[[info]]
= Info (`info`)
The `info` endpoint provides general information about the application.



[[info.retrieving]]
== Retrieving the Info
To retrieve the information about the application, make a `GET` request to `/actuator/info`, as shown in the following curl-based example:

include::{snippets}/info/curl-request.adoc[]

The resulting response is similar to the following:

include::{snippets}/info/http-response.adoc[]



[[info.retrieving.response-structure]]
=== Response Structure
The response contains general information about the application.
Each section of the response is contributed by an `InfoContributor`.
Spring Boot provides several contributors that are described below.



[[info.retrieving.response-structure.build]]
==== Build Response Structure
The following table describe the structure of the `build` section of the response:

[cols="2,1,3"]
include::{snippets}/info/response-fields-beneath-build.adoc[]



[[info.retrieving.response-structure.git]]
==== Git Response Structure
The following table describes the structure of the `git` section of the response:

[cols="2,1,3"]
include::{snippets}/info/response-fields-beneath-git.adoc[]

NOTE: This is the "simple" output.
The contributor can also be configured to output all available data.
