diff --git a/codex/node.nim b/codex/node.nim
index e010b085..1ca471d5 100644
--- a/codex/node.nim
+++ b/codex/node.nim
@@ -897,3 +897,10 @@ proc new*(
     contracts: contracts,
     trackedFutures: TrackedFutures(),
   )
+
+proc hasLocalBlock*(
+    self: CodexNodeRef, cid: Cid
+): Future[bool] {.async: (raises: [CancelledError]).} =
+  ## Returns true if the given Cid is present in the local store
+
+  return await (cid in self.networkStore.localStore)
diff --git a/codex/rest/api.nim b/codex/rest/api.nim
index e31a0f59..adab821b 100644
--- a/codex/rest/api.nim
+++ b/codex/rest/api.nim
@@ -365,6 +365,22 @@ proc initDataApi(node: CodexNodeRef, repoStore: RepoStore, router: var RestRoute
     let json = %formatManifest(cid.get(), manifest)
     return RestApiResponse.response($json, contentType = "application/json")
 
+  router.api(MethodGet, "/api/codex/v1/data/{cid}/exists") do(
+    cid: Cid, resp: HttpResponseRef
+  ) -> RestApiResponse:
+    ## Only test if the give CID is available in the local store
+    ##
+    var headers = buildCorsHeaders("GET", allowedOrigin)
+
+    if cid.isErr:
+      return RestApiResponse.error(Http400, $cid.error(), headers = headers)
+
+    let cid = cid.get()
+    let hasCid = await node.hasLocalBlock(cid)
+
+    let json = %*{$cid: hasCid}
+    return RestApiResponse.response($json, contentType = "application/json")
+
   router.api(MethodGet, "/api/codex/v1/space") do() -> RestApiResponse:
     let json =
       %RestRepoStore(
diff --git a/openapi.yaml b/openapi.yaml
index a84842f7..fab3d334 100644
--- a/openapi.yaml
+++ b/openapi.yaml
@@ -727,6 +727,34 @@ paths:
         "500":
           description: Well it was bad-bad
 
+  "/data/{cid}/exists":
+    get:
+      summary: "Check if a block identified by CID exists in the local node."
+      tags: [Data]
+      operationId: hasBlock
+      parameters:
+        - in: path
+          name: cid
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            $ref: "#/components/schemas/Cid"
+          description: "CID of the block to check."
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: Block existence information
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                properties:
+                  has:
+                    type: boolean
+                    description: Indicates whether the block exists in the local node
+        "400":
+          description: Invalid CID is specified
+        "500":
+          description: Well it was bad-bad
+
   "/space":
     get:
       summary: "Gets a summary of the storage space allocation of the node."
diff --git a/tests/codex/node/testnode.nim b/tests/codex/node/testnode.nim
index 78298ad7..a3fe7e94 100644
--- a/tests/codex/node/testnode.nim
+++ b/tests/codex/node/testnode.nim
@@ -229,3 +229,17 @@ asyncchecksuite "Test Node - Basic":
     check not await manifestCid in localStore
     for blk in blocks:
       check not (await blk.cid in localStore)
+
+  test "Should return true when a cid is already in the local store":
+    let
+      blocks = await makeRandomBlocks(datasetSize = 1024, blockSize = 256'nb)
+      manifest = await storeDataGetManifest(localStore, blocks)
+      manifestBlock = (await store.storeManifest(manifest)).tryGet()
+      manifestCid = manifestBlock.cid
+
+    check (await node.hasLocalBlock(manifestCid)) == true
+
+  test "Should returns false when a cid is not in the local store":
+    let randomBlock = bt.Block.new("Random block".toBytes).tryGet()
+
+    check (await node.hasLocalBlock(randomBlock.cid)) == false
diff --git a/tests/integration/5_minutes/testrestapi.nim b/tests/integration/5_minutes/testrestapi.nim
index 71cf97ef..9a6b9c11 100644
--- a/tests/integration/5_minutes/testrestapi.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/5_minutes/testrestapi.nim
@@ -220,3 +220,13 @@ twonodessuite "REST API":
 
     let response2 = await client1.downloadRaw($cid)
     check (await response2.body) == contents
+
+  test "should returns true when the block exists", twoNodesConfig:
+    let cid = (await client2.upload("some file contents")).get
+
+    var response = await client1.hasBlock(cid)
+    check response.get() == false
+
+    discard (await client1.download(cid)).get
+    response = await client1.hasBlock(cid)
+    check response.get() == false
diff --git a/tests/integration/5_minutes/testrestapivalidation.nim b/tests/integration/5_minutes/testrestapivalidation.nim
index db11da9c..d428402e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/5_minutes/testrestapivalidation.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/5_minutes/testrestapivalidation.nim
@@ -396,3 +396,10 @@ multinodesuite "Rest API validation":
     check:
       response.status == 422
       (await response.body) == "totalCollateral must be larger then zero"
+
+  test "has block returns error 400 when the cid is invalid", config:
+    let response = await client.hasBlockRaw("invalid-cid")
+
+    check:
+      response.status == 400
+      (await response.body) == "Incorrect Cid"
diff --git a/tests/integration/codexclient.nim b/tests/integration/codexclient.nim
index 17ed6dd4..3fdf564f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/codexclient.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/codexclient.nim
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ type CodexClient* = ref object
   baseurl: string
   session: HttpSessionRef
 
+type HasBlockResponse = object
+  has: bool
+
 proc new*(_: type CodexClient, baseurl: string): CodexClient =
   CodexClient(session: HttpSessionRef.new(), baseurl: baseurl)
 
@@ -431,3 +434,21 @@ proc getSlots*(
   let url = client.baseurl & "/sales/slots"
   let body = await client.getContent(url)
   seq[Slot].fromJson(body)
+
+proc hasBlock*(
+    client: CodexClient, cid: Cid
+): Future[?!bool] {.async: (raises: [CancelledError, HttpError]).} =
+  let url = client.baseurl & "/data/" & $cid & "/exists"
+  let body = await client.getContent(url)
+  let response = HasBlockResponse.fromJson(body)
+  if response.isErr:
+    return failure "Failed to parse has block response"
+  return response.get.has.success
+
+proc hasBlockRaw*(
+    client: CodexClient, cid: string
+): Future[HttpClientResponseRef] {.
+    async: (raw: true, raises: [CancelledError, HttpError])
+.} =
+  let url = client.baseurl & "/data/" & cid & "/exists"
+  return client.get(url)