> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.validationcloud.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# getHealth

General node health check.

This method will use `10` [Compute Units](/nodeapi/about/billing).

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## Reference: [Here](https://developers.stellar.org/docs/data/apis/rpc/api-reference/methods/getHealth)

## **Parameters**

`None`

## Returns

`status` (string): Stringified-number of the current latest ledger observed by the node when this response was generated.

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
// Result
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 8675309,
  "result": {
    "status": "healthy"
  }
}
```

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash title="mainnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://mainnet.stellar.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 8675309, "method": "getHealth"}'
  ```

  ```bash title="testnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://testnet.stellar.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 8675309, "method": "getHealth"}'
  ```
</CodeGroup>


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