SYNCTHING-REST-API(7)

NAME
syncthing-rest-api - REST API

DESCRIPTION

Syncthing exposes a REST interface over HTTP on the GUI port. This is used by the GUI code (JavaScript) and can be used by other processes wishing to control Syncthing. In most cases both the input and output data is in JSON format. The interface is subject to change.

API KEY

To use the POST methods, or any method when authentication is enabled, an API key must be set and used. The API key can be generated in the GUI, or set in the configuration/gui/apikey element in the configuration file. To use an API key, set the request header X-API-Key to the API key value. For example, curl -X POST -H "X-API-Key: abc123" http://localhost:8384/rest/... can be used to invoke authenticated POST methods via curl.

SYSTEM ENDPOINTS

  GET /rest/system/config

Returns the current configuration.

{
 # etc
}

  GET /rest/system/config/insync

Returns whether the config is in sync, i.e. whether the running configuration is the same as that on disk.

{
  "configInSync": true
}

  POST /rest/system/config

Post the full contents of the configuration, in the same format as returned by the corresponding GET request. The configuration will be saved to disk and the configInSync flag set to false. Restart Syncthing to activate.

  GET /rest/system/connections

NOTE: Return format changed in 0.12.0.

Returns the list of configured devices and some metadata associated with them. The list also contains the local device itself as not connected.

{
   "total" : {
          "paused" : false,
          "clientVersion" : "",
          "at" : "2015-11-07T17:29:47.691637262+01:00",
          "connected" : false,
          "inBytesTotal" : 1479,
          "type" : "direct-accept",
          "outBytesTotal" : 1318,
          "address" : ""
   },
   "connections" : {
          "YZJBJFX-RDBL7WY-6ZGKJ2D-4MJB4E7-ZATSDUY-LD6Y3L3-MLFUYWE-AEMXJAC" : {
             "connected" : true,
             "inBytesTotal" : 556,
             "paused" : false,
             "at" : "2015-11-07T17:29:47.691548971+01:00",
             "clientVersion" : "v0.12.1",
             "address" : "127.0.0.1:22002",
             "type" : "direct-dial",
             "outBytesTotal" : 550
          },
          "DOVII4U-SQEEESM-VZ2CVTC-CJM4YN5-QNV7DCU-5U3ASRL-YVFG6TH-W5DV5AA" : {
             "outBytesTotal" : 0,
             "type" : "direct-accept",
             "address" : "",
             "at" : "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
             "clientVersion" : "",
             "paused" : false,
             "inBytesTotal" : 0,
             "connected" : false
          },
          "UYGDMA4-TPHOFO5-2VQYDCC-7CWX7XW-INZINQT-LE4B42N-4JUZTSM-IWCSXA4" : {
             "address" : "",
             "type" : "direct-accept",
             "outBytesTotal" : 0,
             "connected" : false,
             "inBytesTotal" : 0,
             "paused" : false,
             "at" : "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
             "clientVersion" : ""
          }
   }
}

  GET /rest/system/debug

New in version 0.12.0.

Returns the set of debug facilities and which of them are currently enabled.

{
  "enabled": [
    "beacon"
  ],
  "facilities": {
    "beacon": "Multicast and broadcast discovery",
    "config": "Configuration loading and saving",
    "connections": "Connection handling",
    "db": "The database layer",
    "dialer": "Dialing connections",
    "discover": "Remote device discovery",
    "events": "Event generation and logging",
    "http": "REST API",
    "main": "Main package",
    "model": "The root hub",
    "protocol": "The BEP protocol",
    "relay": "Relay connection handling",
    "scanner": "File change detection and hashing",
    "stats": "Persistent device and folder statistics",
    "sync": "Mutexes",
    "upgrade": "Binary upgrades",
    "upnp": "UPnP discovery and port mapping",
    "versioner": "File versioning"
  }
}

  POST /rest/system/debug

New in version 0.12.0.

Enables or disables debugging for specified facilities. Give one or both of enable and disable query parameters, with comma separated facility names. To disable debugging of the beacon and discovery packages, and enable it for config and db:

$ curl -H X-API-Key:abc123 -X POST 'http://localhost:8384/rest/system/debug?disable=beacon,discovery&enable=config,db'

  GET /rest/system/discovery

Returns the contents of the local discovery cache.

