---
title: Ready
description: Check whether an InfluxDB OSS v2 instance is ready to accept requests.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/api/ready/
estimated_tokens: 309
product: InfluxDB OSS v2
version: v2
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/api/ready/
---

[Download InfluxDB API Spec](/openapi/influxdb-oss-v2-api.yml)

Check whether an InfluxDB OSS v2 instance is ready to accept requests.

GET`/ready`

### Get the readiness of an instance at startup

#### Parameters

##### Header parameters

`Zap-Trace-Span`string

OpenTracing span context

Example request[Ask AI about this](#)

```sh
curl --request GET \
  "http://localhost:8086/ready" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer INFLUX_TOKEN"
```

#### Responses

200The instance is ready

`started`string \<date-time\>

Example:`"2019-03-13T10:09:33.891196-04:00"`

`status`string

Allowed:`ready`

`up`string

Example:`"14m45.911966424s"`

defaultNon 2XX error response from server.

`code`requiredstring

code is the machine-readable error code.

Allowed:`internal error`, `not implemented`, `not found`, `conflict`, `invalid`, `unprocessable entity`, `empty value`, `unavailable`, `forbidden`, `too many requests`, `unauthorized`, `method not allowed`, `request too large`, `unsupported media type`

`err`string

Stack of errors that occurred during processing of the request. Useful for debugging.

`message`string

Human-readable message.

`op`string

Describes the logical code operation when the error occurred. Useful for debugging.