# service-status.ps1 — status of named services.

$Url      = "YOUR_URL/services"
$Watch    = @("W3SVC", "MSSQLSERVER", "BITS")   # services that should be running

$Statuses   = @{}
$AnyStopped = $false
foreach ($name in $Watch) {
  $svc = Get-Service -Name $name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
  if ($svc) {
    $running = $svc.Status -eq 'Running'
    $Statuses[$name] = @{ found = $true; status = "$($svc.Status)"; running = $running }
    if (-not $running) { $AnyStopped = $true }
  } else {
    $Statuses[$name] = @{ found = $false; status = "missing"; running = $false }
    $AnyStopped = $true
  }
}

$Body = (@{
  hostname    = $env:COMPUTERNAME
  services    = $Statuses
  any_stopped = $AnyStopped
}) | ConvertTo-Json -Compress -Depth 4

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Method Post -Body $Body `
  -ContentType "application/json" -TimeoutSec 15 | Out-Null