2 files changed, 34 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/quiet_opener.rb b/lib/quiet_opener.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a077ca323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/quiet_opener.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+require 'open-uri'
+require 'net-purge'
+
+def quietly_try_to_open(url)
+    begin 
+        result = open(url).read.strip
+    rescue OpenURI::HTTPError, SocketError, Errno::ETIMEDOUT, Errno::ECONNREFUSED, Errno::EHOSTUNREACH
+        logger.warn("Unable to open third-party URL #{url}")
+        result = ""
+    end
+    return result
+end
+    
+def quietly_try_to_purge(host, url)
+    begin 
+        result = ""
+        result_body = ""
+        Net::HTTP.start(host) {|http|
+            request = Net::HTTP::Purge.new(url)
+            response = http.request(request)
+            result = response.code
+            result_body = response.body
+        }
+    rescue OpenURI::HTTPError, SocketError, Errno::ETIMEDOUT, Errno::ECONNREFUSED, Errno::EHOSTUNREACH
+        logger.warn("Unable to reach host #{host}")
+    end
+    if result == "200"
+        logger.info("Purged URL #{url} at #{host}: #{result}")
+    else
+        logger.warn("Unable to purge URL #{url} at #{host}: status #{result}")
+    end
+    return result
+end
+    
diff --git a/lib/varnish_purge.rb b/lib/varnish_purge.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index ef0cbd7ea..000000000
--- a/lib/varnish_purge.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-require 'open-uri'
-
-def purge(url)
-    config = MySociety::Config.load_default()
-    varnish_url = config['VARNISH_URL']
-    url = "#{varnish_url}#{url}"
-    result = open(url).read
-    if result != "OK"
-        raise
-    end
-end