ping

• id: A unique UUID for the query

Test API connection, return time as ISO string when server responds to ping.

Security key may be blank.

Examples:

Omitting request id:

curl -X POST -u sk_abcdefQWERTY090900000000: https://cocalc.com/api/v1/ping
==> {"event":"pong","id":"c74afb40-d89b-430f-836a-1d889484c794","now":"2017-05-24T13:29:11.742Z"}

Omitting request id and using blank security key:

curl -X POST -u : https://cocalc.com/api/v1/ping
==>  {"event":"pong","id":"d90f529b-e026-4a60-8131-6ce8b6d4adc8","now":"2017-11-05T21:10:46.585Z"}

Using uuid shell command to create a request id:

uuid
==> 553f2815-1508-416d-8e69-2dde5af3aed8
curl -u sk_abcdefQWERTY090900000000: https://cocalc.com/api/v1/ping -d id=553f2815-1508-416d-8e69-2dde5af3aed8
==> {"event":"pong","id":"553f2815-1508-416d-8e69-2dde5af3aed8","now":"2017-05-24T13:47:21.312Z"}

Using JSON format to provide request id:

curl -u sk_abcdefQWERTY090900000000: -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id":"8ec4ac73-2595-42d2-ad47-0b9641043b46"}' https://cocalc.com/api/v1/ping
==> {"event":"pong","id":"8ec4ac73-2595-42d2-ad47-0b9641043b46","now":"2017-05-24T17:15:59.288Z"}

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This information is based on 2fdb71553a exported at 2020-01-29T00:48:22.594Z.