title: Pinging a website through a proxy server( with authentication) using Python
body: <p>I'm new and just learning the ropes with python programming and this was something I'm trying to do.</p>
  
  <p>My internet is through a proxy server which requires authentication. How do I ping a website, for example 'www.google.com' using Python and check if it's successful?</p>
  
  <p>P.S. my OS is windows</p>