by logic should work

lib/fruitbot/commands.ex

@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ defmodule Fruitbot.Commands do
         {:ok, result}
 
       "!datafruiter" ->
-        { url, username } = Fruitbot.StreampusherApi.user_search(query)
-        message = "Datafruit found: #{url}"
-        {:ok, message}
+        {url, username} = Fruitbot.StreampusherApi.user_search(query)
+        msg = "Datafruit found: #{url}"
+        {:ok, msg}
 
       "!bigup" ->
         query_stripped = String.replace_prefix(query, "@", "")
@@ -191,8 +191,17 @@ defmodule Fruitbot.Commands do
             :ets.insert(:user_bigups, {query_stripped, count + 1})
         end
         [{user, count}] = :ets.lookup(:user_bigups, query_stripped) 
-        message = ":airhorn: big up #{user} :airhorn: 88888888888888888+++++++++ #{user} has #{count} bigups"
-        { :ok, message }
+        msg = ":airhorn: big up #{user} :airhorn: 88888888888888888+++++++++ #{user} has #{count} bigups"
+        {:ok, msg}
+
+      "!stream" -> 
+        case Fruitbot.StreampusherApi.stream_ping() do
+          true -> 
+            msg = "The stream is up :arrow_up:"
+          _ -> 
+            msg = "The stream is down :arrow_down:"
+        end
+        {:ok, msg}
 
       "!commands" ->
         # can we pull the list of commands automatically somehow?

lib/fruitbot/streampusher_api.ex

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 defmodule Fruitbot.StreampusherApi do
+
   @moduledoc """
   Functions called by user commands from the Datafruits chat.
   """
@@ -107,4 +108,17 @@ defmodule Fruitbot.StreampusherApi do
     image_url = Kernel.get_in(data, ["attributes", "thumb_image_url"])
     "Next show is #{title}, hosted by #{host}! Beginning in #{countdown} minutes. Description: #{description}. :link: #{url} #{image_url}"
   end
+
+  def stream_ping do
+    case HTTPoison.get!("https://streampusher-relay.club") do
+      %HTTPoison.Response{status_code: 200, body: body} ->
+        body
+        |> Floki.find("td.streamdata") 
+        |> Enum.empty?() 
+        |> Kernel.!
+
+      _ ->
+        "not now"
+    end
+  end
 end