Dropwizard

Dropwizard Tasks API

Administrative task execution endpoints.

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Operations 3

POST /tasks/{taskName} Execute an admin task #

POST /tasks/log-level Change log level at runtime #

POST /tasks/gc Trigger garbage collection #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Dropwizard Admin Diagnostics Tasks API
  description: REST API provided by the Dropwizard admin servlet, exposing health checks, metrics, thread dumps, and operational tasks on the admin port.
  version: 4.0.0
  contact:
    name: Dropwizard
    url: https://www.dropwizard.io/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8081
  description: Default Dropwizard admin port
tags:
- name: Tasks
  description: Administrative task execution endpoints.
paths:
  /tasks/{taskName}:
    post:
      operationId: executeTask
      summary: Execute an admin task
      description: Executes a registered admin task by name. Built-in tasks include gc (garbage collection) and log-level.
      tags:
      - Tasks
      parameters:
      - name: taskName
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Name of the task to execute.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Task executed successfully.
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
        '404':
          description: Task not found.
  /tasks/log-level:
    post:
      operationId: changeLogLevel
      summary: Change log level at runtime
      description: Changes the log level for a specific logger at runtime.
      tags:
      - Tasks
      parameters:
      - name: logger
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Logger name to change.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: level
        in: query
        required: true
        description: New log level.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - TRACE
          - DEBUG
          - INFO
          - WARN
          - ERROR
          - 'OFF'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Log level changed successfully.
  /tasks/gc:
    post:
      operationId: runGarbageCollection
      summary: Trigger garbage collection
      description: Triggers a JVM garbage collection.
      tags:
      - Tasks
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Garbage collection triggered.