Info (info)

The info endpoint provides general information about the application.

Retrieving the Info

To retrieve the information about the application, make a GET request to /actuator/info, as shown in the following curl-based example:

$ curl 'http://localhost:8080/actuator/info' -i -X GET

The resulting response is similar to the following:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v3+json
Content-Length: 231

{
  "git" : {
    "branch" : "main",
    "commit" : {
      "id" : "df027cf",
      "time" : "2024-04-26T18:38:34Z"
    }
  },
  "build" : {
    "artifact" : "application",
    "version" : "1.0.3",
    "group" : "com.example"
  }
}

Response Structure

The response contains general information about the application. Each section of the response is contributed by an InfoContributor. Spring Boot provides several contributors that are described below.

Build Response Structure

The following table describe the structure of the build section of the response:

Path Type Description

artifact

String

Artifact ID of the application, if any.

group

String

Group ID of the application, if any.

name

String

Name of the application, if any.

version

String

Version of the application, if any.

time

Varies

Timestamp of when the application was built, if any.

Git Response Structure

The following table describes the structure of the git section of the response:

Path Type Description

branch

String

Name of the Git branch, if any.

commit

Object

Details of the Git commit, if any.

commit.time

Varies

Timestamp of the commit, if any.

commit.id

String

ID of the commit, if any.
This is the "simple" output. The contributor can also be configured to output all available data.