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# Ping

GET https://global-api-sandbox.afterpay.com/ping

This endpoint can be used to check that the service is available and reachable.

Unlike all other endpoints, this endpoint does not require authentication, and responds with text/plain instead of application/json.

## Successful Response (200)

Returns the string, "pong".

## Connection Timeouts

* Open timeout: 10 seconds
* Read timeout: 20 seconds

## Errors

The following error responses can be returned by Ping:

| HTTP Status Code        | errorCode | Description                                                                                                 |
| :---------------------- | :-------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 405  Method Not Allowed | N/A       | The request was made by a HTTP Method other than GET, HEAD or OPTIONS.    For example, POST, PUT or DELETE. |

Reference: https://developers.clearpay.co.uk/api-reference/ping

## Request

### Headers

- `Accept` (string, optional, default: text/plain)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
"pong"
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://global-api-sandbox.afterpay.com/ping"

headers = {"User-Agent": "User-Agent"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://global-api-sandbox.afterpay.com/ping';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'User-Agent': 'User-Agent'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://global-api-sandbox.afterpay.com/ping"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", "User-Agent")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://global-api-sandbox.afterpay.com/ping")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["User-Agent"] = 'User-Agent'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://global-api-sandbox.afterpay.com/ping")
  .header("User-Agent", "User-Agent")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://global-api-sandbox.afterpay.com/ping', [
  'headers' => [
    'User-Agent' => 'User-Agent',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://global-api-sandbox.afterpay.com/ping");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("User-Agent", "User-Agent");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["User-Agent": "User-Agent"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://global-api-sandbox.afterpay.com/ping")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```