HTTP status checker
Checks from the server side what HTTP status code and response headers a URL actually returns, to confirm what is really served in production.
Check the live HTTP status code and response headers of a URL to troubleshoot reachability, redirects and caching.
Steps and notes
What is HTTP status checker?
Check a live URL and see the actual HTTP status code and response headers it returns right now — useful to tell "the site is down" from "the site redirects", to verify a cache purge, or to confirm a security header actually ships in production. Requests run through the DigDevBox API, so the result reflects a server-side fetch, not your local cache.
- Enter the URL (https is assumed when no scheme is given)
- Click check status or press enter
- Read the colour-coded status and the response header list, which can be copied as a whole
- The check runs from this site's server, so you see the result from the server's network environment, which may differ from a local curl (DNS cache, proxy, regional differences)
- The site must be deployed; local development requests will fail
- Status codes are coloured green for 2xx, orange for 3xx and red for 4xx / 5xx
Frequently asked questions
- Why does the checker show a different result than my browser?
- Browsers send cookies, Accept headers and cached responses. This tool makes a clean, cookie-less request, so what you see is closer to what a search-engine bot or a fresh visitor would get.
- The site loads for me but returns 403 here — why?
- Some firewalls block datacenter IPs or non-browser user agents. A 403 from the checker with a working browser often means bot protection, not a broken site.
- Can I follow a redirect chain with it?
- The tool reports the final status and headers after the server-side request completes, so permanent and temporary redirects are already resolved — check the response headers to see where you landed.
Category: Network
HTTP tools workflow
HTTP status codes → HTTP status checker → HTTP headers & request methods → User-agent parser → Device information → MIME types → Basic auth generator