Use http request to check webpage availability

[bitvalue.git] / bitvalue

diff --git a/bitvalue b/bitvalue
index 9cb4ee96eaf94cb081d4e9964708d3e358e6efac..1c080812deb9cb4cc9d104087a92a98aa2815367 100755 (executable)
--- a/bitvalue
+++ b/bitvalue
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ HOST=data.bitcoinity.org
 
 TIMESPAN="24h"
 
-USAGE="Usage: $(basename "$0") [-h] [-t val]
+USAGE="Usage: $(basename "$0") [-h] [-t 10m|1h|24h|3d|7d|30d|6m|2y|5y|all]
 Simple bash script to visualize the value of your bitcoin investment.
 
 Arguments:
   -h  show this help text
-  -t  set the timespan (default: $TIMESPAN)"
+  -t  used timespan (default: $TIMESPAN)"
 
 while getopts ':ht:' option; do
     case "$option" in
@@ -35,16 +35,22 @@ if [ ! -f $CONFIG ]; then
     cat << EOF > $CONFIG
 EXCHANGE="bitstamp"
 CURRENCY="EUR"
-ZERO_RATE="1"
-ZERO_VALUE="1"
+BTC="1"
 EOF
     echo "Created config: $CONFIG - Adapt config parameters!"
 fi
 
 source $CONFIG
 
-if ! ping -c 1 $HOST >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo "Host $HOST is unreachable!"
+URL="https://$HOST/export_data.csv?\
+currency=$CURRENCY&\
+data_type=price&\
+exchange=$EXCHANGE&\
+t=l&\
+timespan=$TIMESPAN"
+
+if ! wget -S --spider $URL 2>&1 | grep 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK' >/dev/null; then
+    echo "Can not retrieve data from $HOST!";
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -53,9 +59,8 @@ set terminal dumb
 set datafile separator ","
 set xdata time
 set timefmt "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC"
-set title "EXCHANGE: $EXCHANGE | TIMESPAN: $TIMESPAN\nZERO RATE: $ZERO_RATE $CURRENCY | ZERO VALUE: $ZERO_VALUE $CURRENCY"
-plot "< wget -q -O - \"https://$HOST/export_data.csv?currency=$CURRENCY&data_type=price&exchange=$EXCHANGE&t=l&timespan=$TIMESPAN\"" \
-     using 1:(\$3/$ZERO_RATE*$ZERO_VALUE) with lines title ""
+set title "EXCHANGE: $EXCHANGE | TIMESPAN: $TIMESPAN\nCURRENCY: $CURRENCY | BTC: $BTC "
+plot "< wget -q -O - \"$URL\"" using 1:(\$3*$BTC) with lines title ""
 EOF
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then