add endpoint to ping server, and display log if connection fails

api/api/views.py

@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ UPLOAD_DIR = "/tmp/freqsplit"
 # Ensure the temp directory exists
 os.makedirs(UPLOAD_DIR, exist_ok=True)
 
-#
+# Endpoint to ping server
+@api_view(['GET'])
+def ping(request):
+    """Endpoint to ping the server"""
+    if (request):
+        return Response(status=status.HTTP_200_OK);
 
 # Endpoint to upload audio and classify it to audio_class
 @api_view(['POST'])

api/backend/urls.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Including another URLconf
 """
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import path
+from api.views import ping
 from api.views import upload_audio
 from api.views import normalize_audio
 from api.views import trim_audio
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ from api.views import cleanup
 from api.views import cleanup_zip
 
 urlpatterns = [
+    path('api/ping', ping, name="ping"),
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
     path('api/upload', upload_audio, name='upload_audio'),
     path('api/normalize', normalize_audio, name="normalize_audio"),