ete, a basic URL checker.

Usage

The basic usage to rete is rete [arguments] [file/urls] there are a few flags you can use. Example: rete https://google.com https://fakeurl.bleb https://example.com

File flag

This flag allows you to check a list of urls in a txt file. Example: rete -f urls.txt

Output flag

This flag lets you chose the name of the file outputted by the file flag. Note: This flag but be used BEFORE the file flag is used Example: rete -o output.txt -f urls.txt

Timeout flag

This flag lets you chose how many seconds to wait for a connection until rete declares timeout. Example: rete -t 1 https://google.com https://fakeurl.bleb https://example.com

Compiling

Since this program was made with crystal, you need to install crystal and shards which is available in most package managers and windows.

Installing dependencies

going into where the source code is and then run shards install which installs all of the dependencies.

Creating the executable

To create the executable, run shards build rete where the binary will be in the bin directory.

FAQ

What is Rete?

Rete is a utility that can check if a URL/website is really up or not.

Whats the point of having it when I can check my self?

Rete allows you to bulk check URLs which can be time saving.

What about bot detection?

Rete uses that to our advantage by looking at the status code (eg, a websites returns 403)

Why did you make this?

When making a list of games and proxies, I needed to test if the links really worked without having to test them all individually (I had over 6000 links to check!)