# ping

* *Endpoint URL*

  /ping

* *HTTP Method*

  GET

* *Description *

  Verifies that the HTTP service is running and connectable.**Note**: To verify that the database can receive queries or check specific health metrics, use the `/exec` and `/query` endpoints.

## Request Headers

The `GET /ping` request does not require any request headers.

## Request Body

The `GET /ping` request does not require a request body.

## Response

Successful requests return `pong` as the response along with the HTTP status code *200 OK*. On request failure, an HTTP status code corresponding to the error will be returned. See [Data API Error Handling](https://docs.singlestore.com/db/v9.1/reference/data-api/data-api-error-handling.md) for more information.

## Example (Shell)

To make the `GET /ping` request using cURL, run the cURL command followed by the target URL without any additional parameters. cURL automatically uses the GET HTTP method unless a different method is specified.

## HTTP Request

```Shell
curl https://localhost:8080/ping
```

## HTTP Response

```Shell
pong
```

***

Modified at: May 5, 2023

Source: [/db/v9.1/reference/data-api/data-api-endpoint-reference/ping/](https://docs.singlestore.com/db/v9.1/reference/data-api/data-api-endpoint-reference/ping/)

(An index of the documentation is available at /llms.txt)