---
title: "Check API status"
method: GET
path: "/status"
tags: ["API Endpoints"]
---

# Check API status

`GET /status`

Check API availability and validate authentication token.

This endpoint can be used to:
- Verify that your authentication token is valid
- Check API connectivity without performing any heavy operations
- Identify which drive (workspace) your token is connected to

Returns the connected drive ID and name, plus the API version.

## Response `200`

Token is valid and API is available

- object
  - `drive_id` string, uuid, nullable, required — The drive ID associated with the authentication token, or null if the token has no associated drive
  - `drive_name` string, nullable, required — Human-readable name of the connected drive (workspace), or null if unavailable
  - `api_version` string, required — Current API version

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized - missing or invalid authentication token

## Changes

- **2026-08-12** `04c0005aef70` — 1 breaking, 3 info
  - removed the required property `status` from the response with the `200` status
  - added the required property `api_version` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the required property `drive_id` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the required property `drive_name` to the response with the `200` status

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/descriptapi/apis/descript-api/changes/status/get.md)

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