<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># using urllib2:</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">urllib2</span>
<span class="n">urllib2</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">urlopen</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;{{ ping_url }}&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
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