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Apache Airflow Connection API

The Connection API from Apache Airflow — 3 operation(s) for connection.

Apache Airflow Connection API is one of 19 APIs that Apache Airflow publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Connection. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and a changelog.

This API exposes 6 operations across 3 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 3.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: /api/v1, https://apache.local.

6 operations 3 paths 6 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 PATCH2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
3.0
Base URL
http://localhost:8080/api/v1
Authentication
HTTP Basic, OpenID Connect, HTTP Negotiate
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

Apache Airflow Connection API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (Basic). It supports OpenID Connect (GoogleOpenId) discovered at https://accounts.google.com/.well-known/openid-configuration. It uses HTTP negotiate authentication (Kerberos).

Paths & Operations 6

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Connection 6
GET
/connections
Apache Airflow List Connections
get_connections 3 params → 200401403
POST
/connections
Apache Airflow Create a Connection
post_connection body → 200400401403
POST
/connections/test
Apache Airflow Test a Connection
test_connection body → 200400401403404
DELETE
/connections/{connection_id}
Apache Airflow Delete a Connection
delete_connection 1 param → 204400401403404
GET
/connections/{connection_id}
Apache Airflow Get a Connection
get_connection 1 param → 200401403404
PATCH
/connections/{connection_id}
Apache Airflow Update a Connection
patch_connection 2 params body → 200400401403404

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ConnectionCollectionItem (7 properties), Error (5 properties), ConnectionTest (2 properties), CollectionInfo (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ConnectionCollectionItem
object
Connection collection item. The password and extra fields are only available when retrieving a single object due to the sensitivity of this data.
7 properties
CollectionInfo
object
Metadata about collection.
1 property
ConnectionCollection
object
Collection of connections. Changed in version 2.1.0: 'totalentries' field is added.
ConnectionTest
object
Connection test results. New in version 2.2.0
2 properties
Error
object
[RFC7807](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7807) compliant response.
5 properties 3 required
Connection
Full representation of the connection.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

apache-airflow-connection-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Apache Airflow publishes across the network.

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Apache Airflow DAG API
Apache Airflow DAGRun API
Apache Airflow DagWarning API
Apache Airflow Dataset API
Apache Airflow EventLog API
Apache Airflow ImportError API
Apache Airflow Monitoring API
Apache Airflow Permission API
Apache Airflow Plugin API
Apache Airflow Pool API
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