Added option to ping with a different method (HEAD and GET)

poll_services.py

@@ -7,11 +7,22 @@ import time
 async def check_service(client: httpx.AsyncClient, s: service):
     try:
         before = time.perf_counter()
-        r = await client.get(
-            url=s.url,
-            follow_redirects=True,
-            timeout=1,
-        )
+        match s.ping_type:
+            case 0:
+                r = await client.head(
+                    url=s.url,
+                    follow_redirects=True,
+                    timeout=1,
+                )
+            case 1:
+                r = await client.get(
+                    url=s.url,
+                    follow_redirects=True,
+                    timeout=1,
+                )
+            case _:
+                raise httpx.HTTPError("Unknown ping type")
+
         after = time.perf_counter()
         s.set_error(None)
         s.set_online(r.status_code == 200)
@@ -33,9 +44,10 @@ def start_async_loop():
 
 async def update_services(loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop):
     print("Starting service updates...")
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as public_client, httpx.AsyncClient(
-        verify=False
-    ) as local_client:
+    async with (
+        httpx.AsyncClient() as public_client,
+        httpx.AsyncClient(verify=False) as local_client,
+    ):
         while True:
             tasks = [
                 check_service(public_client if s.public else local_client, s)