---
title: 'Health Check Endpoints'
description: 'Health and readiness check endpoints for monitoring'
---

## Overview

Health check endpoints are used for monitoring, load balancers, and Kubernetes orchestration. These endpoints do not require authentication.

## Basic Health Check

```
GET /health
```

Basic health check endpoint for load balancers and monitoring systems.

**Authentication:** Not required

### Response

```json
{
  "status": "healthy",
  "timestamp": "2025-11-14T10:30:00.000000",
  "service": "stocks-trading-analysis"
}
```

**HTTP Status:** `200 OK`

## Detailed Health Check

```
GET /health/detailed
```

Comprehensive health check including database connectivity, environment variables, and disk space.

**Authentication:** Not required

### Response

```json
{
  "status": "healthy",
  "timestamp": "2025-11-14T10:30:00.000000",
  "service": "stocks-trading-analysis",
  "checks": {
    "database": {
      "status": "healthy",
      "message": "Database connection successful"
    },
    "environment": {
      "status": "healthy",
      "message": "All required environment variables are set"
    },
    "disk_space": {
      "status": "healthy",
      "message": "Disk space OK: 45.23GB free"
    }
  }
}
```

**HTTP Status:** 
- `200 OK` - All checks healthy
- `503 Service Unavailable` - One or more checks degraded

## Readiness Check

```
GET /health/ready
```

Kubernetes readiness probe to determine if the application is ready to serve traffic.

**Authentication:** Not required

### Response

```json
{
  "status": "ready",
  "timestamp": "2025-11-14T10:30:00.000000"
}
```

**HTTP Status:** 
- `200 OK` - Application ready
- `503 Service Unavailable` - Application not ready

## Liveness Check

```
GET /health/live
```

Kubernetes liveness probe to verify the application is running and responsive.

**Authentication:** Not required

### Response

```json
{
  "status": "alive",
  "timestamp": "2025-11-14T10:30:00.000000"
}
```

**HTTP Status:** `200 OK`

## Use Cases

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Load Balancers" icon="server">
    Use `/health` endpoint for basic health checks
  </Card>
  <Card title="Kubernetes Probes" icon="cube">
    Use `/health/ready` and `/health/live` for orchestration
  </Card>
  <Card title="Monitoring" icon="chart-line">
    Use `/health/detailed` for comprehensive system monitoring
  </Card>
  <Card title="CI/CD Pipelines" icon="code-branch">
    Verify deployment health before routing traffic
  </Card>
</CardGroup>