---
title: Retrieve API status
url: https://developers.wpengine.com/docs/managed-hosting-platform/api/reference/operations/status/
image: https://developers.wpengine.com/og/docs/managed-hosting-platform/api/reference/operations/status.png
---

# Retrieve API status

GET

/status

Select code sample

```sh
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.wpengineapi.com/v1/status
```

-

Reports the system status and any outages that might be occurring. This endpoint doesn’t require authentication.

## Responses

### 200

Returns a `Status` object.

Media typeapplication/json

object

**success**

boolean

**created_on**

The time when the status was requested in rfc3339 format

string

#### Example

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "created_on": "2018-05-17T16:20:40+00:00"
}
```

### 429

Too many requests

### 500

Internal Server Error

Media typeapplication/json

object

**message**

required

A message regarding the error that occurred on the server

string

#### Example

```json
{
  "message": "An unexpected error occurred, please try again in a few minutes"
}
```

### 503

Service unavailable

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