---
title: "API Health Check"
method: GET
path: "/ping"
tags: ["Health Check"]
---

# API Health Check

`GET /ping`

Simple health check endpoint to verify API availability and authentication status. Use this endpoint 
for monitoring and to validate API tokens.

## Use Cases
- Monitoring API health
- Validating API tokens
- Testing CORS configuration
- Checking rate limits

## Response Times
- Expected: < 100ms
- Warning: > 500ms
- Critical: > 1000ms

## Monitoring Guidelines
- Poll every 60 seconds
- Implement circuit breaker pattern
- Track response times
- Monitor error rates

## Example Response
```json
{
  "message": "🎤 We're humming along!",
  "timestamp": "2026-07-13T16:26:17.874Z"
}
```

## Response `200`

API is available, and token is valid

- object
  - `message` string, required — A message confirming the API is available.
  - `timestamp` string, date-time, required — A timestamp in ISO 8601 format.

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized. Use the HTTP status code, not `request_status`, to detect the error.
- `415` — The request was rejected because its content type is unsupported.
- `429` — Rate Limit Exceeded

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/letshum/apis/hum-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/letshum/apis/hum-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/letshum/hum-api/revisions/5e36540cb9b0/schema)