# Apache Livy

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/apache-livy/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

Apache Livy is a service that enables easy interaction with a Spark cluster over a REST interface. It allows submitting Spark jobs or snippets of Spark code, retrieving results synchronously or asynchronously, and managing Spark contexts across multiple users. Licensed under Apache 2.0.

## Kin Score — 36.4 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 36.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 55.9 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

## Agent readiness — 26.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (3)

- **Apache Livy Batches API** — Batch Spark job submission
- **Apache Livy Sessions API** — Interactive Spark session management
- **Apache Livy Statements API** — Code statement execution within sessions

## Agentic access (1)

- **Apache Livy Agentic Access** — 15 operations · 5 acting

## Security (2)

- **Apache Livy Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Apache Livy Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Apache Livy Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **Notebook Integration** — Power Jupyter, Zeppelin, and other notebooks with Spark backends via Livy.
- **Data Engineering Pipelines** — Submit Spark batch jobs from orchestration tools like Airflow and Oozie.
- **Interactive Data Exploration** — Execute ad-hoc Spark code for exploratory data analysis.
- **Multi-Tenant Spark Access** — Enable multiple users to share a Spark cluster with isolation via Livy sessions.

## Tags

Big Data, Interactive Computing, Open-Source, REST, Spark

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/apache-livy/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.