URL test for Sage Notebook

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Is there any way to pass login credentials to a Sage Notebook server via a URL and obtain meaningful data from the notebook server? I'm asking because I am administrating a Sage Notebook server at Fordham, and the IT department would like a way to query the server "in order to be more proactive in response to a downtime."

Ideally, I'd like to send a single URL and receive from our Sage notebook server data concerning uptime, load, etc. I don't know what things are possible, of course. Even an "I'm alive" signal could be useful data.

Thanks!