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title: "GEM Node API | Grafana Enterprise Metrics documentation"
description: "GEM Node API An HTTP API called Node API is available within each GEM binary, and each binary runs either as a microservice (such as an ingester) or in single-process mode where target=all. The Node API fetches basic information about that microservice or single process."
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# GEM Node API

An HTTP API called Node API is available within each GEM binary, and each binary runs either as a microservice (such as an ingester) or in single-process mode where `target=all`. The Node API fetches basic information about that microservice or single process.

## Get version information

`GET /node/api/v1/version`

Response:

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```json
{
  "go_version": "<string>", // The go version
  "product": "<string>", // The name of the product, in this case "GEM"
  "revision": "<string>", // The git revision of GEM
  "version": "<string>" // The GEM version
}
```

Example:

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```console
$ curl -u :$API_TOKEN http://localhost:8080/node/api/v1/version | jq
{
  "go_version": "go1.16.6",
  "product": "GEM",
  "revision": "1rr03cg6e",
  "version": "v1.3.0"
}
```

## Get debug information

This endpoint exports debug information from the GEM target.

`GET /node/api/v1/debug-export`

The response is a ZIP file with the following structure:

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```console
debug/
├─ tsdb-metas/
│  ├─ team-a/
│  │  ├─ 01FCZEADAH07FB9VER85YGVMBP.json
│  │  ├─ 01FCZEAD3ZN9Z9Q0YMR234VHXY.json
│  ├─ team-b/
│  ├─ __system__/
├─ config.default.yaml
├─ config.actual.yaml
├─ process-mappings.txt
├─ version.json
```

**tsdb\_metas/**  
The TSDB block meta data for the available tenants.

**config.default.yaml**  
The default configuration file for the requested service.

**config.actual.yaml**  
The actual runtime configuration file for the requested service.

**process-mappings.txt**  
This file shows how memory is being used by the process from the OS perspective.

**version.json**  
The version information about the requested service in the same format as is returned for the `node/api/v1/version` endpoint.