In Cybersecurity, understanding the status of a website or web service is crucial.

We will develop a Python script to determine the status of a website without directly accessing it over the internet. This approach will minimize potential attack vectors and increase online security.

Hints:

Install the requests library

1. Open your terminal or command prompt and run the following command to install the requests library: pip install requests

Ask for the website URL the user wants to check:

2. User Input: The script prompts the user to enter the URL they want to check. Ensure you input a valid URL starting with "http://" or "https://".

Use the Method from the Library:

3. HTTP GET Request: The requests.get() function is used to send an HTTP GET request to the provided URL.

Status Code:

4. Response Status Code: The HTTP response status code is printed to indicate the status of the website. A status code of 200-299 typically means success. A status code of 400–499 means Client error. A status code of 500-599 means Server error.

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