# Ping an event destination

Send a `ping` event to an event destination.

## Request

```curl
curl -X POST https://api.stripe.com/v2/core/event_destinations/evt_test_65RM8sQH2oXnebF5Rpc16RJyfa2xSQLHJJh1sxm7H0KI92/ping \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>>" \
  -H "Stripe-Version: 2025-09-30.clover"
```

### Response

```json
{
  "id": "evt_test_65RM8sQH2oXnebF5Rpc16RJyfa2xSQLHJJh1sxm7H0KI92",
  "object": "v2.core.event",
  "context": null,
  "created": "2024-10-22T16:26:54.063Z",
  "data": null,
  "livemode": false,
  "reason": null,
  "related_object": {
    "id": "ed_test_61RM8ltWcTW4mbsxf16RJyfa2xSQLHJJh1sxm7H0KVT6",
    "type": "event_destination",
    "url": "/v2/core/event_destinations/ed_test_61RM8ltWcTW4mbsxf16RJyfa2xSQLHJJh1sxm7H0KVT6"
  },
  "type": "v2.core.event_destination.ping"
}
```

## Parameters

- `id` (string, required)
  Identifier for the event destination to ping.

## Returns

## Response attributes

- `id` (string)
  Unique identifier for the event.

- `object` (string, value is "v2.core.event")
  String representing the object’s type. Objects of the same type share the same value of the object field.

- `context` (string, nullable)
  Authentication context needed to fetch the event or related object.

- `created` (timestamp)
  Time at which the object was created.

- `data` (object, nullable)
  Additional data about the event.

- `livemode` (boolean)
  Has the value `true` if the object exists in live mode or the value `false` if the object exists in test mode.

- [`reason`](https://docs.stripe.com/api/v2/core/events/ping.md?query=reason&api-version=2025-09-30.clover) (object, nullable)
  Reason for the event.

- [`related_object`](https://docs.stripe.com/api/v2/core/events/ping.md?query=related_object&api-version=2025-09-30.clover) (object, nullable)
  Object containing the reference to API resource relevant to the event.

- `type` (string)
  The type of the event.

## Error Codes

| HTTP status code | Code | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 404 | not_found | The resource wasn’t found. |