Apache RocketMQ

Apache RocketMQ is a distributed messaging and streaming platform with low latency, high performance, and reliability. It provides trillion-level message capacity with rich message types including normal, transactional, delayed, and ordered messages.

Apache RocketMQ publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Brokers API, ConsumerGroups API, Messages API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Cloud-Native, Messaging, Message Queue, Pub-Sub, and Streaming.

The Apache RocketMQ catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Apache RocketMQ’s developer surface includes documentation and 7 more developer resources.

📡 Source on GitHub

28.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 17/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

AccessFreemium

1 APIs 7 Features 4 Use Cases

Cloud-Native Messaging Message Queue Pub-Sub Streaming Apache Open-Source

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 28.3/100 · thin

Contract Quality 11.9 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 18

Access Clarity 2.8 / 18

Operational Transparency 1.2 / 12

Contract Governance 3.1 / 11

Discoverability 5.3 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 17/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Apache RocketMQ Brokers API

The Brokers API from Apache RocketMQ — 1 operation(s) for brokers.

Apache RocketMQ ConsumerGroups API

The ConsumerGroups API from Apache RocketMQ — 1 operation(s) for consumergroups.

Apache RocketMQ Messages API

The Messages API from Apache RocketMQ — 3 operation(s) for messages.

Apache RocketMQ Topics API

The Topics API from Apache RocketMQ — 2 operation(s) for topics.

Open Collections 5

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache RocketMQ REST Brokers API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache RocketMQ REST Brokers ConsumerGroups API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache RocketMQ REST Brokers Messages API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache RocketMQ REST Brokers Topics API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Apache Rocketmq Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Apache Rocketmq Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Apache Rocketmq Finops

FINOPS

Features 7

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

High Throughput

Billion-level message throughput with low latency

Multiple Message Types

Normal, ordered, delayed, transactional, and batch messages

Message Filtering

Server-side tag and SQL expression filtering

Exactly-Once Semantics

Transactional messages for exactly-once delivery

Delayed Messages

Schedule messages with configurable delay levels

Dead Letter Queue

Automatic dead letter queue for failed messages

Message Tracing

End-to-end message tracing for debugging and monitoring

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Apache Rocketmq Context

14 classes · 34 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Apache RocketMQ API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Apache RocketMQ API Rules

12 rules · 5 errors 6 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 14

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

AckRequest

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

BrokerList

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Broker

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ConsumerGroupList

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ConsumerGroupRequest

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ConsumerGroup

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MessageRequest

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Message

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ReceiveRequest

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ReceiveResult

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SendResult

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TopicList

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TopicRequest

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Topic

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 14

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Apache Rocketmq Ack Request Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Rocketmq Broker List Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Rocketmq Broker Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Rocketmq Consumer Group List Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Rocketmq Consumer Group Request Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Rocketmq Consumer Group Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Rocketmq Message Request Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Rocketmq Message Structure

8 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Rocketmq Receive Request Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Rocketmq Receive Result Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Rocketmq Send Result Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Rocketmq Topic List Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Rocketmq Topic Request Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Rocketmq Topic Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 14

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Apache Rocketmq Ack Request Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Rocketmq Broker Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Rocketmq Broker List Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Rocketmq Consumer Group Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Rocketmq Consumer Group List Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Rocketmq Consumer Group Request Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Rocketmq Message Example

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Rocketmq Message Request Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Rocketmq Receive Request Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Rocketmq Receive Result Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Rocketmq Send Result Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Rocketmq Topic Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Rocketmq Topic List Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Rocketmq Topic Request Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Apache Rocketmq Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Apache Rocketmq Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Apache Rocketmq Agentic Access

10 operations · 6 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Order Processing