{
  "LGFPDIT7SKNNJVJZA4FC7QNCRKCE753K72BW5QD2FOZ7FRFEP57Q": [
    "192.162.129.11:22000"
  ]
}

  POST /rest/system/discovery

NOTE: Removed in v0.12.0.

Post with the query parameters device and addr to add entries to the discovery cache.

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8384/rest/system/discovery?device=LGFPDIT7SKNNJVJZA4FC7QNCRKCE753K72BW5QD2FOZ7FRFEP57Q\&addr=192.162.129.11:22000
# Or with the X-API-Key header:
curl -X POST --header "X-API-Key: TcE28kVPdtJ8COws1JdM0b2nodj77WeQ" http://127.0.0.1:8384/rest/system/discovery?device=LGFPDIT7SKNNJVJZA4FC7QNCRKCE753K72BW5QD2FOZ7FRFEP57Q\&addr=192.162.129.11:22000

  POST /rest/system/error/clear

Post with empty to body to remove all recent errors.

  GET /rest/system/error

NOTE: Return format changed in 0.12.0.

Returns the list of recent errors.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "when": "2014-09-18T12:59:26.549953186+02:00",
      "message": "This is an error string"
    }
  ]
}

  POST /rest/system/error

Post with an error message in the body (plain text) to register a new error. The new error will be displayed on any active GUI clients.

  GET /rest/system/log

New in version 0.12.0.

Returns the list of recent log entries.

{
  "messages": [
    {
      "when": "2014-09-18T12:59:26.549953186+02:00",
      "message": "This is a log entry"
    }
  ]
}

  GET /rest/system/ping

Returns a {"ping": "pong"} object.

{
  "ping": "pong"
}

  POST /rest/system/ping

Returns a {"ping": "pong"} object.

NOTE: Due to being a POST request, this method requires using an API key or CSRF token, as opposed to the GET request to the same URL.

  POST /rest/system/reset

Post with empty body to erase the current index database and restart Syncthing. With no query parameters, the entire database is erased from disk. By specifying the folder parameter with a valid folder ID, only information for that folder will be erased:

$ curl -X POST -H "X-API-Key: abc123" http://localhost:8384/rest/system/reset?folder=default

  POST /rest/system/restart

Post with empty body to immediately restart Syncthing.

  POST /rest/system/shutdown

Post with empty body to cause Syncthing to exit and not restart.

  GET /rest/system/status

Returns information about current system status and resource usage.

{
  "alloc": 30618136,
  "cpuPercent": 0.006944836512046966,
  "extAnnounceOK": {
    "udp4://announce.syncthing.net:22026": true,
    "udp6://announce-v6.syncthing.net:22026": true
  },
  "goroutines": 49,
  "myID": "P56IOI7-MZJNU2Y-IQGDREY-DM2MGTI-MGL3BXN-PQ6W5BM-TBBZ4TJ-XZWICQ2",
  "pathSeparator": "/",
  "sys": 42092792,
  "tilde": "/Users/jb"
}

  GET /rest/system/upgrade

Checks for a possible upgrade and returns an object describing the newest version and upgrade possibility.

{
  "latest": "v0.10.27",
  "newer": false,
  "running": "v0.10.27+5-g36c93b7"
}

  POST /rest/system/upgrade

Perform an upgrade to the newest released version and restart. Does nothing if there is no newer version than currently running.

  GET /rest/system/version

Returns the current Syncthing version information.

{
  "arch": "amd64",
  "longVersion": "syncthing v0.10.27+3-gea8c3de (go1.4 darwin-amd64 default) jb@syno 2015-03-16 11:01:29 UTC",
  "os": "darwin",
  "version": "v0.10.27+3-gea8c3de"
}

DATABASE ENDPOINTS

  GET /rest/db/browse

Returns the directory tree of the global model. Directories are always JSON objects (map/dictionary), and files are always arrays of modification time and size. The first integer is the files modification time, and the second integer is the file size.

The call takes one mandatory folder parameter and two optional parameters. Optional parameter levels defines how deep within the tree we want to dwell down (0 based, defaults to unlimited depth) Optional parameter prefix defines a prefix within the tree where to start building the structure.

