---
title: "List Topics for a Kafka Cluster"
method: GET
path: "/v2/databases/{database_cluster_uuid}/topics"
tags: ["DigitalOcean-public.v2-new_Databases"]
---

# List Topics for a Kafka Cluster

`GET /v2/databases/{database_cluster_uuid}/topics`

To list all of a Kafka cluster's topics, send a GET request to
`/v2/databases/$DATABASE_ID/topics`.

The result will be a JSON object with a `topics` key.

## Path parameters

- `database_cluster_uuid` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

A JSON object with a key of `topics`.

- object
  - `topics` KafkaTopic[]
    - `name` string — The name of the Kafka topic.
    - `replication_factor` integer — The number of nodes to replicate data across the cluster.
    - `partition_count` integer — The number of partitions available for the topic. On update, this value can only be increased.
    - `state` 'active' | 'configuring' | 'deleting' | 'unknown' — The state of the Kafka topic.

## Other responses

- `401` — Authentication failed due to invalid credentials.
- `404` — The resource was not found.
- `429` — The API rate limit has been exceeded.
- `500` — There was a server error.
- `default` — There was an unexpected error.

## Changes

- **2025-10-16** `cb3bf9b21459` — 2 info
  - api tag `DigitalOcean-public.v2-new_Databases` added
  - api tag `Databases` removed
- **2025-07-18** `f8e8c290636c` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-07-17** `5fc9af728e82` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2025-07-17** `f8e8c290636c` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/digitalocean/apis/digitalocean-api/changes/v2/databases/:database_cluster_uuid/topics/get.md)

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