> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# ping

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      <p>Pings the given URL and returns the response. If no response, returns an empty string.</p>
      <p><strong>Parameters</strong></p>

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            <div className="dt">url (<span className="em">GPUdb.URL</span>) –</div>

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              <p>The URL which we are supposed to ping.</p>
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      <p><strong>Returns</strong></p>

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          <p>The ping response, or an empty string if it fails.</p>
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