How ping computer on Python?

This python code will do it!

import subprocess
import re

'''
Function to check the availability of the network computer.
Support computer on Windows
    host - name or ip remote computer (default 127.0.0.1)
    n - number of requests sent to the echo (default 3)
'''


def is_ping(host='127.0.0.1', n='3'):
    # call Windows utility Ping
    ping = subprocess.Popen(["ping", "-n", n, host], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
    # get echo answer from remote computer
    out, error = ping.communicate()
    # decode string in utf-8
    msg = out.decode('utf-8')
    # availability status is True
    if re.findall("Reply from", msg):
        l = msg.split('\r\n')
        print(l)
        # get last availability status
        for el in l:
            if re.findall("Reply from", el):
                state = el
                print(el)
        # last availability status is True
        if re.findall("Reply from \d+.\d+.\d+.\d+: bytes=\d+ time<\d+ms TTL=\d+", state):
            print('*** {0} is available ***'.format(host))
            return True
        # last availability status is False
        else:
            print('*** {0} is unavailable ***'.format(host))
            return False
    # availability status is False
    else:
        print('*** {0} is unavailable ***'.format(host))
        return False

For example, save is_ping in file pinger.py and calling in python console:

from pinger import is_ping
is_ping('192.168.1.10', 4)

----------------------------------------
Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
*** 192.168.1.10 is available ***
True

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