# DBConnection Implementation via HTTP 

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/dbconnection-implementation-via-http/64130>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** ecto, db\_connection\
**Created:** [June 11, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/dbconnection-implementation-via-http/64130 "2024-06-11T11:57:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![zackattackz](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/zackattackz/32/35028_2.png) [@zackattackz](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/zackattackz)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/dbconnection-implementation-via-http/64130/6 "2024-06-11T13:27:54Z")

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Looking more into this it seems that HTTP 1.1 keeps connections alive by default, so pinging some known endpoint periodically, like @ruslandoga does in their Clickhouse driver, _should_ be enough to keep the connection alive.

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