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Argo Applications API

Operations for creating, querying, syncing, and deleting Argo CD GitOps applications.

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Argo Applications API is one of 14 APIs that Argo publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 7 operations across 4 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v2.x.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://localhost/api/v1.

7 operations 4 paths 8 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET3 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v2.x
Base URL
https://localhost:2746/api/v1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Argo CD Community
License
Apache 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

  • bearerAuth — Bearer token obtained from the POST /session endpoint using username/password or from an external OIDC provider configured in Argo CD.

Paths & Operations 7

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 3 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Applications 7

Operations for creating, querying, syncing, and deleting Argo CD GitOps applications.

GET
/applications
Argo CD Argo List Applications
listApplications 4 params → 200401403
POST
/applications
Argo CD Argo Create an Application
createApplication 1 param body → 200400401403
GET
/applications/{name}
Argo CD Argo Get an Application
getApplication 2 params → 200401404
PUT
/applications/{name}
Argo CD Argo Update an Application
updateApplication 1 param body → 200400401404
DELETE
/applications/{name}
Argo CD Argo Delete an Application
deleteApplication 3 params → 200401404
POST
/applications/{name}/sync
Argo CD Argo Sync an Application
syncApplication 1 param body → 200401404
POST
/applications/{name}/rollback
Argo CD Argo Rollback an Application
rollbackApplication 1 param body → 200401404

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ApplicationSource (6 properties), SyncRequest (5 properties), ApplicationSpec (5 properties), Application (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Application
object
An Argo CD Application represents a deployed set of Kubernetes resources managed through GitOps.
5 properties
ApplicationSpec
object
Desired state specification for an Argo CD application.
5 properties 3 required
ApplicationList
object
A list of Argo CD applications.
1 property
SyncPolicy
object
Policy controlling how and when the application is synchronized.
3 properties
ApplicationSource
object
Git or Helm chart source for the application manifests.
6 properties 1 required
ApplicationDestination
object
Target Kubernetes cluster and namespace for application deployment.
3 properties
ApplicationStatus
object
Observed state and operational status of an Argo CD application.
3 properties
SyncRequest
object
Request body for triggering an application sync operation.
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

argo-applications-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
argo:argo-applications-api
Base URL
https://localhost:2746/api/v1
Docs
https://argo-workflows.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rest-api/
Provider
Argo
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