---
title: "Ping server and get status/version"
method: GET
path: "/ping"
tags: ["Authentication"]
---

# Ping server and get status/version

`GET /ping`

Does not require authentication. If you provide authentication (auth query/header or Bearer), the server may return additional session and library metadata.

## Query parameters

- `version` string
- `auth` string

## Response `200`

Ping response (contents may vary based on whether authentication is provided).

- object

## Other responses

- `400` — Ampache API error response payload.

## Changes

- **2026-06-25** `7ed7a764efd9` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
- **2026-02-26** `c3f202b17eb7` — 1 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `ApiKeyAuthQuery` was added to the API
- **2026-02-25** `eea2ec5b84be` — 1 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `ApiKeyAuthQuery` was removed from the API

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/ampache/apis/ampache-rest-api/changes/ping/get.md)

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