HTTP Ping

Checks if the server is alive. This is useful for monitoring tools, load-balancers and automated scripts.

Request

GET /ping

Response

Normal status codes:

• 200 OK

Example

$ curl -v http://127.0.0.1:8098/ping
* About to connect() to 127.0.0.1 port 8098 (#0)
*   Trying 127.0.0.1... connected
* Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 8098 (#0)
> GET /ping HTTP/1.1
> User-Agent: curl/7.19.7 (universal-apple-darwin10.0) libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3
> Host: 127.0.0.1:8098
> Accept: */*
>
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Server: MochiWeb/1.1 WebMachine/1.9.0 (participate in the frantic)
< Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:24:35 GMT
< Content-Type: text/html
< Content-Length: 2
<
* Connection #0 to host 127.0.0.1 left intact
* Closing connection #0
OK