# Python

If you are already using the requests library, it's convenient to also use it here:

    # using requests:
    import requests
    requests.get("PING_URL")

Otherwise, you can use the urllib standard module.

    # urllib with python 3.x:
    import urllib.request
    urllib.request.urlopen("PING_URL")

    # urllib with python 2.x:
    import urllib
    urllib.urlopen("PING_URL")

You can include additional diagnostic information in the in the request body (for POST requests):

    # Passing diagnostic information in the POST body:
    import requests
    requests.post("PING_URL", data="temperature=-7")