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ping RPC Method

Returns an acknowledgement to clients, allowing them to test the connection status and measure latency

Updated on
Jun 11, 2026

Parameters

object
object
REQUIRED

The ping request object.

Returns

result
object

An object which contains the following fields:

status
string

The status of the ping request, indicating the connectivity and responsiveness of the server

warnings
array

(Optional) An array of warning objects, each containing the following fields. Returned at the JSON-RPC response root on some servers and omitted from the result object

id
integer

The ID of the warning

message
string

The warning message

Request
Response
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{
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"result": {
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"status": "success"
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},
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"warnings": [
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{
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"id": 2001,
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"message": "This is a clio server. clio only serves validated data. If you want to talk to rippled, include 'ledger_index':'current' in your request"
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}
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]
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}
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{
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"result": {
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"status": "success"
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},
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"warnings": [
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{
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"id": 2001,
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"message": "This is a clio server. clio only serves validated data. If you want to talk to rippled, include 'ledger_index':'current' in your request"
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}
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]
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}
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