# HAProxy Runtime API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/haproxy/haproxy-runtime-api/  
**Provider:** HAProxy — https://apis.io/providers/haproxy/  
**Base URL:** https://localhost  
**Documentation:** https://www.haproxy.com/documentation/haproxy-runtime-api/

HAProxy Runtime API is one of 3 APIs that [HAProxy](https://apis.io/providers/haproxy/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Load Balancing, Runtime Management, and Statistics. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

The HAProxy Runtime API (formerly known as the stats socket) is a socket-based interface for dynamically managing HAProxy at runtime. It allows operators to enable or disable servers, adjust weights, inspect stick tables, view statistics, and perform other live configuration changes without reloading the process.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://www.haproxy.com/documentation/haproxy-runtime-api/
- **Reference** — https://www.haproxy.com/documentation/haproxy-runtime-api/reference/

## Other HAProxy APIs (2)

- [HAProxy Data Plane API](https://apis.io/apis/haproxy/haproxy-data-plane-api/)
- [HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller](https://apis.io/apis/haproxy/haproxy-kubernetes-ingress-controller/)

## Tags

Load Balancing, Runtime Management, Statistics

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