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api	Status - HTTP API	api-status	The /status endpoints return information about the status of the Consul cluster. This information is generally very low level and not often useful for clients.

Status HTTP API

The /status endpoints return information about the status of the Consul cluster. This information is generally very low level and not often useful for clients.

Get Raft Leader

This endpoint returns the Raft leader for the datacenter in which the agent is running.

Method	Path	Produces
GET	/status/leader	application/json

The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, and required ACLs.

Blocking Queries	Consistency Modes	ACL Required
NO	none	none

Sample Request

$ curl https://consul.rocks/v1/status/leader

Sample Response

"10.1.10.12:8300"

List Raft Peers

This endpoint retrieves the Raft peers for the datacenter in which the the agent is running. This list of peers is strongly consistent and can be useful in determining when a given server has successfully joined the cluster.

Method	Path	Produces
GET	/status/peers	application/json

The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, and required ACLs.

Blocking Queries	Consistency Modes	ACL Required
NO	none	none

Sample Request

$ curl https://consul.rocks/v1/status/peers

Sample Response

[
  "10.1.10.12:8300",
  "10.1.10.11:8300",
  "10.1.10.10:8300"
]