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# Check MediaGuard's status

GET https://YOUR-MEDIAGUARD-SERVER-URL/health-check

Queries the current status of MediaGuard.

Note that this endpoint always returns an empty response body; you should use the HTTP response code to determine MediaGuard's current status.

Reference: https://docs.humansecurity.com/advertising/reference/get-health-check

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — To authenticate a request, provide an `Authorization` header with the value `Basic base64(username:password)`. For example, if your HUMAN Auth ID is `whiteops` and your HUMAN Auth Key is `secret`, your `Authorization` header should be set to `Basic d2hpdGVvcHM6c2VjcmV0`.

## Response

### 200

MediaGuard is ready to receive requests.

## Errors

### 503 Service Unavailable Error

MediaGuard is unavailable to receive requests.

- `any`

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://your-mediaguard-server-url/health-check"

response = requests.get(url, auth=("<username>", "<password>"))

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://your-mediaguard-server-url/health-check';
const credentials = btoa("<username>:<password>");

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: `Basic ${credentials}`}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://your-mediaguard-server-url/health-check"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.SetBasicAuth("<username>", "<password>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://your-mediaguard-server-url/health-check")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request.basic_auth("<username>", "<password>")

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://your-mediaguard-server-url/health-check")
  .basicAuth("<username>", "<password>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://your-mediaguard-server-url/health-check', [
  'headers' => [
  ],
    'auth' => ['<username>', '<password>'],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;
using RestSharp.Authenticators;

var client = new RestClient("https://your-mediaguard-server-url/health-check");
client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("<username>", "<password>");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);

IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let credentials = Data("<username>:<password>".utf8).base64EncodedString()

let headers = ["Authorization": "Basic \(credentials)"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://your-mediaguard-server-url/health-check")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```