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# Endpoint to check if the api is alive

> Endpoint to check if the api is alive



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json get /public/alive
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: NestAPI
  version: '1.0'
servers:
  - description: Staging
    url: https://dev.api.nestapi.com
security: []
tags:
  - name: account
    description: API key and account management
  - name: ApiAdmin
  - name: auth
  - name: fairness
    description: >-
      Per-customer nesting-minutes fairness config, weights and usage (requires
      an Admin API key)
  - name: importer
  - name: nesting
    description: Submit nesting jobs, retrieve results and exports
  - name: public
    description: Health check and public utility endpoints
paths:
  /public/alive:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Accept'
    get:
      tags:
        - public
      summary: Endpoint to check if the api is alive
      description: Endpoint to check if the api is alive
      operationId: Alive
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Object'
      deprecated: false
components:
  parameters:
    Accept:
      name: Accept
      in: header
      description: Accept Header
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
          - application/json
  schemas:
    Object:
      properties: {}
      description: Object
      type: object

````