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Hathora ProcessesV3 API

Launch, inspect, and stop running game server processes.

Hathora ProcessesV3 API is one of 11 APIs that Hathora publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include ProcessesV3. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 3.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.hathora.dev.

4 operations 4 paths 3 schemas 2 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
3.0
Base URL
https://api.hathora.dev
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Hathora ProcessesV3 API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (hathoraDevToken). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (playerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • hathoraDevToken — Organization developer/API token used for management endpoints (apps, builds, deployments, processes, rooms, logs, metrics, billing, tokens).
  • playerAuth — Short-lived player token issued by the AuthV1 login endpoints, used by game clients for room and lobby operations.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 2 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

ProcessesV3 4

Launch, inspect, and stop running game server processes.

GET
/processes/v3/{appId}/list/latest
Retrieve the latest process objects for an application.
GetLatestProcesses 1 param → 200
POST
/processes/v3/{appId}/create
Start a new process in a specific region.
CreateProcess 1 param body → 201
GET
/processes/v3/{appId}/info/{processId}
Get details for a process.
GetProcess 2 params → 200404
POST
/processes/v3/{appId}/stop/{processId}
Stop a running process.
StopProcess 2 params → 204

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Process (12 properties), ApiError (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Process
object
12 properties
Region
string
The region where a process, room, or lobby runs.
ApiError
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

hathora-processesv3-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Hathora publishes across the network.

Hathora AppsV2 API
Hathora AuthV1 API
Hathora BillingV1 API
Hathora BuildsV3 API
Hathora DeploymentsV3 API
Hathora DiscoveryV2 API
Hathora LogsV1 API
Hathora MetricsV1 API
Hathora RoomsV2 API
Hathora TokensV1 API