Perform an HTTP GET request to the URL and return the latency in milliseconds.

http_ping._google.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import requests
import time
import sys
from colorama import init, Fore, Style

# Initialize colorama for Windows and auto-reset colors
init(autoreset=True)

# URL to "ping" (using HTTP, as requested)
URL = "http://google.com"
INTERVAL = 5  # seconds

# Statistics counters
sent = 0
received = 0
latencies = []

def ping():
    """Perform an HTTP GET request to the URL and return the latency in milliseconds if successful."""
    global sent, received
    sent += 1
    try:
        start_time = time.time()
        response = requests.get(URL, timeout=5)
        response.raise_for_status()  # Raise an exception for HTTP errors
        elapsed = (time.time() - start_time) * 1000  # Convert to milliseconds
        latencies.append(elapsed)
        received += 1
        print(f"{Fore.GREEN}Reply from {URL}: time={elapsed:.2f} ms")
    except requests.RequestException as e:
        print(f"{Fore.RED}Request failed: {e}")

def print_summary():
    """Print a summary similar to the ping command output."""
    lost = sent - received
    loss_percent = (lost / sent) * 100 if sent else 0
    print("\n--- HTTP Ping statistics ---")
    print(f"{sent} requests sent, {received} responses received, {loss_percent:.1f}% packet loss")
    if latencies:
        min_time = min(latencies)
        max_time = max(latencies)
        avg_time = sum(latencies) / len(latencies)
        print(f"round-trip min/avg/max = {min_time:.2f}/{avg_time:.2f}/{max_time:.2f} ms")
    else:
        print("No successful responses to calculate round-trip times.")

def main():
    print(f"Pinging {URL} every {INTERVAL} seconds. Press Ctrl+C to stop.")
    try:
        while True:
            ping()
            time.sleep(INTERVAL)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print_summary()
        sys.exit(0)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()