HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services)

HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Health API

The Health API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 1 operation(s) for health.

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Operations 1

GET /health Health

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: '

    Back end API for simpler.grants.gov.


    This API is in active development as we build out new functionalities for Simpler.Grants.gov. It is currently stable for everyday use, and will be versioned with advance notice for any breaking changes.


    Learn more in our [API documentation](https://wiki.simpler.grants.gov/product/api).

    See [Release Phases](https://github.com/github/roadmap?tab=readme-ov-file#release-phases) for further details.

    '
  contact:
    name: Simpler Grants.gov
    url: https://simpler.grants.gov/
    email: simpler@grants.gov
  title: Simpler Grants Health API
  version: v0
servers: .
tags:
- name: Health
paths:
  /health:
    get:
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthcheckResponseSchema'
          description: Successful response
        '503':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseSchema'
          description: Service Unavailable
      tags:
      - Health
      summary: Health
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorResponseSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          description: Additional data that might be useful in resolving an error (see specific endpoints for details, this is used infrequently)
          example: {}
        message:
          type: string
          description: General description of the error
          example: Error
        status_code:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status code of the error
        errors:
          type: array
          example: []
          items:
            type:
            - object
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationIssueSchema'
        internal_request_id:
          type: string
          description: An internal tracking ID
          example: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
    HealthcheckResponseSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The message to return
          example: Success
        data:
          type:
          - object
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthcheckMetadataSchema'
        status_code:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status code
          example: 200
    HealthcheckMetadataSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        commit_sha:
          type: string
          description: The github commit sha for the latest deployed commit
          example: ffaca647223e0b6e54344122eefa73401f5ec131
        commit_link:
          type: string
          description: A github link to the latest deployed commit
          example: https://github.com/HHS/simpler-grants-gov/commit/main
        release_notes_link:
          type: string
          description: A github link to the release notes - direct if the latest deploy was a release
          example: https://github.com/HHS/simpler-grants-gov/releases
        last_deploy_time:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Latest deploy time in US/Eastern timezone
        deploy_whoami:
          type: string
          description: The latest user to deploy the application
          example: runner
    ValidationIssueSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: The type of error
          example: invalid
        message:
          type: string
          description: The message to return
          example: Not a valid string.
        field:
          type: string
          description: The field that failed
          example: summary.summary_description
        value:
          type: string
          description: The value that failed
          example: invalid string
  securitySchemes:
    ApiJwtAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-SGG-Token
    InternalApiJwtAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-SGG-Internal-Token
    ApiUserKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key

HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Health API

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