layout	api-command
language	Python
permalink	api/python/server/
command	server

Command syntax

{% apibody %} conn.server() {% endapibody %}

Description

Return information about the server being used by a connection.

The server command returns either two or three fields:

• id: the UUID of the server the client is connected to.
• proxy: a boolean indicating whether the server is a RethinkDB proxy node.
• name: the server name. If proxy is True, this field will not be returned.

Example: Return server information.

> conn.server()

{
    "id": "404bef53-4b2c-433f-9184-bc3f7bda4a15",
    "name": "amadeus",
    "proxy": False
}