'WebCheck.vbs - Check website and/or resource availability.
'https://www.reddit.com/u/jcunews1
'https://pastebin.com/u/jcunews
'https://greasyfork.org/en/users/85671-jcunews

'timeout in milliseconds (1 second = 1000ms).
'for name resolving, site connection, request sending, response waiting.
timeout = 10000

if wscript.arguments.count = 0 then
  wscript.echo "Usage: WebCheck {url}" & vbcrlf & vbcrlf & "Exit codes:" & _
   vbcrlf & "100-299 = Site and resource are accessible." & _
    vbcrlf & "300-399 = Site is accessible, unknown resource availability." & _
    vbcrlf & "400-499 = Site is accessible, resource is not found." & _
    vbcrlf & "500-599 = Site error, unknown resource accessibility." & _
    vbcrlf & "1000    = Site not found, or service is unavailable." & _
    vbcrlf & "2000    = Invalid URL."
  wscript.quit
end if
set ht = createobject("winhttp.winhttprequest.5.1")
ht.settimeouts timeout, timeout, timeout, timeout
on error resume next
ht.open "HEAD", wscript.arguments(0), false
if err.number <> 0 then
  wscript.echo err.description
  wscript.quit 2000
end if
ht.send
if err.number <> 0 then
  wscript.echo err.description
  wscript.quit 1000
else
  wscript.echo err.statustext
  wscript.quit ht.status
end if