Test the given page is found or not on the server Using Python

In this article, we are going to write a Python script to test the given page is found or not on the server. We will see various methods to do the same.

Method 1: Using Urllib.

Urllib is a package that allows you to access the webpage with the program.

Installation:

pip install urllib

Approach:

• Import module
• Pass the URL in urllib.request() reading URLs
• Now check with urllib.error containing the exceptions raised by urllib.request

Implementation:

Output:

Yeah ! found

Method 2: Using requests

Request allows you to send HTTP/1.1 requests extremely easily. This module also does not come built-in with Python. To install this type the below command in the terminal.

Installation:

pip install requests

Approach:

• Import module
• Pass the Url into requests.head()
• If response.status_code == 200 then server is up
• if response.status_code == 404 then server in down

Implementation:

Output:

True