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.. _to-api-v2-ping:

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``ping``
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Checks whether Traffic Ops is online.

``GET``
=======
:Auth. Required: No
:Response Type:  ``undefined``

Request Structure
-----------------
No parameters available.

.. code-block:: http
	:caption: Request Example

	GET /api/2.0/ping HTTP/1.1
	User-Agent: python-requests/2.22.0
	Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
	Accept: */*
	Connection: keep-alive
	Cookie: mojolicious=...

Response Structure
------------------
:ping:          Returns an object containing only the ``"ping"`` property, which always has the value ``"pong"``.

.. code-block:: http
	:caption: Response Example

	HTTP/1.1 200 OK
	Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
	Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Set-Cookie, Cookie
	Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST,GET,OPTIONS,PUT,DELETE
	Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
	Content-Encoding: gzip
	Whole-Content-Sha512: 0HqcLcYHCB4AFYGFzcAsP2h+PCMlYxk/TqMajcy3fWCzY730Tv32k5trUaJLeSBbRx2FUi7z/sTAuzikdg0E4g==
	X-Server-Name: traffic_ops_golang/
	Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 20:52:01 GMT
	Content-Length: 40
	Content-Type: application/x-gzip

	{
		"ping": "pong"
	}
