[bug-gh-71] modified netcat loop to a curl loop

Author: jophals

edrop-cron.sh

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ DJANGODIR=/edrop                              # Django project directory
 NUM_WORKERS=3                                 # Number of Gunicorn workers
 DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=edrop.settings         # Django settings module
 DJANGO_WSGI_MODULE=edrop.wsgi                 # WSGI module name
-URL=127.0.0.1                                 # URL to ping before starting cron job
-PORT=8000                                     # Port to ping before starting cron job
 
 echo "Starting $NAME as `whoami`"
 
@@ -17,7 +15,15 @@ export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=$DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
 export PYTHONPATH=$DJANGODIR:$PYTHONPATH
 mkdir -p /edrop/logs
 
-while ! nc -z $URL $PORT; do echo "eDrop not responding"; sleep 5; done
+while true; do 
+    sleep 5;
+    http_response=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -I -w "%{http_code}\n" http://localhost:8000/$APP_ROOT);
+    if [ $http_response == "200" ]; then
+        break
+    else
+        echo "eDrop not responding"
+    fi
+done
 echo "eDrop has started successfully"
 
 # start the cron job