# Heartbeat

Heartbeat services can be used to validate that the LHV Connect API is reachable and that the authentication configuration in use is valid.

There are a range of heartbeat services available, each with different response content and methods of response retrieval. 

## Services

[heartbeat-get](https://docs.lhv.com/home/connect/services/heartbeat/heartbeat-get "mention")

[heartbeat-advanced-get](https://docs.lhv.com/home/connect/services/heartbeat/heartbeat-advanced-get "mention")