$ curl -s http://localhost:8384/rest/db/browse?folder=default | json_pp
{
   "directory": {
      "file": ["2015-04-20T22:20:45+09:00", 130940928],
      "subdirectory": {
         "another file": ["2015-04-20T22:20:45+09:00", 130940928]
      }
   },
   "rootfile": ["2015-04-20T22:20:45+09:00", 130940928]
}
$ curl -s http://localhost:8384/rest/db/browse?folder=default&levels=0 | json_pp
{
   "directory": {},
   "rootfile": ["2015-04-20T22:20:45+09:00", 130940928]
}
$ curl -s http://localhost:8384/rest/db/browse?folder=default&levels=1 | json_pp
{
   "directory": {
      "file": ["2015-04-20T22:20:45+09:00", 130940928],
      "subdirectory": {}
   },
   "rootfile": ["2015-04-20T22:20:45+09:00", 130940928]
}
$ curl -s http://localhost:8384/rest/db/browse?folder=default&prefix=directory/subdirectory | json_pp
{
   "another file": ["2015-04-20T22:20:45+09:00", 130940928]
}
$ curl -s http://localhost:8384/rest/db/browse?folder=default&prefix=directory&levels=0 | json_pp
{
   "file": ["2015-04-20T22:20:45+09:00", 130940928],
   "subdirectory": {}
}

NOTE: This is an expensive call, increasing CPU and RAM usage on the device. Use sparingly.

  GET /rest/db/completion

Returns the completion percentage (0 to 100) for a given device and folder. Takes device and folder parameters.

{
  "completion": 0
}

NOTE: This is an expensive call, increasing CPU and RAM usage on the device. Use sparingly.

  GET /rest/db/file

Returns most data available about a given file, including version and availability. Takes folder and file parameters.

{
  "availability": [
    "I6KAH76-66SLLLB-5PFXSOA-UFJCDZC-YAOMLEK-CP2GB32-BV5RQST-3PSROAU"
  ],
  "global": {
    "flags": "0644",
    "localVersion": 3,
    "modified": "2015-04-20T22:20:45+09:00",
    "name": "util.go",
    "numBlocks": 1,
    "size": 9642,
    "version": [
      "5407294127585413568:1"
    ]
  },
  "local": {
    "flags": "0644",
    "localVersion": 4,
    "modified": "2015-04-20T22:20:45+09:00",
    "name": "util.go",
    "numBlocks": 1,
    "size": 9642,
    "version": [
      "5407294127585413568:1"
    ]
  }
}

  GET /rest/db/ignores

Takes one parameter, folder, and returns the content of the .stignore as the ignore field. A second field, patterns, provides a compiled version of all included ignore patterns in the form of regular expressions. Excluded items in the patterns field have a nonstandard (?exclude) marker in front of the regular expression.

{
  "ignore": [
    "/Backups"
  ],
  "patterns": [
    "(?i)^Backups$",
    "(?i)^Backups/.*$"
  ]
}

  POST /rest/db/ignores

Expects a format similar to the output of GET call, but only containing the ignore field (patterns field should be omitted). It takes one parameter, folder, and either updates the content of the .stignore echoing it back as a response, or returns an error.

  GET /rest/db/need

Takes one parameter, folder, and returns lists of files which are needed by this device in order for it to become in sync.

{
  # Files currently being downloaded
  "progress": [
    {
      "flags": "0755",
      "localVersion": 6,
      "modified": "2015-04-20T23:06:12+09:00",
      "name": "ls",
      "size": 34640,
      "version": [
        "5157751870738175669:1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  # Files queued to be downloaded next (as per array order)
  "queued": [
      ...
  ],
  # Files to be downloaded after all queued files will be downloaded.
  # This happens when we start downloading files, and new files get added while we are downloading.
  "rest": [
      ...
  ]
}

NOTE: This is an expensive call, increasing CPU and RAM usage on the device. Use sparingly.

  POST /rest/db/prio

Moves the file to the top of the download queue.

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8384/rest/db/prio?folder=default&file=foo/bar

Response contains the same output as GET /rest/db/need

  POST /rest/db/scan

Request immediate rescan of a folder, or a specific path within a folder. Takes the mandatory parameter folder (folder ID), an optional parameter sub (path relative to the folder root) and an optional parameter next. If sub is omitted or empty, the entire folder is scanned for changes, otherwise only the given path (and children, in case it's a directory) is scanned. The next argument delays Syncthing's automated rescan interval for a given amount of seconds.

Requesting scan of a path that no longer exists, but previously did, is valid and will result in Syncthing noticing the deletion of the path in question.

Returns status 200 and no content upon success, or status 500 and a plain text error if an error occurred during scanning.

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8384/rest/db/scan?folder=default&sub=foo/bar

  GET /rest/db/status

Returns information about the current status of a folder.

