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 API contracts indexed 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 8 more developer resources.

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20.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 17/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-23 · rubric v0.25.0 · Show this score on your site →

AccessFreemium

1 published contract

Cloud-Native Failover Java Load Balancing Microservices Netflix Service Discovery Service Registry

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Information Technology Management

BC-600

Applications

Kin Score

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scored 2026-10-23 · rubric v0.25.0

Composite quality — 20.7/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 7.8 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 3.2 / 15

Access Clarity 1.2 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.3 / 10

Contract Governance 0.0 / 9

Discoverability 4.3 / 8

Regulatory Posture 0.0 / 15

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

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Cisco DevNet Ecosystem (builders on Meraki, Catalyst, ISE, ThousandEyes, Splunk)	undeclared	-	-	-

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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 4

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

Netflix Eureka REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netflix Eureka REST Applications API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netflix Eureka REST Applications Instances API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netflix Eureka REST Applications VIP 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 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

FAQ

FAQ

Issues

Issues

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

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
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
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
tags_raw:
- 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: '0.23'
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:
  - Application
  tags_raw:
  - 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: Plans
  url: plans/netflix-eureka-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/netflix-eureka-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/netflix-eureka-finops.yml
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/netflix-eureka-capability-edges.yml
  name: Netflix Eureka Business Capability Map
- 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

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