---
title: "Backend health status"
method: GET
path: "/health"
tags: ["Health"]
---

# Backend health status

`GET /health`

Return backend status as a boolean. Your application should handle situations when backend for the given chain is unavailable.

## Response `200`

Return the boolean indicating the health of the backend.

- object
  - `is_healthy` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request
- `403` — Authentication secret is missing or invalid
- `418` — IP has been auto-banned for extensive sending of requests after usage limit has been reached
- `429` — Usage limit reached
- `500` — Internal Server Error

---

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