---
title: "Connectivity and API-key check against the Alphanume API. Returns the API's"
method: GET
path: "/v1/status"
---

# Connectivity and API-key check against the Alphanume API. Returns the API's

`GET /v1/status`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.alphanume.com`
- URL: `https://api.alphanume.com/v1/status`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`
  - HTTP bearer

Connectivity and API-key check against the Alphanume API. Returns the API's
status and version. Call this first if any other tool errors, to distinguish a
bad/missing API key from a dataset-specific problem.

## Response `200`

API status and the advertised endpoint catalog.

- Status
  - `endpoints` string[], required
  - `openapi_url` string, required
  - `status` string, required
  - `version` string, required

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or unrecognized API key.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded (600/min); the body carries retry_after_seconds.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/alphanume/apis/alphanume-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/alphanume/apis/alphanume-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/alphanume/apis/alphanume-api/revisions/2cb83f10bba4?raw)