# Checking API Status

While we strive to keep our API without downtime, we might need a short maintenance window in some extremely rare cases. Additionally, we might deprecate some of the old API versions with time while some of your users still might be on the old version of your app. To help you handle these scenarios, we have `/status` endpoint. This is how to use it:

* On your client application side, before sending any data to the API, request the `/status` endpoint.
* Check if the status is `Ok`. If it's `Maintenance`, don't send any data to the API until it becomes `Ok` again. 
* In your client application, specify which API version it supports. If it's lower than `minimal_api_version`, ask your users to upgrade the app.

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `/api/status`

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200: OK " %}

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% code title="REQUEST (EXAMPLE)" %}

```bash
curl 'https://<api-proxy-hostname>/api/status'
```

{% endcode %}

{% code title="200 – OK RESPONSE (EXAMPLE)" %}

```json
{
  "status": "Ok",
  "minimal_api_version":"v1.0"
}
```

{% endcode %}

{% code title="200 – MAINTENANCE RESPONSE (EXAMPLE)" %}

```json
{
  "status": "Maintenance",
  "minimal_api_version":"v1.0"
}
```

{% endcode %}