---
title: "check if object exists"
method: HEAD
path: "/repositories/{repository}/refs/{ref}/objects"
tags: ["objects"]
---

# check if object exists

`HEAD /repositories/{repository}/refs/{ref}/objects`

## Headers

- `Range` string

## Response `200`

object exists

## Other responses

- `206` — partial object content info
- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — object not found
- `410` — object expired
- `416` — Requested Range Not Satisfiable
- `429` — too many requests
- `default` — internal server error

## Changes

- **2025-07-29** `27799ffec9a5` — 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `429`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `420`
- **2025-06-02** `5a45f46c16ca` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
- **2024-09-17** `3b10653a8013` — 3 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `420`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `400`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `429`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api/changes/repositories/:repository/refs/:ref/objects/head.md)

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