Script to check if Taskomatic is up and running

taskocheck.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import xmlrpclib, sys, socket

TASKO_URL = "http://localhost:2829/RPC2"

try:
    client = xmlrpclib.Server(TASKO_URL)
    result = client.tasko.one(0)

    if result == 1:
        print("Taskomatic is up!")
        sys.exit(0)

except (xmlrpclib.Fault, socket.error):
    pass

print("Taskomatic is down!")
sys.exit(1)