---
title: "Ping sprouts"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/test/ping"
tags: ["test"]
---

# Ping sprouts

`POST /api/v1/test/ping`

Send a test ping to one or more targeted sprouts and collect
their responses. Useful for checking sprout connectivity.

## Request body

- TargetedAction — A targeted action request containing a list of sprout targets and an action payload. Used by cook, cmd.run, and test.ping endpoints.
  - `target` object[], required — List of sprouts to target
    - `id` string, required — Sprout identifier
  - `action` unknown, required

## Response `200`

Ping results per sprout

- NATSEnvelope — Standard NATS proxy response envelope. On success, `result` contains the response data. On error, `error` contains a message string.
  - `result` unknown
  - `error` string — Error message (present only on failure)

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request body
- `502` — NATS communication error — farmer unreachable or returned an error

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