httping

TLDR

Ping the specified URL

$ httping -g [url]

Ping the web server on host and port

$ httping -h [host] -p [port]

Ping the web server on host using a TLS connection

$ httping -l -g https://[host]

Ping the web server on host using HTTP basic authentication

$ httping -g http://[host] -U [username] -P [password]