hping 0.7.0

A simple CLI tool to ping HTTP servers

🌐 hping - Ping but for HTTP

hping is a command-line tool that works like ping, but instead of sending ICMP packets, it repeatedly makes HTTP GET requests to check if a website is available.

✨ Key Features

• 🔄 Continuous monitoring - Send periodic HTTP requests like traditional ping
• 📊 Real-time statistics - View response times, success rates, and packet loss
• ⚡ Lightweight & fast - Minimal resource usage with quick response times
• 🎯 Simple interface - Familiar ping-like command-line experience
• 🐍 Python 3.10+ - Modern Python with type hints and clean code

📦 Installation

Requirements

• Python 3.10 or higher
• Internet connection

Install from PyPI

pip install hping

Install from Source

git clone https://github.com/lukas-holzner/hping.git
cd hping
poetry install

🚀 Usage

To use hping, simply run it from the command line followed by the URL you want to ping:

hping https://www.example.com

⚙️ Options

• -i, --interval: Interval in seconds between requests (default is 1.0 seconds).
• -c, --count: Number of pings to send. (default is none)

💡 Example

hping https://www.example.com -i 2

This will send HTTP GET requests to https://www.example.com every 2 seconds.

📋 About

hping is a simple tool for monitoring the availability and responsiveness of websites by sending periodic HTTP GET requests.

🛠️ Development

For development setup with devcontainer support and pre-commit hooks, see CONTRIBUTING.md.

Quick Development Setup

# Using devcontainer (recommended)
# Open in VS Code and select "Reopen in Container"

# Or manual setup
poetry install
pre-commit install

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

• Check out the Contributing Guide for development setup
• Browse open issues for ways to help
• Read about our commit conventions

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the MIT License for details.

🌟 Support

If you find this tool useful, please consider:

• ⭐ Starring the repository
• 🐛 Reporting issues
• 💡 Suggesting enhancements
• 📢 Sharing with others