check_http with a single string

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Hi there,

The check_http plugin is excellent and has tons of options for every use
case, but I have a "feature request".

Would it be possible to make it accept a single parameter with all of the
(most common) information?
Examples:

- check_http -X http://example.com:82
- check_http -X https://username:[email protected]/login

This way, we could use a single list of strings (for example in icinga2
host.vars.vhosts) and easily cover all the virtual hosts in a machine
without complex dictionaries and exceptions.

I wrote a wrapper which parses the values and calls check_http with the
right parameters, but it would be cleaner to have it built-in into the
plugin itself.
Unfortunately I am not so good at C :(  but for someone who can, and is
familiar with the plugin, it should be relatively simple. Just parse the
sting some some regexp-es and assign the parsed variables to the existing
ones in the plugin.

Any thoughts?

  Best regards

--
Dr. Julen Larrucea
http://www.larrucea.eu

  Fraunhofer IFAM
  Bremen - Germany

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 of strings (for example in icinga2 host.vars.vhosts) and easily cover all =
the virtual hosts in a machine without complex dictionaries and exceptions.=
<div><br></div><div>I wrote a wrapper which parses the values and calls che=
ck_http with the right parameters, but it would be cleaner to have it built=
-in into the plugin itself.</div><div>Unfortunately I am not so good at C :=
(=C2=A0 but for someone who can, and is familiar with the plugin, it should=
 be relatively simple. Just parse the sting some some regexp-es and assign =
the parsed variables to the existing ones in the plugin.<br><br>Any thought=
s?</div><div><br></div><div>=C2=A0 Best regards</div><div><br>--<br>Dr. Jul=
en Larrucea <br><a href=3D"http://www.larrucea.eu">http://www.larrucea.eu</=
a><br><br>=C2=A0 Fraunhofer IFAM<br>=C2=A0 Bremen - Germany</div></div>

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