System info

Programmatically check GitBook API system status and version details.

Use these endpoints to monitor the overall health of GitBook's infrastructure or to retrieve version information for debugging and compliance purposes.

Get API information

get

Access the release version and build date of the GitBook codebase.

Authorizations

useruser-internaluser-staffuser-internal-or-staffintegrationintegration-installation

AuthorizationstringRequired

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.

Responses

200

OK

application/json

versionstringRequired

Current release of GitBook

buildstringRequired

Date of the latest release in ISO format

get

/

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /v1/ HTTP/1.1
Host: api.gitbook.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

200

OK

{
  "version": "text",
  "build": "text"
}