REST API endpoint list

This section lists all of the Couchbase Server REST API endpoints.

HTTP method and URI list

Table 1. Cluster endpoints
HTTP method	URI path	Description
GET	/pools	Retrieves cluster information.
GET	/pools/default	Retrieves cluster details.
POST	/controller/addNode	Adds nodes to clusters.
POST	/node/controller/doJoinCluster	Joins nodes into clusters
POST	/controller/ejectNodeentry	Removes nodes from clusters.
GET, POST, PUT, DELETE	/pools/default/serverGroups	Manages Server Group Awareness (server groups).
POST	/controller/rebalance	Rebalances nodes in a cluster.
GET, POST	/internalSettings	Manages internal settings. Couchbase Server use only.
GET, POST	/settings/maxParallelIndexers	Manages parallel indexer configuration. Couchbase Server use only.
GET, POST	/settings/autoFailover	Manages automatic failover for clusters.
GET, POST	/settings/autoFailover/resetCount	Resets automatic failover for clusters.
GET, POST	/settings/alerts	Manages alerts for email notifications.
POST	/settings/alerts/testEmail	Creates test email for email notifications.
POST	/settings/alerts/sendTestEmail	Sends test email for email notifications.

Table 2. Server node endpoints
HTTP method	URI path	Description
GET	/pools/nodes	Retrieves information about nodes in a cluster.
POST	/controller/setRecoveryType	Sets the recovery type to be performed for a node. Options are delta or full.
POST	/controller/failOver	Fails over nodes.
POST	/controller/startGracefulFailover	Sets graceful failover for a specific server node. The server node is specified with the `otpNode=[node_name]` parameter.
POST	/node/controller/setupServices	Sets the services (data, query, index, fts). Used also by the provisioning wizard.
POST	/settings/web	Sets user names and passwords.
POST	/controller/changePassword	Changes password for a given user.
POST	/pools/default/memoryQuota	The `memoryQuota` parameter sets the memory quota.
POST	/nodes/self/controller/settings	Sets the paths for data storage, index storage, and analytics storage.
GET	/pools/default/buckets/default/nodes/[host]:[port]/stats	Retrieves statistics for a node.

Table 3. Server group endpoints
HTTP method	URI path	Description
GET	/pools/default/serverGroups	Retrieves information about a server group.
POST	/pools/default/serverGroups	Creates a server group with a specific name.
PUT	/pools/default/serverGroups/<:uuid>	Updates the server group information.
PUT	/pools/default/serverGroups?rev=<:number>	Updates a server’s group memberships.
DELETE	/pools/default/serverGroups/<:uuid>	Deletes a specific server group.

Table 4. Bucket endpoints
HTTP method	URI path	Description
GET	/pools/default/buckets	Retrieves all bucket and bucket operations information from a cluster.
GET	/pools/default/buckets/default	Retrieves information for a single bucket associated with a cluster.
GET	/pools/default/buckets/[bucket_name]/stats	Retrieves bucket statistics for a specific bucket.
POST	/pools/default/buckets	Creates a new Couchbase bucket.
DELETE	/pools/default/buckets/[bucket_name]	Deletes a specific bucket.
POST	/pools/default/buckets/default/controller/doFlush	Flushes a specific bucket.

Table 5. Index service endpoints
HTTP method	URI path	Description
GET	/pools/nodes	Retrieves information about nodes in a cluster.
POST	/pools/nodes/indexMemoryQuota	The `indexMemoryQuota` parameter sets the memory quota for the Index service.
GET	/settings/indexes	Retrieves parameter settings for the Index service. Available options are `indexerThreads`, `maxRollbackPoints`, `memorySnapshotInterval`, and `stableSnapshotInterval`.
POST	/settings/indexes	Sets the parameter settings for the Index service.

