pause_pingdom.rb

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 = "user@domain.com"
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)