Health Check

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Health Check

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Endpoint

GET /health

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Description

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Request

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cURL Example

curl http://localhost:8000/health

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Response

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Success Response (200 OK)

{
  "status": "ok"
}

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Response Codes

• 200 OK - Service is healthy and running
• 503 Service Unavailable - Service is down (connection refused/timeout)

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Usage

• Load balancers for health checks
• Monitoring systems to verify service availability
• Container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm)
• CI/CD pipelines for deployment verification

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Implementation

@app.get("/health")
def health_check():
    return {"status": "ok"}

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Notes

• This endpoint does not check dependencies (database, external APIs)
• For production use, consider adding checks for:
  • Database connectivity
  • External API availability (Telnyx, Deepgram)
  • Queue system health
  • Memory/CPU usage metrics