Table 6. Views endpoints
HTTP method	URI path	Description
GET	/[bucket_name]/_design/[ddoc-name]	Retrieves design documents.
GET	/[bucket_name]/_design/[ddoc-name]/_view/[view-name]	Retrieves views.
GET	/[bucket-name]/_design/[ddoc-name]/_spatial/[spatial-name]	Retrieves spatial views.
PUT	/[bucket_name]/_design/[ddoc-name]	Creates a news design document with one or more views.
DELETE	/[bucket_name]/_design/[ddoc-name]	Deletes design documents.
POST	/internalSettings	Changes the number of simultaneous requests each node can accept.

Table 7. XDCR endpoints
HTTP method	URI path	Description
GET	/pools/default/remoteClusters	Retrieves the destination cluster reference
POST	/pools/default/remoteClusters	Creates a reference to the destination cluster
PUT	/pools/default/remoteClusters/[UUID]	Modifies the destination cluster reference
DELETE	/pools/default/remoteClusters/[UUID]	Deletes the reference to the destination cluster.
GET	/pools/default/certificate	Retrieves the certificate from the cluster.
POST	/controller/regenerateCertificate	Regenerates a certificate on a destination cluster.
DELETE	/controller/cancelXDCR/[replication_id]	Deletes the replication.
GET, POST	/settings/replications/	Global setting supplied to all replications for a cluster.
GET, POST	/settings/replications/[replication_id]	Settings for a specific replication for a bucket.
GET	/pools/default/buckets/@xdcr[bucket_name]/stats/[destination_endpoint]_	Retrieves bucket statistics.

Table 8. Compaction endpoints
HTTP method	URI path	Description
POST	/pools/default/buckets/[bucket_name]/controller/compactBucket	Compacts bucket data and indexes.
POST	/pools/default/buckets/[bucket_name]/controller/cancelBucketCompaction	Cancels compaction for the specified bucket.
POST	/[bucket_name]/_design/[ddoc_name]/_spatial/_compact	Compacts a spatial view.

Table 9. Auto-compaction endpoints
HTTP method	URI path	Description
POST	/controller/setAutoCompaction	Sets cluster-wide auto-compaction intervals and thresholds
GET	/settings/autoCompaction	Retrieves cluster-wide settings for auto-compaction
GET	/pools/default/buckets/[bucket_name]	Retrieves auto-compaction settings for named bucket
POST	/pools/default/buckets/[bucket_name]	Sets auto-compaction interval or thresholds for named bucket

Table 10. Log endpoints
HTTP method	URI path	Description
GET	/diag	Retrieves log and additional server diagnostic information.
GET	/sasl_logs	Retrieves a generic list of log information.
GET	/sasl_logs/[log_name]	Retrieves information from the specified log category. Where the log_name is one of the following log types: `babysitter` `couchdb` `debug` `error` `info` `mapreduce_errors` `ssl_proxy` `stats` `view` `xdcr` `xdcr_errors`
POST	/logClientError	Adds entries to the central log from a custom Couchbase Server SDK.

Table 11. User endpoints
HTTP method	URI path	Description	Parameters
POST	/settings/readOnlyUser	Creates the read-only user	`username`, `password`, `just_validate`
PUT	/settings/readOnlyUser	Changes the read-only user password	`password`
DELETE	/settings/readOnlyUser	Deletes the user	none
GET	/settings/readOnlyAdminName	Retrieves the read-only username	none

Table 12. Security endpoints
HTTP method	URI path	Description	Parameters
GET	/pools/default/certificate	Returns the current cluster certificate.	`type`, `pem`, `subject`, `expires`, `warnings`
POST	/controller/uploadClusterCA	Uploads a pem-encoded root certificate (cluster CA) to the cluster.	none
POST	/node/controller/reloadCertificate	Takes a certificate/key from the specified directory and applies them to the node.	`password`, `chain.pem`, `pkey.pem`
GET	/pools/default/certificate/node/<host:port>	Retrieves the read-only username	`password`