.. _api:
API (Restfull/JSON) documentation
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This documentation describes the Glances API version 4 (Restfull/JSON) interface.
For Glances version 3, please have a look on:
``https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/blob/support/glancesv3/docs/api.rst``
Run the Glances API server
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The Glances Restfull/API server could be ran using the following command line:
.. code-block:: bash
# glances -w --disable-webui
It is also ran automatically when Glances is started in Web server mode (-w).
API URL
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The default root API URL is ``http://localhost:61208/api/4``.
The bind address and port could be changed using the ``--bind`` and ``--port`` command line options.
It is also possible to define an URL prefix using the ``url_prefix`` option from the