---
title: Check content status
summary: Fastly makes it possible to see which version of a particular URL is cached on each edge server.
url: https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/api/utils/content
---

Fastly makes it possible to see which version of a particular URL is cached on each edge server.

## Data model

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `request` | object |  |
| `response` | object |  |

## API endpoints

### Check status of content in each POP's cache

**GET** `/content/edge_check`

Retrieve headers and MD5 hash of the content for a particular URL from each Fastly edge server. This API is limited to 200 requests per hour. If the content takes too long to download, the hash will be set to <code>error-timeout-$pop</code>. If the response is too large, it will be set to <code>warning-too-large-$pop</code>.

**Parameters:**

| Name | Type | In | Required | Description |
|------|------|----|---------|--------------|
| `url` | string | query | No | Full URL (host and path) to check on all nodes. if protocol is omitted, http will be assumed. |