# Kavita Server API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/kavita/kavita-server-api/  
**Provider:** Kavita — https://apis.io/providers/kavita/  
**Documentation:** https://wiki.kavitareader.com/

Kavita Server API is one of 48 APIs that [Kavita](https://apis.io/providers/kavita/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Server. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

The Server API from Kavita — 22 operation(s) for server.

## Operations (22)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/api/Server/clear-cache` | Performs an ad-hoc cleanup of Cache |
| POST | `/api/Server/cleanup-want-to-read` | Performs an ad-hoc cleanup of Want To Read, by removing want to read series for… |
| POST | `/api/Server/cleanup` | Performs the nightly maintenance work on the Server. Can be heavy |
| POST | `/api/Server/backup-db` | Performs an ad-hoc backup of the Database |
| POST | `/api/Server/analyze-files` | This is a one time task that needs to be ran for v0.7 statistics to work |
| GET | `/api/Server/server-info-slim` | Returns non-sensitive information about the current system |
| POST | `/api/Server/convert-media` | Triggers the scheduling of the convert media job. |
| GET | `/api/Server/logs` | Downloads all the log files via a zip |
| GET | `/api/Server/check-for-updates` | Checks for updates and pushes an event to the UI |
| GET | `/api/Server/check-update` | Checks for updates, if no updates that are > current version installed, returns… |
| GET | `/api/Server/check-out-of-date` | Returns how many versions out of date this install is |
| GET | `/api/Server/changelog` | Pull the Changelog for Kavita from Github and display |
| GET | `/api/Server/jobs` | Returns a list of reoccurring jobs. Scheduled ad-hoc jobs will not be returned |
| GET | `/api/Server/activity` | What is running, delayed and coming up, so a client can rebuild its activity… |
| GET | `/api/Server/media-errors` | Returns a list of issues found during scanning or reading in which files may… |
| POST | `/api/Server/media-errors/dismiss` | Dismiss one or more media error |
| POST | `/api/Server/media-errors/undismiss` | Undismiss one or more media error |
| GET | `/api/Server/media-errors-for-series` | Get the media errors for a given series |
| POST | `/api/Server/clear-media-alerts` | Deletes all media errors |
| POST | `/api/Server/bust-kavitaplus-cache` | Bust Kavita+ Cache |
| POST | `/api/Server/sync-themes` | Runs the Sync Themes task |
| GET | `/api/Server/is-task-running` | Returns true if a task is currently running or has been queued. |

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/kavita/openapi/kavita-server-api-openapi.yml

## Other Kavita APIs (12)

- [Kavita API](https://apis.io/apis/kavita/kavita-api/)
- [Kavita Account API](https://apis.io/apis/kavita/kavita-account-api/)
- [Kavita Activity API](https://apis.io/apis/kavita/kavita-activity-api/)
- [Kavita Admin API](https://apis.io/apis/kavita/kavita-admin-api/)
- [Kavita Annotation API](https://apis.io/apis/kavita/kavita-annotation-api/)
- [Kavita Book API](https://apis.io/apis/kavita/kavita-book-api/)
- [Kavita Cbl API](https://apis.io/apis/kavita/kavita-cbl-api/)
- [Kavita Chapter API](https://apis.io/apis/kavita/kavita-chapter-api/)
- [Kavita Collection API](https://apis.io/apis/kavita/kavita-collection-api/)
- [Kavita Color Scape API](https://apis.io/apis/kavita/kavita-colorscape-api/)
- [Kavita Device API](https://apis.io/apis/kavita/kavita-device-api/)
- [Kavita Download API](https://apis.io/apis/kavita/kavita-download-api/)

## Tags

Server

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