How to detect when GitHub, AWS, or Discord is down — using a free JSON API

curl https://isitdownstatus.com/api/status/github

{
  "service": "github",
  "status": "operational",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-11T08:00:00Z"
}

async function checkGitHubStatus() {
  const res = await fetch('https://isitdownstatus.com/api/status/github');
  const data = await res.json();

  if (data.status !== 'operational') {
    showBanner(`GitHub is currently ${data.status}. Some features may be unavailable.`);
  }
}

#!/bin/bash
STATUS=$(curl -s https://isitdownstatus.com/api/status/github | jq -r '.status')

if [ "$STATUS" != "operational" ]; then
  echo "GitHub is $STATUS — skipping deployment"
  exit 0
fi

# continue with deployment...

const SERVICES = ['aws', 'github', 'stripe', 'cloudflare'];

async function checkAll() {
  for (const service of SERVICES) {
    const res = await fetch(`https://isitdownstatus.com/api/status/${service}`);
    const { status } = await res.json();

    if (status !== 'operational') {
      await notifySlack(`⚠️ ${service} is ${status}`);
    }
  }
}

// Run every 5 minutes
setInterval(checkAll, 5 * 60 * 1000);

import requests

SERVICES = ['aws', 'discord', 'github', 'stripe']

def check_dependencies():
    issues = []
    for service in SERVICES:
        r = requests.get(f'https://isitdownstatus.com/api/status/{service}')
        data = r.json()
        if data['status'] != 'operational':
            issues.append(f"{service}: {data['status']}")
    return issues

if __name__ == '__main__':
    problems = check_dependencies()
    if problems:
        print("Upstream issues detected:")
        for p in problems:
            print(f"  - {p}")
    else:
        print("All services operational ✓")