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# Peer info

```http theme={null}
GET /api/v1/peers/info/{peer_name}
```

This endpoint is used to get information about a peer.
A peer represents a data store. Sensitive information such as passwords are not returned.

### Request Fields

<ParamField path="peer_name" type="string" required>
  Describe a peer by its peer name.
</ParamField>

### Response Fields

<ParamField path="peer" type="object">
  The description of the peer object. To see the fields of the peer object, refer to the [Create Peer](/peerdb-api/endpoints/create-peer/overview) endpoint.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="version" type="string">
  This is the version of the peer. Currently returned for Postgres and ClickHouse peers.
</ParamField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash Get a peer theme={null}
  curl --request GET \
    --url http://localhost:3000/api/v1/peers/info/my_postgres_peer \
    --header 'Authorization: Basic OmJsYWNrU3dhbjEyMw==' \
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json theme={null}
  {
  	"peer": {
  		"name": "my_postgres_peer",
  		"type": "POSTGRES",
  		"postgresConfig": {
  			"host": "my_postgres_peer.rpolkfgn.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com",
  			"port": 5432,
  			"user": "postgres",
  			"password": "********",
  			"database": "postgres"
  		}
  	},
  	"version": "PostgreSQL 16.3 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 7.3.1 20180712 (Red Hat 7.3.1-12), 64-bit"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>