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Netflix Eureka

Netflix Eureka is a RESTful service registry used for service discovery, load balancing, and failover of middle-tier servers in microservice and cloud-native architectures, originally built for the AWS cloud.

Netflix Eureka publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Applications API, Instances API, and VIP API. Tagged areas include Cloud Native, Failover, Java, Load Balancing, and Microservices.

Netflix Eureka’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, FAQ, and 4 more developer resources.

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36.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
3 APIs
Cloud NativeFailoverJavaLoad BalancingMicroservicesNetflixService DiscoveryService Registry

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 36.2/100 · thin
Contract Quality 13.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
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
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APIs 3

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

Netflix Eureka Applications API

Query registered applications

Netflix Eureka Instances API

Manage service instances

Netflix Eureka VIP API

Virtual IP address based queries

Open Collections 1

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

Netflix Eureka REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Netflix Eureka Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Netflix Eureka Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Netflix Eureka Finops

FINOPS

Agentic Access 1

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

Netflix Eureka Agentic Access

13 operations · 6 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

13 operations · 6 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

FAQ
FAQ
 Issues
Issues

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: netflix-eureka
name: Netflix Eureka
description: Netflix Eureka is a RESTful service registry used for service discovery, load balancing, and failover of middle-tier
  servers in microservice and cloud-native architectures, originally built for the AWS cloud.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/netflix-eureka.png
tags:
- Cloud Native
- Failover
- Java
- Load Balancing
- Microservices
- Netflix
- Service Discovery
- Service Registry
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/netflix-eureka/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: netflix-eureka:netflix-eureka-applications-api
  name: Netflix Eureka Applications API
  description: Query registered applications
  humanURL: https://github.com/Netflix/eureka
  baseURL: http://localhost:8761/eureka
  tags:
  - Applications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/netflix-eureka-applications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/eureka/wiki/Eureka-REST-operations
- aid: netflix-eureka:netflix-eureka-instances-api
  name: Netflix Eureka Instances API
  description: Manage service instances
  humanURL: https://github.com/Netflix/eureka
  baseURL: http://localhost:8761/eureka
  tags:
  - Instances
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/netflix-eureka-instances-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/eureka/wiki/Eureka-REST-operations
- aid: netflix-eureka:netflix-eureka-vip-api
  name: Netflix Eureka VIP API
  description: Virtual IP address based queries
  humanURL: https://github.com/Netflix/eureka
  baseURL: http://localhost:8761/eureka
  tags:
  - VIP
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/netflix-eureka-vip-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/eureka/wiki/Eureka-REST-operations
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/netflix-eureka-agentic-access.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://github.com/Netflix/eureka
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/Netflix/eureka/wiki
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/Netflix
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://github.com/Netflix/eureka/wiki/Getting-Started
- type: FAQ
  url: https://github.com/Netflix/eureka/wiki/Eureka-2.0-Motivations
- type: Issues
  url: https://github.com/Netflix/eureka/issues
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com