---
title: "Other endpoints"
description: "Health check and raw file downloads."
---

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# Other endpoints

Smaller endpoints that don't belong to one resource.

## `GET /api/health`

Checks connectivity to the configured storage backend — the same probe
used in the [Docker](/deployment/docker#health-checks) and
[Kubernetes](/deployment/kubernetes) health checks.

**Response:** `200 { "status": "ok" }`, or `503 { "status": "error", "message": string }`.

## `GET /api/files/*key`

Serves a raw file straight from the storage backend — this is what backs
recipe hero photos and step photos. Not scoped to a recipe ID; `key` is
the full storage path, for example `recipes/<id>/image.jpg` or
`recipes/<id>/steps/<stepId>.jpg`.

**Response:** the file's bytes, with `Content-Type` inferred from the
path and `Cache-Control: public, max-age=31536000, immutable` (safe
since every photo is versioned by a `?v=` query param that changes on
update). `404` if the key doesn't exist in storage.

Source: https://docs.recipery.dev/api/other-endpoints//index.md