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# Health Check

> Check API service health and connectivity

## Overview

The Health Check endpoint allows you to verify that the Fifteenth API is operational and accessible from your application. This is useful for service monitoring, debugging connectivity issues, and validating your API configuration.

<Note>
  This endpoint does not require authentication and can be called without an API key.
</Note>

## Request

No parameters required.

### Headers

<ParamField header="Content-Type" type="string">
  Optional. Can be `application/json`
</ParamField>

## Response

### Success Response

<ResponseField name="status" type="string">
  API service status. Always `ok` when the service is healthy.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="timestamp" type="string">
  ISO 8601 timestamp of the health check response.
</ResponseField>

## Examples

<CodeGroup>
  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  url = "https://api.fifteenth.com/v1beta/health"
  response = requests.get(url)

  print(f"Status: {response.status_code}")
  print(f"Response: {response.json()}")
  ```

  ```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
  const url = 'https://api.fifteenth.com/v1beta/health';

  const response = await fetch(url, {
    method: 'GET'
  });

  const data = await response.json();
  console.log('Status:', response.status);
  console.log('Response:', data);
  ```

  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X GET "https://api.fifteenth.com/v1beta/health"
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Response Example

### Successful Health Check

```json Response theme={null}
{
  "status": "ok",
  "timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}
```

## Usage Notes

* Use this endpoint to verify API connectivity before making authenticated requests
* No rate limiting applied to this endpoint
* Returns 200 status code when service is healthy