DEV Community Health Checks API
The health_checks API from DEV Community — 3 operation(s) for health_checks.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Forem API V1 Health Checks API
version: 1.0.0
description: Access Forem articles, users and other resources via API.
servers:
- url: https://dev.to
description: Production server
security:
- api-key: []
- bearer_auth: []
tags:
- name: health_checks
paths:
/api/health_checks/app:
get:
summary: Check app health
tags:
- health_checks
security: []
description: 'Basic application liveness check.
### Usage Guidance:
- Verifies that the Rails application process is running and responding to requests.
- Does not check database or cache connectivity.
- Typically used by load balancers, container orchestrators (like Kubernetes), or uptime checkers to verify container health.'
parameters:
- name: health-check-token
in: header
required: false
description: Access token required if token-based security is enabled in settings for health checks.
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: successful
operationId: getApiHealthChecksApp
x-operation-id-source: derived
/api/health_checks/database:
get:
summary: Check database connection
tags:
- health_checks
security: []
description: 'Database connection health check.
### Usage Guidance:
- Verifies that the application can successfully query the primary PostgreSQL database.
- Used to monitor database pool status and connection health.'
parameters:
- name: health-check-token
in: header
required: false
description: Access token required if token-based security is enabled in settings for health checks.
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: successful
operationId: getApiHealthChecksDatabase
x-operation-id-source: derived
/api/health_checks/cache:
get:
summary: Check cache connection
tags:
- health_checks
security: []
description: 'Cache connection health check.
### Usage Guidance:
- Verifies that the application can successfully ping the Redis cache instance.
- Used to monitor cache and background worker queue connection health.'
parameters:
- name: health-check-token
in: header
required: false
description: Access token required if token-based security is enabled in settings for health checks.
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: successful
operationId: getApiHealthChecksCache
x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
securitySchemes:
api-key:
type: apiKey
name: api-key
in: header
description: "API Key authentication.\n\nAuthentication for some endpoints, like write operations on the\nArticles API require a DEV API key.\n\nAll authenticated endpoints are CORS disabled, the API key is intended for non-browser scripts.\n\n### Getting an API key\n\nTo obtain one, please follow these steps:\n\n - visit https://dev.to/settings/extensions\n - in the \"DEV API Keys\" section create a new key by adding a\n description and clicking on \"Generate API Key\"\n\n \n\n - You'll see the newly generated key in the same view\n "
bearer_auth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: JWT
description: Short-lived RS256 RFC 9068 access token issued by the configured delegation service and verified against its configured JWKS. The issuer authorizes the client and requested operation before minting the token; Forem validates the token and resolves its subject and owner to a local user. An invalid token returns 401; an unavailable trust dependency with no usable cached key returns 503.