Parameters: folder, the ID of a folder.

{
  # latest version according to cluster:
  "globalBytes": 13173473780,
  "globalDeleted": 1847,
  "globalFiles": 42106,
  # what we have locally:
  "localBytes": 13173473780,
  "localDeleted": 1847,
  "localFiles": 42106,
  # which part of what we have locally is the latest cluster version:
  "inSyncBytes": 13173473780,
  "inSyncFiles": 42106,
  # which part of what we have locally should be fetched from the cluster:
  "needBytes": 0,
  "needFiles": 0,
  # various other metadata
  "ignorePatterns": true,
  "invalid": "",
  "state": "idle",
  "stateChanged": "2015-03-16T21:47:28.750853241+01:00",
  "version": 71989
}

NOTE: This is an expensive call, increasing CPU and RAM usage on the device. Use sparingly.

STATISTICS ENDPOINTS

  GET /rest/stats/device

Returns general statistics about devices. Currently, only contains the time the device was last seen.

$ curl -s http://localhost:8384/rest/stats/device | json
{
  "P56IOI7-MZJNU2Y-IQGDREY-DM2MGTI-MGL3BXN-PQ6W5BM-TBBZ4TJ-XZWICQ2": {
    "lastSeen" : "2015-04-18T11:21:31.3256277+01:00"
  }
}

  GET /rest/stats/folder

Returns general statistics about folders. Currently, only contains the last synced file.

$ curl -s http://localhost:8384/rest/stats/folder | json
{
  "folderid" : {
    "lastFile" : {
      "filename" : "file/name",
        "at" : "2015-04-16T22:04:18.3066971+01:00"
      }
  }
}

MISC SERVICES ENDPOINTS

  GET /rest/svc/deviceid

Verifies and formats a device ID. Accepts all currently valid formats (52 or 56 characters with or without separators, upper or lower case, with trivial substitutions). Takes one parameter, id, and returns either a valid device ID in modern format, or an error.

$ curl -s http://localhost:8384/rest/svc/deviceid?id=1234 | json
{
  "error": "device ID invalid: incorrect length"
}
$ curl -s http://localhost:8384/rest/svc/deviceid?id=p56ioi7m--zjnu2iq-gdr-eydm-2mgtmgl3bxnpq6w5btbbz4tjxzwicq | json
{
  "id": "P56IOI7-MZJNU2Y-IQGDREY-DM2MGTI-MGL3BXN-PQ6W5BM-TBBZ4TJ-XZWICQ2"
}

  GET /rest/svc/lang

Returns a list of canonicalized localization codes, as picked up from the Accept-Language header sent by the browser.

["sv_sv","sv","en_us","en"]

  GET /rest/svc/report

Returns the data sent in the anonymous usage report.

{
   "folderMaxMiB" : 0,
   "platform" : "linux-amd64",
   "totMiB" : 0,
   "longVersion" : "syncthing v0.12.2 \"Beryllium Bedbug\" (go1.4.3 linux-amd64 default) unknown-user@build2.syncthing.net 2015-11-09 13:23:26 UTC",
   "upgradeAllowedManual" : true,
   "totFiles" : 3,
   "folderUses" : {
      "ignorePerms" : 0,
      "autoNormalize" : 0,
      "readonly" : 0,
      "ignoreDelete" : 0
   },
   "memoryUsageMiB" : 13,
   "version" : "v0.12.2",
   "sha256Perf" : 27.28,
   "numFolders" : 2,
   "memorySize" : 1992,
   "announce" : {
      "defaultServersIP" : 0,
      "otherServers" : 0,
      "globalEnabled" : false,
      "defaultServersDNS" : 1,
      "localEnabled" : false
   },
   "usesRateLimit" : false,
   "numCPU" : 2,
   "uniqueID" : "",
   "urVersion" : 2,
   "rescanIntvs" : [
      60,
      60
   ],
   "numDevices" : 2,
   "folderMaxFiles" : 3,
   "relays" : {
      "defaultServers" : 1,
      "enabled" : true,
      "otherServers" : 0
   },
   "deviceUses" : {
      "compressMetadata" : 1,
      "customCertName" : 0,
      "staticAddr" : 1,
      "compressAlways" : 0,
      "compressNever" : 1,
      "introducer" : 0,
      "dynamicAddr" : 1
   },
   "upgradeAllowedAuto" : false
}

AUTHOR
The Syncthing Authors

COPYRIGHT
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