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Ambassador Mappings API

Manage Mapping resources that associate URL prefixes or paths with backend services. Mappings are the core routing mechanism in Ambassador.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Ambassador Mappings API is one of 11 APIs that Ambassador publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Mappings. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, and a GitHub repository.

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 3.x.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://{ambassador-host}:8877, https://{ambassador-host}/edge_stack/api.

5 operations 2 paths 9 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
3.x
Servers
https://{ambassador-host}:8877
https://{ambassador-host}/edge_stack/api
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Ambassador Labs
License
Apache 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Ambassador Mappings API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Bearer token authentication. Tokens are managed through the Ambassador Edge Stack management interface or Kubernetes service account tokens.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Mappings 5

Manage Mapping resources that associate URL prefixes or paths with backend services. Mappings are the core routing mechanism in Ambassador.

GET
/apis/getambassador.io/v3alpha1/namespaces/{namespace}/mappings
Ambassador List All Mappings in a Namespace
listMappings 4 params → 200401403
POST
/apis/getambassador.io/v3alpha1/namespaces/{namespace}/mappings
Ambassador Create a New Mapping
createMapping 1 param body → 201400401409
GET
/apis/getambassador.io/v3alpha1/namespaces/{namespace}/mappings/{name}
Ambassador Get a Specific Mapping
getMapping 2 params → 200401404
PUT
/apis/getambassador.io/v3alpha1/namespaces/{namespace}/mappings/{name}
Ambassador Update a Mapping
updateMapping 2 params body → 200400401404
DELETE
/apis/getambassador.io/v3alpha1/namespaces/{namespace}/mappings/{name}
Ambassador Delete a Mapping
deleteMapping 2 params → 200401404

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are MappingSpec (32 properties), ObjectMeta (8 properties), CORSPolicy (6 properties), Mapping (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CircuitBreaker
object
Circuit breaker configuration for an upstream cluster
5 properties
MappingStatus
object
Status information for a Mapping resource
2 properties
MappingSpec
object
Specification for an Ambassador Mapping
32 properties 3 required
MappingList
object
List of Mapping resources
4 properties
Mapping
object
An Ambassador Mapping resource that associates a URL prefix or path with a backend service. Mappings are the primary mechanism for configuring routing in Ambas…
5 properties 4 required
RetryPolicy
object
Retry configuration for failed requests
3 properties
CORSPolicy
object
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing configuration
6 properties
LoadBalancer
object
Load balancing configuration for an upstream cluster
4 properties
ObjectMeta
object
Standard Kubernetes object metadata
8 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ambassador-mappings-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
ambassador:ambassador-mappings-api
Server
https://{ambassador-host}:8877
Docs
https://www.getambassador.io/
Provider
Ambassador
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