3 files changed, 91 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/exping/http.ex b/lib/exping/http.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..576562f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/exping/http.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+defmodule ExPing.HTTP do
+  require Logger
+  @moduledoc """
+  Provides basic HTTP client for pinging endpoints
+  """
+
+  @timeout Application.get_env(:exping, :http)[:timeout] || 5000
+
+  @spec head(URI.t) :: {:ok, {integer, binary}} | {:error, term}
+  def head(endpoint) do
+    ref = make_ref()
+    :ok = Logger.info("Sending HEAD request to #{inspect(endpoint)}")
+    {:ok, _} = spawn_http_task(:head, [endpoint, ref, self()])
+
+    receive do
+      {:http_task_resp, ^ref, {:ok, {_, _}} = resp} -> resp
+      {:http_task_resp, ^ref, {:error, _} = error} -> error
+      after @timeout ->
+        {:error, :timeout}
+    end
+  end
+
+  @spec get(URI.t) :: {:ok, {integer, binary}} | {:error, term}
+  def get(endpoint) do
+    ref = make_ref()
+    :ok = Logger.info("Sending GET request to #{inspect(endpoint)}")
+    {:ok, _} = spawn_http_task(:get, [endpoint, ref, self()])
+
+    receive do
+      {:http_task_resp, ^ref, {:ok, _} = resp} -> resp
+      {:http_task_resp, ^ref, {:error, _} =  error} -> error
+      after @timeout ->
+        {:error, :timeout}
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp spawn_http_task(method, args) do
+    Task.Supervisor.start_child(
+      ExPing.Supervisor.Task,
+      ExPing.HTTP.Task,
+      method,
+      args)
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/lib/exping/http/task.ex b/lib/exping/http/task.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9d39f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/exping/http/task.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+defmodule ExPing.HTTP.Task do
+  require Logger
+  @moduledoc """
+  Task module for performing HTTP requests
+  """
+
+  @user_agent {'user-agent', 'exping'}
+
+  @http Application.get_env(:exping, :http_client) || :httpc
+
+  @type response :: {integer, binary}
+
+  @spec head(URI.t, reference, pid) :: {:ok, response} | {:error, term}
+  def head(%URI{} = uri, ref, owner) do
+    :head
+      |> @http.request({endpoint(uri), headers()}, [], [])
+      |> process_response(ref, owner)
+  end
+
+  @spec get(URI.t, reference, pid) :: {:ok, response} | {:error, term}
+  def get(%URI{} = uri, ref, owner) do
+    :get
+      |> @http.request({endpoint(uri), headers()}, [], [])
+      |> process_response(ref, owner)
+  end
+
+  defp process_response({:ok, {{_, code, _}, _, body}}, ref, owner) do
+    :ok = Logger.info("HTTP request returned: #{code}")
+    send(owner, {:http_task_resp, ref, {:ok, {code, body}}})
+  end
+
+  defp process_response({:error, _} = error, ref, owner) do
+    :ok = Logger.warn("HTTP request returned error: #{inspect(error)}")
+    send(owner, {:http_task_resp, ref, error})
+  end
+
+  defp endpoint(%URI{} = uri) do
+    uri |> to_string() |> String.to_charlist
+  end
+
+  defp headers do
+    [@user_agent]
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/lib/exping/supervisor.ex b/lib/exping/supervisor.ex
index 403f35c..faf6ccb 100644
--- a/lib/exping/supervisor.ex
+++ b/lib/exping/supervisor.ex
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ defmodule ExPing.Supervisor do
   @spec init(any) :: no_return
   def init(_) do
     children = [
+      supervisor(Task.Supervisor, [[name: ExPing.Supervisor.Task]])
     ]
 
     supervise(children, strategy: :one_for_one, name: __MODULE__)