---
title: "An anchor and its seal state. ?recheck=1 refetches the page and returns a signed crawlcheck-anchor-check: present, no_longer_present or page_unreachable. A passage edited away is no_longer_present, never false"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/anchor/{id}"
---

# An anchor and its seal state. ?recheck=1 refetches the page and returns a signed crawlcheck-anchor-check: present, no_longer_present or page_unreachable. A passage edited away is no_longer_present, never false

`GET /api/v1/anchor/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://crawlcheck.io`
- URL: `https://crawlcheck.io/api/v1/anchor/{id}`
- Auth: none required

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `recheck` '1'

## Response `200`

anchor, seal, and check when asked

- object, nullable
  - `check` object, nullable
    - `kind` string, nullable
    - `v` number, nullable
    - `anchor_id` string, nullable
    - `url` string, nullable
    - `checked_at` string, nullable
    - `status` string, nullable
    - `why` string, nullable
    - `page` object, nullable
      - `status` number, nullable
      - `text_sha256` unknown
      - `text_changed_since_anchor` boolean, nullable
    - `sha256` unknown
    - `signature` unknown
  - `anchor` object, nullable
    - `kind` string, nullable
    - `id` string, nullable
  - `seal` object, nullable
    - `day` string, nullable
    - `sealed` boolean, nullable
    - `leaf_index` number, nullable
    - `root` unknown
    - `state` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `404`: no such anchor

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/crawlcheck/apis/crawlcheck-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/crawlcheck/apis/crawlcheck-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/crawlcheck/apis/crawlcheck-api/revisions/57acbd6d4489?raw)