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 # is-up [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/is-up)

 > Check whether a website is up or down using the [isitup.org](https://isitup.org) API

 ## Install

 ```

 $ npm install is-up

 ```

 ## Usage

 ```js

 const isUp = require('is-up');

 (async () => {

  console.log(await isUp('https://sindresorhus.com'));

  //=> true

 })();

 ```

 *Specifying the protocol is optional.*

 ## Related

 - [is-up-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-up-cli) - CLI for this module