PowerShell – How to check response code from a website

There are times when you need to verify websites availability to be able to tell if it's up or not. Below you can find a simple approach to show whether the site is up or not. This comes useful in situations where website availability is crucial for your business.

🔒 Solution

[string] $url = 'https://evotec.xyz'

function Get-WebStatus($url) {
    try {
        [net.httpWebRequest] $req = [net.webRequest]::create($url)
        $req.Method = "HEAD"
        [net.httpWebResponse] $res = $req.getResponse()

        if ($res.StatusCode -eq "200") {
            write-host "`nSite $url is up (Return code: $($res.StatusCode) - $([int] $res.StatusCode))`n" -ForegroundColor green
        } else {
            write-host "`nSite $url is down`n" ` -ForegroundColor red
        }
    } catch {

        write-host "`nThings went bad (dns issue?). Try again.`n" ` -ForegroundColor red
    }
}

Get-WebStatus $url

To be able to check for the status of a website quickly and efficiently one can use the following code. This code verifies whether site returns **Status Code 200. **In case of different code returns it's assumed the website is down.