add support for specifying http-headers and really use Method spezified

cli/main.go

@@ -53,9 +53,14 @@ func main() {
 
 	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 	for _, mon := range cfg.Monitors {
-		cfg.Logger.Printf(" Starting %s: %d seconds check interval\n - %v %s (%d second/s timeout)", mon.Name, mon.CheckInterval, mon.Method, mon.URL, mon.HttpTimeout)
+		cfg.Logger.Printf(" Starting %s: %d seconds check interval - %v %s (%d second/s timeout)", mon.Name, mon.CheckInterval, mon.Method, mon.URL, mon.HttpTimeout)
 
 		// print features
+		if len(mon.HttpHeaders) > 0 {
+            for _, h := range mon.HttpHeaders {
+    			cfg.Logger.Printf(" - Add HTTP-Header '%s' '%s'", h.Name, h.Value)
+            }
+		}
 		if mon.ExpectedStatusCode > 0 {
 			cfg.Logger.Printf(" - Expect HTTP %d", mon.ExpectedStatusCode)
 		}

example.config.json

@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
       "component_id": 1,
       "interval": 10,
       "timeout": 5,
+      "headers": [
+        {
+          "header": "Authorization",
+          "value": "Basic <hash>"
+        }
+      ],
       "expected_status_code": 200,
       "strict_tls": true
     }

monitor.go

@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ const DefaultInterval = 60
 const DefaultTimeout = 1
 const DefaultTimeFormat = "15:04:05 Jan 2 MST"
 
+type HttpHeader struct {
+    Name          string        `json:"header"`
+    Value         string        `json:"value"`
+}
+
 // Monitor data model
 type Monitor struct {
 	Name          string        `json:"name"`
@@ -25,6 +30,7 @@ type Monitor struct {
 	StrictTLS     bool          `json:"strict_tls"`
 	CheckInterval time.Duration `json:"interval"`
 	HttpTimeout   time.Duration `json:"timeout"`
+	HttpHeaders   []*HttpHeader `json:"headers"`
 
 	MetricID    int `json:"metric_id"`
 	ComponentID int `json:"component_id"`
@@ -109,7 +115,12 @@ func (monitor *Monitor) doRequest() bool {
 		}
 	}
 
-	resp, err := client.Get(monitor.URL)
+    req, err := http.NewRequest(monitor.Method, monitor.URL, nil)
+    for _, h := range monitor.HttpHeaders {
+        req.Header.Add(h.Name, h.Value)
+    }
+
+    resp, err := client.Do(req)
     if err != nil {
         monitor.lastFailReason = err.Error()
 

readme.md

@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ Configuration
     "url": "Ping URL",
     // optional, http method (defaults GET)
     "method": "get",
+    // optional, http Headers to add (default none)
+    "headers": [
+        // specify Name and Value of Http-Header, eg. Authorization
+        { "name": "Authorization", "value": "Basic <hash>" }
+    ],
     // self-signed ssl certificate
     "strict_tls": true,
     // seconds between checks