lightning-ping -- Command to check if a node is up.
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SYNOPSIS
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**ping** *id* [*len*] [*pongbytes*]

DESCRIPTION
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The **ping** command checks if the node with *id* is ready to talk. 
It currently only works for peers we have a channel with.

It accepts the following parameters:

- *id*: A string that represents the node id;
- *len*: A integer that represents the length of the ping (default 128);
- *pongbytes*: An integer that represents the length of the reply (default 128).
  A value of 65532 to 65535 means "don't reply".

EXAMPLE JSON REQUEST
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```json
{
  "id": 82,
  "method": "ping",
  "params": {
    "len": 128,
    "pongbytes": 128
  }
}
```

RETURN VALUE
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On success, an object is returned, containing:

- **totlen** (u16): the answer length of the reply message (including header: 0 means no reply expected)

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On failure, one of the following error codes may be returned:

- -32602: Error in given parameters or we're already waiting for a ping response from peer.

EXAMPLE JSON RESPONSE
-----
```json
{
   "totlen": 132
}

```


AUTHOR
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Vincenzo Palazzo <<vincenzo.palazzo@protonmail.com>> wrote the initial version of this man page, but many others did the hard work of actually implementing this rpc command.

SEE ALSO
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lightning-connect(7)

RESOURCES
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Main web site: <https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning>
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