def is_active(self, timeout=2):
        """
        :param timeout: int
        :return: boolean
        """
        try:
            result = Result(*self.perform_request('HEAD', '/', params={'request_timeout': timeout}))
        except ConnectionError:
            return False
        except TransportError:
            return False

        if result.response.status_code == 200:
            return True

        return False