# Kafka Connect REST API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/connect-rest-api/  
**Provider:** Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform — https://apis.io/providers/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/  
**Base URL:** https://localhost:8083  
**Documentation:** https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/connect/references/restapi.html

Kafka Connect REST API is one of 11 APIs that [Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform](https://apis.io/providers/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Connectors, Kafka Connect, and REST. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The Kafka Connect REST API manages connectors, tasks, and worker configuration. Operators use it to deploy, configure, pause, resume, and delete source and sink connectors, inspect task status, and restart failed tasks. In Confluent Cloud, managed connectors are provisioned through the Cloud REST API while runtime status is exposed via the Connect REST surface.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/connect/references/restapi.html

## Other Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform APIs (10)

- [Confluent Cloud REST API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/cloud-rest-api/)
- [Confluent Kafka REST API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/kafka-rest-api/)
- [Confluent Schema Registry REST API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/schema-registry-api/)
- [ksqlDB REST API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/ksqldb-rest-api/)
- [Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink REST API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/flink-rest-api/)
- [Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform API Keys API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-api-keys-api/)
- [Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform Clusters API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-clusters-api/)
- [Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform Environments API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-environments-api/)
- [Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform Organizations API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-organizations-api/)
- [Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform Service Accounts API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-service-accounts-api/)

## Tags

Connectors, Kafka Connect, REST

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