Platform

Status

Check Africa API platform status, health, and release identity before making protected API calls.

Platform Health

GET/health

Returns the current platform status and deployed release SHA.

No authentication required. No query parameters.

Use it for uptime checks, deployment verification, and incident triage.

Request

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/health"

Response · 200

{
  "status": "ok",
  "release_sha": "CURRENT_RELEASE_SHA"
}

Platform

Inspect release identity, source freshness, and data quality when you need operational visibility.

Rate Limits

Per-plan request quotas, 429 behavior, and client patterns for retries, batching, and caching on the Africa API.