# Akka HTTP

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/akka/akka-http/  
**Provider:** Akka — https://apis.io/providers/akka/  
**Documentation:** https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka-http/current/

Akka HTTP is one of 6 APIs that [Akka](https://apis.io/providers/akka/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include HTTP, REST API, Reactive, and Streaming. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a getting-started guide.

Akka HTTP is a full HTTP stack (client and server-side) built on Akka actors and streams. It provides a routing DSL for building REST and WebSocket services, with built-in JSON marshalling, TLS support, and HTTP/2 capabilities.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka-http/current/
- **GettingStarted** — https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka-http/current/introduction.html
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/akka/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Akka APIs (5)

- [Akka Streams](https://apis.io/apis/akka/akka-streams/)
- [Akka gRPC](https://apis.io/apis/akka/akka-grpc/)
- [Akka Bootstrap API](https://apis.io/apis/akka/akka-bootstrap-api/)
- [Akka Cluster API](https://apis.io/apis/akka/akka-cluster-api/)
- [Akka Health API](https://apis.io/apis/akka/akka-health-api/)

## Tags

HTTP, REST API, Reactive, Streaming

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