# Python

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

    import requests

    try:
        requests.get("PING_URL", timeout=10)
    except requests.RequestException as e:
        # Log ping failure here...
        print("Ping failed: %s" % e)

Otherwise, you can use the urllib.request module from Python 3 standard library:

    import socket
    import urllib.request

    try:
        urllib.request.urlopen("PING_URL", timeout=10)
    except socket.error as e:
        # Log ping failure here...
        print("Ping failed: %s" % e)

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")