Metadata API reference
- Get the Dapr sidecar information
- Add a custom attribute to the Dapr sidecar information

Metadata API reference

Detailed documentation on the Metadata API

Dapr has a metadata API that returns information about the sidecar allowing runtime discoverability. The metadata endpoint returns among other things, a list of the components loaded and the activated actors (if present).

The Dapr metadata API also allows you to store additional information in the format of key-value pairs.

Note: The Dapr metatada endpoint is for instance being used by the Dapr CLI when running dapr in standalone mode to store the PID of the process hosting the sidecar and the command used to run the application.

Get the Dapr sidecar information

Gets the Dapr sidecar information provided by the Metadata Endpoint.

HTTP Request

GET http://localhost:<daprPort>/v1.0/metadata

URL Parameters

Parameter	Description
daprPort	The Dapr port.

HTTP Response Codes

Code	Description
200	Metadata information returned
500	Dapr could not return the metadata information

HTTP Response Body

Metadata API Response Object

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Application ID
actors	Metadata API Response Registered Actor[]	A json encoded array of Registered Actors metadata.
extended.attributeName	string	List of custom attributes as key-value pairs, where key is the attribute name.
components	Metadata API Response Component[]	A json encoded array of loaded components metadata.

Metadata API Response Registered Actor

Name	Type	Description
type	string	The registered actor type.
count	integer	Number of actors running.

Metadata API Response Component

Name	Type	Description
name	string	Name of the component.
type	string	Component type.
version	string	Component version.

Examples

Note: This example is based on the Actor sample provided in the Dapr SDK for Python.

curl http://localhost:3500/v1.0/metadata

{
    "id":"demo-actor",
    "actors":[
        {
            "type":"DemoActor",
            "count":1
        }
    ],
    "extended": {
        "cliPID":"1031040",
        "appCommand":"uvicorn --port 3000 demo_actor_service:app"
    },
    "components":[
        {
            "name":"pubsub",
            "type":"pubsub.redis",
            "version":""
        },
        {
            "name":"statestore",
            "type":"state.redis",
            "version":""
        }
    ]
}

Add a custom attribute to the Dapr sidecar information

Adds a custom attribute to the Dapr sidecar information stored by the Metadata Endpoint.

HTTP Request

PUT http://localhost:<daprPort>/v1.0/metadata/attributeName

URL Parameters

Parameter	Description
daprPort	The Dapr port.
attributeName	Custom attribute name. This is they key name in the key-value pair.

HTTP Request Body

In the request you need to pass the custom attribute value as RAW data:

{
  "Content-Type": "text/plain"
}

Within the body of the request place the custom attribute value you want to store:

attributeValue

HTTP Response Codes

Code	Description
204	Custom attribute added to the metadata information

Examples

Note: This example is based on the Actor sample provided in the Dapr SDK for Python.

Add a custom attribute to the metadata endpoint:

curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: text/plain" --data "myDemoAttributeValue" http://localhost:3500/v1.0/metadata/myDemoAttribute

Get the metadata information to confirm your custom attribute was added:

{
    "id":"demo-actor",
    "actors":[
        {
            "type":"DemoActor",
            "count":1
        }
    ],
    "extended": {
        "myDemoAttribute": "myDemoAttributeValue",
        "cliPID":"1031040",
        "appCommand":"uvicorn --port 3000 demo_actor_service:app"
    },
    "components":[
        {
            "name":"pubsub",
            "type":"pubsub.redis",
            "version":""
        },
        {
            "name":"statestore",
            "type":"state.redis",
            "version":""
        }
    ]
}

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