Info

The info API can be used to retrieve information about the running NSClient++ instance such as its name and version.

• Get information
• Get version

The info controller is mounted on both /api/v1/info and /api/v2/info. The examples below use /api/v2, but the response format is identical for both versions.

Get

Get information about NSClient++.

Key	Value
Verb	GET
Address	/api/v2/info
Privilege	info.get

Request

GET /api/v2/info

Response

{
    "name": "NSClient++",
    "version": "0.6.0 2026-04-29",
    "version_url": "https://localhost:8443/api/v2/info/version"
}

Example

List information about NSClient++ with curl:

curl -s -k -u admin https://localhost:8443/api/v2/info | python -m json.tool
{
    "name": "NSClient++",
    "version": "0.6.0 2026-04-29",
    "version_url": "https://localhost:8443/api/v2/info/version"
}

Get Version

Get only the version of NSClient++.

Key	Value
Verb	GET
Address	/api/v2/info/version
Privilege	info.get.version

Request

GET /api/v2/info/version

Response

{
    "version": "0.6.0 2026-04-29"
}

Example

Get the version of NSClient++ with curl:

curl -s -k -u admin https://localhost:8443/api/v2/info/version | python -m json.tool
{
    "version": "0.6.0 2026-04-29"
}