Scripts for website monitoring using Python

gistfile1.py

import pickle, pprint, time, os

if os.path.isfile('data.pkl'):
    pklFile = open('data.pkl','rb')
    data1 = pickle.load(pklFile)
    pprint.pprint(data1)

    elapsedTime = time.time() - data1['timestamp']
    elapsedMinutes = elapsedTime/60

    if elapsedMinutes > 2:
        print 'It\'s been longer than two minutes'
else:
    data1 = {}


def isSiteup(urls):
    import httplib

    data = {}
    data['timestamp'] = time.time()
    for url in urls:
        conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(url)
        conn.request("HEAD", "/")
        res = conn.getresponse()
        data[url] = res.status
        print res.status, res.reason, url

        if url in data1:
            if data1[url] != res.status:
                print url, 'has changed from', data1[url], 'to', res.status
                print 'Sending an email!'
            else:
                print url, 'is still the same', data1[url], 'and', res.status

        output = open('data.pkl','wb')
        pickle.dump(data, output)
        output.close()


urls = ['www.sfrcorp.com',
'www.nixtutor.com',
'www.marksanborn.net',
'faceoffshow.com',
'rocketship.it',
'jaderobbins.com']

isSiteup(urls)

#pklFile.close()

I am new to python. Can this script send an email when the site is down?

I am new to python. Can this script send an email when the site is down?

yes it does send email when the website is down

can this script check the total active users on the website??

can this script check the total active users on the website??

nope

can this script monitor HTTPS connections also?

what is we have multiple websites to moniot at a time?how can we do it with this script