I was actually looking for the management API, thanks for pointing out the
differences. I'll look into jolokia endpoint.

Thai Le

On Sat, Mar 11, 2023, 10:28 Justin Bertram <jbert...@apache.org> wrote:

> When you say "REST API" do you mean the REST *messaging* API or the
> REST-like *management* API?
>
> We still have the REST-like management API [1] which you can use to get
> data from the broker like queue message counts, browse messages, etc. This
> API is provided via the Jolokia JMX-HTTP bridge which allows you to access
> the broker's JMX MBeans via HTTP.
>
>
> Justin
>
> [1]
>
> https://activemq.apache.org/components/artemis/documentation/latest/management.html#exposing-jmx-using-jolokia
>
> On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 8:53 AM Thai Le <lnthai2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thank you for the detail explanation. I was looking for a quick way to
> get
> > info about queues (number of messages avail, peak some messages...) for
> > debugging purpose. I guess I just need to make an stand alone app and use
> > Java client to get those info.
> >
> > Thai Le
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 10, 2023, 12:57 Justin Bertram <jbert...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > > As Robbie noted, the REST interface was removed in 2.26.0. You can find
> > the
> > > original discussion regarding removal here [1].
> > >
> > > As I understand it, here are the essential reasons for removing it:
> > >  - The dependencies had fallen woefully out-of-date and nobody was
> > willing
> > > to put in the effort to fix them since there were some breaking changes
> > > along the way.
> > >  - The STOMP protocol is ubiquitous, simple, standardized, and can be
> > used
> > > in almost every circumstance and environment where REST might be used.
> > >  - REST messaging is not portable because there's no standard messaging
> > API
> > > for REST. This is generally bad for users as it locks them in to a
> > specific
> > > broker.
> > >  - For simple use-cases (e.g. basic send & receive) it's easy these
> days
> > to
> > > create your own REST interface and then implement messaging behind
> that.
> > > Since the REST interface is in the user's control then portability
> isn't
> > an
> > > issue.
> > >  - It's a bit of a pain to set up as it requires manually building a
> WAR
> > > file. This wasn't a great user experience and limited adoption.
> > >
> > > You are, of course, still free to use the REST interface WAR from
> 2.25.0
> > > with any newer version.
> > >
> > >
> > > Justin
> > >
> > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/qcdg5r1ytf0scr05b9wxyxg0stxgs5pp
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 4:53 PM Thai Le <lnthai2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Does the REST API still exist in the latest version? I do not see it
> in
> > > the
> > > > doc of 2.28.
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > > Thai Le
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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