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Apicurio Metadata API

The Metadata API from Apicurio — 2 operation(s) for metadata.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Apicurio Metadata API is one of 23 APIs that Apicurio publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 operations across 2 paths, and defines 12 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 3.1.x.

Requests are made against a single base URL, http://localhost:8080/apis/registry/v3.

4 operations 2 paths 12 schemas 2 GET2 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
3.1.x
Server
http://localhost:8080/apis/registry/v3
Authentication
HTTP Basic, OAuth 2.0
Contact
Apicurio
License
Apache 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Apicurio Metadata API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (BasicAuth). It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 3 scopes.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 2 GET, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Metadata 4
GET
/groups/{groupId}/artifacts/{artifactId}/versions/{versionExpression}
Get artifact version metadata
getArtifactVersionMetaData 3 params → 200400404500401403
PUT
/groups/{groupId}/artifacts/{artifactId}/versions/{versionExpression}
Update artifact version metadata
updateArtifactVersionMetaData 3 params body → 204400404500401403
GET
/groups/{groupId}/artifacts/{artifactId}
Get artifact metadata
getArtifactMetaData 2 params → 200404500401403
PUT
/groups/{groupId}/artifacts/{artifactId}
Update artifact metadata
updateArtifactMetaData 2 params body → 204404500401403

Schemas 12

The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are VersionMetaData (14 properties), ArtifactMetaData (11 properties), ContractMetadata (10 properties), ProblemDetails (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ProblemDetails
object
All error responses, whether 4xx or 5xx will include one of these as the response body.
6 properties 2 required
ContractMetadata
object
Contract metadata for an artifact.
10 properties
ArtifactMetaData
object
11 properties 7 required
ArtifactType
string
EditableVersionMetaData
object
3 properties
GroupId
string
An ID of a single artifact group.
VersionMetaData
object
14 properties 7 required
VersionState
string
Describes the state of an artifact or artifact version. ENABLED DISABLED DEPRECATED DRAFT SUNSET — Signals that a migration deadline has passed and the version…
Version
string
A single version of an artifact. Can be provided by the client when creating a new version, or it can be server-generated. The value can be any string unique t…
EditableArtifactMetaData
object
4 properties
Labels
object
User-defined name-value pairs. Name and value must be strings.
ArtifactId
string
The ID of a single artifact.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

apicurio-metadata-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
apicurio:apicurio-metadata-api
Server
http://localhost:8080/apis/registry/v3
Docs
https://www.apicur.io/registry/
Provider
Apicurio
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