ping for healtcheck

README.md

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Cloudflare Gateway allows you to create custom rules to filter HTTP, DNS, and ne
 - Automatically cleans up filter lists: removes duplicates, invalid domains, comments and more
 - Works fully unattended
 - Whitelist support, allowing you to prevent false positives and breakage by forcing trusted domains to always be unblocked.
+- Optional health check: Sends a ping request ensuring continuous monitoring and alerting for the workflow execution.
+
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@ Please note that the GitHub Action downloads the recommended blocklists and whit
 - `CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID`: Your Cloudflare account ID
 - `CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL`: Your Cloudflare account email
 - `CLOUDFLARE_LIST_ITEM_LIMIT`: The maximum number of blocked domains allowed for your Cloudflare Zero Trust plan. Use 300000 for the free plan or if you're unsure.
+- `PING_URL`: /Optional/ Your https ping URL
+
 
 3. Create a new file in the repository named `.github/workflows/main.yml` with the contents of `auto_update_github_action.yml` found in this repository. The default settings will update your filters every week at 3 AM UTC. You can change this by editing the `schedule` property.
 4. Enable GitHub Actions in your repository settings.

auto_update_github_action.yml

@@ -56,3 +56,8 @@ jobs:
         CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL }}
         CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID }}
         CLOUDFLARE_LIST_ITEM_LIMIT: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_LIST_ITEM_LIMIT }}
+
+    - name: Send ping request
+      if: env.PING_URL != ''
+      run: |
+        node -e "var https=require('https');https.get('${{ secrets.PING_URL }}').on('error',err=>console.log('Ping failed: '+err));"