NOTICE: AdoptOpenJDK API v3 has been deprecated as part of the move to Eclipse Foundation and rebrand to Adoptium.
The Adoptium API provides a way to consume JSON information about the Adoptium Temurin releases and nightly builds.
Sign up to the #api Slack channel where major API updates will be announced, and visit adoptium.net to find out more about the community.
The API is documented using Swagger. The Swagger documentation can be viewed at: api.adoptium.net/swagger-ui. The Open API spec for this can be viewed at: api.adoptium.net/openapi
For more information, including example queries, please look at the API cookbook.
The Adoptium API (and its predecessor at AdoptOpenJDK) has served over 200 million downloads by a wide variety consumers, from individuals to organizations.
Check the Download Statistics Dashboard for the latest numbers.
The following list highlights a small subset of consumers and their use-cases:
- Adoptium Website - the API drives the release listings on the AdoptOpenJDK website allowing individuals to download the JDK distribution of their choice.
- Gradle - the Gradle project defaults to use the API for its toolchains feature.
- Update Watcher for Adoptium & AdoptOpenJDK - uses the API to automatically manage the JDK installations on an individual's machine.
When a new version of Java is released, the version at Versions.kt,
or by setting the property LATEST_JAVA_VERSION on the deployment.
To learn more about how we build & run the API, check out CONTRIBUTING.md and the FAQs.