import Colors

def test_url(url):
    """
    Cheks if the URL is "alive"
    Returns: Tuple ( boolean , Reason )
    """
    req = requests.get(url, stream=True)
    return (req.ok, req.reason)

def test_list(markdownfile):
    """ Test a given Markdown file """
    with open(markdownfile) as markdown:
        for line in markdown:
            title_regex = re.compile(r"(\[.*?\])\((http://.*?)\)")
            for match in title_regex.findall(line):
                title, urlx = match
                print("Testing {t} {u}".format(t = title, u=urlx), end=" ")
                result, reason = test_url(urlx)
                color = Colors.get("green") if result \
                                    else Colors.get("fail")
                print("{0}{1}{2}".format(color, reason, Colors.endc()))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    test_list("free-programming-books-es.md")

colors.py

"""
Static class to access basic colors for TTY scripts
"""
class Colors(object):
    """
    We want colors on TTY!
    """
    _colors = {
        "header": '\033[95m',
        "blue" : '\033[94m',
        "green" :'\033[92m',
        "warning" : '\033[93m',
        "fail" : '\033[91m',
        "endc" : '\033[0m'
        }

    def __init__(self):
        """The init """
        pass

    @classmethod
    def get(cls, thecolor=None):
        """ Get the colors """
        return cls._colors.get(thecolor, cls.endc())

    @classmethod
    def endc(cls):
        """End the colors on TTY"""
        return cls._colors["endc"]