API status

A public health-check endpoint that requires no authentication. Use it to verify the API is reachable and operational before making authenticated calls.

Returns the current API status. No API key required.

json

{
  "status": "operational",
  "version": "v1",
  "timestamp": "2026-09-29T13:01:35+00:00"
}

Value	HTTP Code	Description
`operational`	200	All systems healthy
`degraded`	503	Database or backend issue

bash

# Quick health check — no API key needed
curl -s https://api.snapshotarchive.com/v1/status | jq .status
# "operational"

$response = Http::get('https://api.snapshotarchive.com/v1/status');

$status = $response->json('status'); // "operational"

import requests

resp = requests.get('https://api.snapshotarchive.com/v1/status',
    headers={'Accept': 'application/json'})

print(resp.json()['status'])  # "operational"

const resp = await fetch('https://api.snapshotarchive.com/v1/status', {
  headers: { 'Accept': 'application/json' },
});
const { status } = await resp.json();
console.log(status); // "operational"

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.snapshotarchive.com/v1/status')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri, 'Accept' => 'application/json')
resp = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts JSON.parse(resp.body)['status'] # "operational"

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.snapshotarchive.com/v1/status", nil)
req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
var result map[string]interface{}
json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&result)
fmt.Println(result["status"]) // "operational"