Restart Node.js application

Restarts the Node.js server process for the website.

Restart Node.js application

post

Restarts the Node.js server process for the website. Does not rebuild or redeploy the application. Use it to apply environment or configuration changes, or to recover a hung application.

Only applicable to server-side applications (Express, Next.js, NestJS, etc.). Static front-end apps (React, Vue, Vite) have no persistent server process, so restarting them has no effect. Returns success even when the website has no server process to restart.

Authorizations

AuthorizationstringRequired

API Token authentication

Path parameters

usernamestringRequiredExample: u123456789

domainstringRequired

Domain name

Example: mydomain.tld

Responses

200

Success empty response

application/json

messagestringOptionalExample: Request accepted

401

Unauthenticated response

application/json

500

Error response

application/json

post/api/hosting/v1/accounts/{username}/websites/{domain}/nodejs/server/restart

POST /api/hosting/v1/accounts/{username}/websites/{domain}/nodejs/server/restart HTTP/1.1
Host: developers.hostinger.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

{
  "message": "Request accepted"
}