HTTP method and URI

One of the first ways to discover the URI endpoints for the REST API is to find the available clusters. To find the available clusters, provide the Couchbase Server IP address, port number, and append /pools.

GET /pools     
      

Syntax

Curl request syntax:

curl -u [admin]:[password] http://[localhost]:8091/pools

The admin, password, and localhost variables are replaced with your actual values.

HTTP request syntax:

GET /pools
Host: localhost:8091
Authorization: Basic xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Accept: application/json
X-memcachekv-Store-Client-Specification-Version: 0.1

While the specified server is a member of one cluster, a server can also be aware of other pools. The Client-Specification-Version is optional in the request, but advised. It enables implementations to adjust representation and state transitions to the client, if backward compatibility is desirable.

Example

To send a request for cluster information using curl:

curl -u Administrator:password http://10.5.2.117:8091/pools        
      

Response

Couchbase Server returns only one cluster per group of systems and the cluster typically has a default name. Couchbase Server returns the build number for the server in implementationVersion and the specifications supported are in componentsVersion.

The corresponding HTTP response contains a JSON document describing the cluster configuration.

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{
    "componentsVersion": {
        "ale": "3.0.0-1209-rel-enterprise", 
        "asn1": "2.0.4", 
        "compiler": "4.9.4", 
        "couch": "2.1.1r-432-gc2af28d", 
        "couch_index_merger": "2.1.1r-432-gc2af28d", 
        "couch_set_view": "2.1.1r-432-gc2af28d", 
        "couch_view_parser": "1.0.0", 
        "crypto": "3.2", 
        "inets": "5.9.8", 
        "kernel": "2.16.4", 
        "lhttpc": "1.3.0", 
        "mapreduce": "1.0.0", 
        "mochiweb": "2.4.2", 
        "ns_server": "3.0.0-1209-rel-enterprise", 
        "oauth": "7d85d3ef", 
        "os_mon": "2.2.14", 
        "public_key": "0.21", 
        "sasl": "2.3.4", 
        "ssl": "5.3.3", 
        "stdlib": "1.19.4", 
        "syntax_tools": "1.6.13", 
        "xmerl": "1.3.6"
    }, 
    "implementationVersion": "3.0.0-1209-rel-enterprise", 
    "isAdminCreds": true, 
    "isEnterprise": true, 
    "isROAdminCreds": false, 
    "pools": [
        {
            "name": "default", 
            "streamingUri": "/poolsStreaming/default?uuid=995618a6a6cc9ac79731bd13240e19b5", 
            "uri": "/pools/default?uuid=995618a6a6cc9ac79731bd13240e19b5"
        }
    ], 
    "settings": {
        "maxParallelIndexers": "/settings/maxParallelIndexers?uuid=995618a6a6cc9ac79731bd13240e19b5", 
        "viewUpdateDaemon": "/settings/viewUpdateDaemon?uuid=995618a6a6cc9ac79731bd13240e19b5"
    }, 
    "uuid": "995618a6a6cc9ac79731bd13240e19b5"
}