updated comments to code

website_status_check/website_status_check.py

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-import urllib2
-import socket
+import urllib2 #importing library urllib2 (which user might need to install before running the script)
+import socket #importing socket
 
-def check_url( url, timeout=10 ):
-    httpcode =1
-    if urllib2.urlopen(url,timeout=timeout).getcode() == 200:
-        return "website is online"
-    elif urllib2.urlopen(url,timeout=timeout).getcode() == 301:
-        return "website was redirected permaanently"
-    elif urllib2.urlopen(url,timeout=timeout).getcode() == 404:
-        return "website was not found"
-print "please enter a website to check the status. don`t forget to add the http://"
-site = raw_input()
-print check_url(site)
+def check_url( url, timeout=10 ):  #creating function to keep code orginized 
+    if urllib2.urlopen(url,timeout=timeout).getcode() == 200:  #this is checking if the return request of urllib2 is 200 which means website is online
+        return "website is online" #returns a string 
+    elif urllib2.urlopen(url,timeout=timeout).getcode() == 301: #this is checking if the return request of urllib2 is 301 which means website has been permanently redirected
+        return "website was redirected permanently" #returns a string
+    elif urllib2.urlopen(url,timeout=timeout).getcode() == 404: #this is checking if the return request of urllib2 is 404 which means page was not found
+        return "website was not found" #returns a string
+print "please enter a website to check the status. don`t forget to add the http://"  #printing prompt line
+site = raw_input()  #input string was put into site as a variable 
+print check_url(site) #run function with given variable