# Website Status & Uptime Checker (is it down or just me) (`dev00/website-status-checker`) Actor Instantly ping any URL to check if it is down or up. Returns real-time global availability, HTTP status codes, and server latency metrics in milliseconds. - **URL**: https://apify.com/dev00/website-status-checker.md - **Developed by:** [dev00](https://apify.com/dev00) (community) - **Categories:** Other, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $1.00 / 1,000 website status checkers This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## 🌐 Website Online Status & Uptime Checker Instantly check if any target website is online, extract HTTP response status codes, verify page accessibility, and measure latency from global edge locations. No browser automation or complex setup required. This edge-optimized tool routes verification requests directly via a secure Cloudflare Worker gateway, pings the target domain using highly-efficient connection pools, and parses the latency statistics. --- ### 🌟 Key Features * **Real-time Status Verification**: Instantly check if a target domain is online (is_up = true/false). * **Latency Benchmarking**: Measures connections speeds and TTFB (Time to First Byte) in milliseconds. * **Smart Redirects and Auto-formatting**: Gracefully handles protocol prefixes (http/https auto-resolution). * **Custom Timeout Safeties**: Implements an 8-second request abortion signal to avoid hanging connections on dead/stalled websites. * **Direct Access Routing**: Authenticated via standard `X-Api-Key` headers. * **Robust Error Handling**: Handles DNS resolve failures and connection time-outs gracefully, saving details to your output datasets. --- ### 🛠️ How It Works This Actor forwards your requested domain to a secure Cloudflare Worker edge reverse-proxy. The proxy routes the request to the target site using an optimized User-Agent header profile (`UptimeStatusCheckerBot/1.0`). The status code, status message text, and total query latency are returned to the Actor, stored in the Key-Value store (`OUTPUT`), and appended as a row to the default dataset. --- ### 📥 Input Parameters | Field | Type | Description | Prefill Example | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | **Target Website URL** | `string` | The target website URL or domain name to check status for (e.g. `google.com`). | `google.com` | #### Input JSON Example ```json { "url": "google.com" } ```` *** ### 📤 Output Data Structure Tabular datasets output clean rows mapping the online status metrics: #### Output JSON Example ```json { "success": true, "url_tested": "https://google.com", "is_up": true, "status_code": 200, "status_text": "OK", "latency_ms": 78, "description": "Successfully checked website online status." } ``` *** ### 💳 Monetization & Cost This Actor utilizes the **Pay-Per-Event (PPE)** pricing model on the Apify Store: - **Base Pricing**: Only **$1.00 per 1,000 successful lookups** (`$0.001` per event). - **Pay as You Go**: If validation fails due to network/gateway issues, no billing charges occur. # Actor input Schema ## `url` (type: `string`): Provide the target website URL or domain name to verify (e.g., 'google.com'). ## Actor input object example ```json { "url": "google.com" } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description ## `keyValueStoreResult` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "url": "google.com" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("dev00/website-status-checker").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "url": "google.com" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("dev00/website-status-checker").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "url": "google.com" }' | apify call dev00/website-status-checker --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=dev00/website-status-checker", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Website Status & Uptime Checker (is it down or just me)", "description": "Instantly ping any URL to check if it is down or up. Returns real-time global availability, HTTP status codes, and server latency metrics in milliseconds.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "2l9BE0E4G90qWTEc1" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/dev00~website-status-checker/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-dev00-website-status-checker", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/dev00~website-status-checker/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-dev00-website-status-checker", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/dev00~website-status-checker/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-dev00-website-status-checker", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "title": "Target Website URL / Domain", "type": "string", "description": "Provide the target website URL or domain name to verify (e.g., 'google.com')." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": 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