Health Check Response Format for HTTP APIs
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I’m continuing my journey of getting more familiar with HTTP APIs by reading related RFCs. This time, I read the Health Check Response Format for HTTP APIs at the suggestion of Stefano Fago. In this post, I’d like to summarize my reading.
Note that it’s a draft. Moreover, it has been dormant for nearly two years and, thus, has been automatically expired. However, it’s the closest to a specification on health checks and thus deserves some love.
Sample Data Visualization
Even though it’s not a long read, it’s a bit “dry.” Fortunately, the specification offers a JSON sample. I copy-pasted it in PlantUML, and presto, it shows a visual representation of it: