public static boolean pingHost(String host, int port, int timeout) {
try (Socket socket = new Socket()) {
socket.connect(new InetSocketAddress(host, port), timeout);
return true;
} catch (IOException e) {
return false; // Either timeout or unreachable or Failed DNS lookup.
}
}
boolean reachable = InetAddress.getByName(hostname).isReachable();
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
connection.setRequestMethod("HEAD");
int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
if (responseCode != 200) {
// Not OK.
}
// < 100 is undetermined.
// 1nn is informal (shouldn't happen on a GET/HEAD)
// 2nn is success
// 3nn is redirect
// 4nn is client error
// 5nn is server error
/**
* Pings a HTTP URL. This effectively sends a HEAD request and returns <code>true</code> if the response code is in
* the 200-399 range.
* @param url The HTTP URL to be pinged.
* @param timeout The timeout in millis for both the connection timeout and the response read timeout. Note that
* the total timeout is effectively two times the given timeout.
* @return <code>true</code> if the given HTTP URL has returned response code 200-399 on a HEAD request within the
* given timeout, otherwise <code>false</code>.
*/
public static boolean pingURL(String url, int timeout) {
url = url.replaceFirst("^https", "http"); // Otherwise an exception may be thrown on invalid SSL certificates.
try {
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
connection.setConnectTimeout(timeout);
connection.setReadTimeout(timeout);
connection.setRequestMethod("HEAD");
int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
return (200 <= responseCode && responseCode <= 399);
} catch (IOException exception) {
return false;
}
}