Check status of private webapp listening on remote port

ssh-curl.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import json
import sys
from subprocess import Popen
from urlparse import urlunsplit

def main():
    params = json.load(sys.stdin)
    urlparts = []
    for name in ["scheme", "netloc", "path", "query", "fragment"]:
        param = params.pop(name, "")
        if name in ["scheme", "netloc"]:
            assert param, "missing %s parameter" % (name,)
        urlparts.append(param)
    assert not params, params
    url = urlunsplit(urlparts)
    # $ curl -sL -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code} %{url_effective}\n" "http://shop.kwsi.co"
    # 200 http://shop.kwsi.co/
    cmd = ["curl", "-sLo", "/dev/null", "-w", r"%{http_code} %{url_effective}\n", url]
    proc = Popen(cmd, stdout=sys.stdout, stderr=sys.stderr)
    sys.exit(proc.wait())

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()