Ping

REQUEST
wss://ws.kraken.com
ping

Client can ping server to determine whether connection is alive, server responds with pong. This is an application level ping as opposed to default ping in websockets standard which is server initiated

Request

Request Schema

MESSAGE BODY

event string required

Value: ping

reqid integer

Optional client originated request identifier sent as acknowledgment in the response.

Example

{
  "event": "ping",
  "reqid": 42
}

Pong Response

Response Schema

MESSAGE BODY

event string

Value: pong

reqid integer

Client originated identifier for the request that initiated this response.

Example

{
  "event": "pong",
  "reqid": 42
}