lib/eroi/request.rb in eroi-0.1.0 vs lib/eroi/request.rb in eroi-0.1.1

@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 module EROI
   module Request
     class Get
       API_URL = 'http://emailer.emailroi.com/dbadmin/xml_retrieve2.pl'
 
+      def self.api_available?
+        url = URI.parse(Request::Get::API_URL)
+        request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url.path)
+        response = Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port) { |http| http.request(request) }
+        response.class == Net::HTTPOK
+      end
+
       def self.send(client, fields)
         uri = URI.parse(API_URL)
         uri.query = fields.merge({
           :user_token => client.user_token,
           :api_password => client.api_password }).collect { |k,v| "#{k}=#{v}" }.join('&')
@@ -12,9 +19,16 @@
       end
     end
 
     class Post
       API_URL = 'http://emailer.emailroi.com/dbadmin/xml_post.pl'
+
+      def self.api_available?
+        url = URI.parse(Request::Post::API_URL)
+        request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url.path)
+        response = Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port) { |http| http.request(request) }
+        response.class == Net::HTTPOK
+      end
 
       def self.send(client, xml)
         response = Net::HTTP.post_form(
            URI.parse(API_URL),
            { :user_token => client.user_token,