API reference

API-method systemhealth

Since

v26.0

Status

Experimental (Not recommended for use)

Signature

struct systemhealth();

Description

Performs a diagnostic validation of the running configuration. The result is a structured report grouping findings by section, option and subsection.

Return value

This method returns a structure with the following fields:

• Status (String) - Overall health severity: Ok, Info, Warning, Error.

• Alerts (struct[]) - Flat list of problematic configuration options across all sections.

  • Name (String) - Option name (e.g. ControlPassword, MainDir).
  • Status (struct) - The status object with Severity and Message.

• Sections (struct[]) - Detailed per-section reports. Each SectionReport contains:

  • Name (string) - Section name (e.g. Paths, Unpack).
  • Alerts (struct[]) - General alerts for the section.
  • Options (struct[]) - Per-option checks:
    • Name (string) - Option name.
    • Status (struct) - Severity and Message.
  • Subsections (struct[]) - Nested reports (e.g. individual news servers, categories).

Sections

The health check covers multiple sections (representative list):

• Paths — Main directories and writable/readable checks.
• NewsServers — Per-server configuration checks.
• Security — Authentication, control port/usability, TLS cert/key.
• Categories — Category definitions and paths.
• Feeds — RSS/Feed configuration checks.
• IncomingNzb — Incoming NZB directory options.
• DownloadQueue — Cache, write buffer, direct-write checks.
• Connection — Connection and proxy related options.
• Logging — Log file and rotation settings.
• SchedulerTasks — Scheduler-related checks.
• CheckAndRepair — PAR/repair and CRC checks.
• Unpack — Unpacker/extension handling.
• ExtensionScripts — Script availability and permissions.

Example

{
    "Status": "Warning",
    "Alerts": [ 
        { 
            "Name": "MainDir", 
            "Status": 
            { 
                "Severity": "Error", 
                "Message": "MainDir cannot be empty." 
            } 
        } 
    ],
    "Sections": 
    [ 
        { 
            "Name": "Paths", 
            "Alerts": [], 
            "Options": 
            [
                { 
                    "Name": "MainDir", 
                    "Status": 
                    { 
                        "Severity": "Error", 
                        "Message": "MainDir cannot be empty." 
                    } 
                } 
            ], 
            "Subsections": [] 
        },
        {
            "Name": "NewsServers",
            "Alerts": [],
            "Options": [],
            "Subsections": [
                {
                    "Name": "Server1",
                    "Options": 
                    [
                        {
                            "Name": "Host",
                            "Status":
                            {
                                "Severity": "Error",
                                "Message": "Hostname cannot be empty."
                            }
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}