# Rhino Compute API docs URL is dead

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-compute-api-docs-url-is-dead/191444>\
**Category:** compute.rhino3d\
**Tags:** documentation\
**Created:** [September 18, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-compute-api-docs-url-is-dead/191444 "2024-09-18T16:09:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![smola](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/smola/32/608385_2.png) [@smola](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/smola)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-compute-api-docs-url-is-dead/191444/1 "2024-09-18T16:09:28Z")

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Rhino Compute documentation links from a few places to [https://compute.rhino3d.com/sdk](https://compute.rhino3d.com/sdk)  
but this URL returns:

{  
“message”: “This server has been turned off”,  
“documentation\_url”: “[Rhino - Compute Guides](https://developer.rhino3d.com/guides/compute/)”  
}

Is this expected to be fixed? Thank you!

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**Author:** ![AndyPayne](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/andypayne/32/611612_2.png) [@AndyPayne](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/AndyPayne)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-compute-api-docs-url-is-dead/191444/3 "2024-09-19T15:50:29Z")

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Yes. This is expected. You will need to run your own instance of Rhino.Compute and then hit the `/sdk` endpoint that way. The easiest way to start is to download the Hops plugin from the Package Manager. When you do this, an instance of Rhino.Compute will be automatically started in the background each time you start Grasshopper.  
You may want to go into the Grasshopper-\>Preferences-\>Solver section and uncheck the the toggle which says to Hide the Rhino.Compute Window. After you restart Rhino/Grasshopper, you should see a new application in your taskbar that is the Rhino.Compute instance running at [http://localhost:6500](http://localhost:6500). So you could then open a browser and type in [http://localhost:6500/sdk](http://localhost:6500/sdk) and it should return the relevant information you’re looking for.

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