VoriTools

Timed URL Refresh

The server retrieves the URL for each preview refresh. Use the timer to revisit a page at a chosen interval.

How to reload a page on a timer

Enter a page address and an interval in seconds. VoriTools loads that page, reloads it on that interval and shows the most recent response in the preview; the Refreshed counter records how many cycles have run.

Every reload is fetched by the VoriTools server, not by your browser. The address you enter is sent to us, and the target site sees a request from our server rather than from your network.

  1. Enter the page address in Refresh Web site. It has to be a public http:// or https:// address; internal, loopback and cloud-metadata addresses are refused.
  2. Set Refresh frequency (s/s) to the number of seconds between reloads. Five seconds is the default, and a shorter interval puts proportionally more load on the target server.
  3. Press Start Refresh. The button becomes Stop Refreshing and the preview reloads on that interval until you stop it.
  4. Read Refreshed to see how many cycles have run. The counter keeps its value after you stop, and it counts attempted cycles, including reloads whose response could not be retrieved.

How the preview behaves

Timing and request load

A five-second interval means roughly twelve requests per minute to the target server: enough to follow a status page, and clearly visible in that server's logs. Set the interval to match how often the page actually changes.

This tool is limited to 120 refreshes per minute per IP address. Requests above that limit are rejected with HTTP 429 until the minute rolls over.

Addresses that cannot be previewed

Only public http:// and https:// addresses are fetched. Loopback, private-range, link-local and cloud-metadata addresses are rejected before any request is made, as are URLs that carry a username and password.

A refused or unreachable address leaves the preview empty, and the counter still advances because a cycle was attempted.

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