Ensure ordered processing of e-commerce order events

Event-Driven Microservices

Decouple microservices with reliable asynchronous messaging

Log Aggregation

Aggregate application logs from distributed services

Financial Transactions

Reliable transactional messaging for financial systems

Integrations 4

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Spring Boot

RocketMQ Spring Boot starter for easy integration

Apache Flink

Flink connector for stream processing from RocketMQ

Apache Spark

Spark Streaming connector for RocketMQ

Kubernetes

RocketMQ Operator for Kubernetes-native deployment

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

JSONLD

JSONLD

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Source (apis.yml)

aid: apache-rocketmq
name: Apache RocketMQ
description: Apache RocketMQ is a distributed messaging and streaming platform with low latency, high performance, and reliability.
  It provides trillion-level message capacity with rich message types including normal, transactional, delayed, and ordered
  messages.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/apache-rocketmq.png
tags:
- Cloud-Native
- Messaging
- Message Queue
- Pub-Sub
- Streaming
- Apache
- Open-Source
tags_raw:
- Cloud Native
- Messaging
- Message Queue
- Pub-Sub
- Streaming
- Apache
- Open Source
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-rocketmq/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: apache-rocketmq:apache-rocketmq-brokers-api
  name: Apache RocketMQ Brokers API
  description: The Brokers API from Apache RocketMQ — 1 operation(s) for brokers.
  humanURL: https://rocketmq.apache.org/docs/
  tags:
  - Brokers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-rocketmq-brokers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rocketmq.apache.org/docs/
- aid: apache-rocketmq:apache-rocketmq-consumergroups-api
  name: Apache RocketMQ ConsumerGroups API
  description: The ConsumerGroups API from Apache RocketMQ — 1 operation(s) for consumergroups.
  humanURL: https://rocketmq.apache.org/docs/
  tags:
  - Consumer Groups
  tags_raw:
  - ConsumerGroups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-rocketmq-consumergroups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rocketmq.apache.org/docs/
- aid: apache-rocketmq:apache-rocketmq-messages-api
  name: Apache RocketMQ Messages API
  description: The Messages API from Apache RocketMQ — 3 operation(s) for messages.
  humanURL: https://rocketmq.apache.org/docs/
  tags:
  - Message
  tags_raw:
  - Messages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-rocketmq-messages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rocketmq.apache.org/docs/
- aid: apache-rocketmq:apache-rocketmq-topics-api
  name: Apache RocketMQ Topics API
  description: The Topics API from Apache RocketMQ — 2 operation(s) for topics.
  humanURL: https://rocketmq.apache.org/docs/
  tags:
  - Topics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-rocketmq-topics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rocketmq.apache.org/docs/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/apache-rocketmq-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/apache-rocketmq-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/apache-rocketmq-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/apache/rocketmq
- type: Documentation
  url: https://rocketmq.apache.org/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/apache-rocketmq-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/apache-rocketmq-vocabulary.yaml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/apache-rocketmq-context.jsonld
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: High Throughput
    description: Billion-level message throughput with low latency
  - name: Multiple Message Types
    description: Normal, ordered, delayed, transactional, and batch messages
  - name: Message Filtering
    description: Server-side tag and SQL expression filtering
  - name: Exactly-Once Semantics
    description: Transactional messages for exactly-once delivery
  - name: Delayed Messages
    description: Schedule messages with configurable delay levels
  - name: Dead Letter Queue
    description: Automatic dead letter queue for failed messages
  - name: Message Tracing
    description: End-to-end message tracing for debugging and monitoring
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Order Processing
    description: Ensure ordered processing of e-commerce order events
  - name: Event-Driven Microservices
    description: Decouple microservices with reliable asynchronous messaging
  - name: Log Aggregation
    description: Aggregate application logs from distributed services
  - name: Financial Transactions
    description: Reliable transactional messaging for financial systems
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Spring Boot
    description: RocketMQ Spring Boot starter for easy integration
  - name: Apache Flink
    description: Flink connector for stream processing from RocketMQ
  - name: Apache Spark
    description: Spark Streaming connector for RocketMQ
  - name: Kubernetes
    description: RocketMQ Operator for Kubernetes-native deployment

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