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Authentik

Authentik Admin API

Instance administration — installed apps, models, version, system information, workers and the file storage backend.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Authentik Admin API is one of 27 APIs that Authentik publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include admin. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and a GitHub repository.

This API exposes 14 operations across 9 paths, and defines 15 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2026.11.0-rc1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, /api/v3.

14 operations 9 paths 15 schemas 1 DELETE9 GET1 PATCH2 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2026.11.0-rc1
Base URL
https://{authentik_host}/api/v3
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, HTTP Bearer+Agent, HTTP Bearer, HTTP Bearer
Contact
hello@goauthentik.io
License
MIT
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 4

Authentik Admin API declares 4 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (authentik). It uses HTTP bearer+agent authentication (authentik_device_auth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (authentik_device_enroll). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (authentik_device_federation).

Paths & Operations 14

Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 14 operations — 1 DELETE, 9 GET, 1 PATCH, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

admin 14
GET
/admin/apps/
Read-only view list all installed apps
admin_apps_list → 200400403
GET
/admin/file/
List files from storage backend.
admin_file_list 3 params → 200400403
POST
/admin/file/
Upload file to storage backend.
admin_file_create body → 200400403
DELETE
/admin/file/
Delete file from storage backend.
admin_file_destroy 2 params → 200400403
GET
/admin/file/used_by/
admin_file_used_by_list 1 param → 200400403
GET
/admin/models/
Read-only view list all installed models
admin_models_list 1 param → 200400403
GET
/admin/settings/
Settings view
admin_settings_retrieve → 200400403
PUT
/admin/settings/
Settings view
admin_settings_update body → 200400403
PATCH
/admin/settings/
Settings view
admin_settings_partial_update body → 200400403
GET
/admin/system/
Get system information.
admin_system_retrieve → 200400403
POST
/admin/system/
Get system information.
admin_system_create → 200400403
GET
/admin/version/
Get running and latest version.
admin_version_retrieve → 200400403
GET
/admin/version/history/
VersionHistory Viewset
admin_version_history_list 4 params → 200400403
GET
/admin/version/history/{id}/
VersionHistory Viewset
admin_version_history_retrieve 1 param → 200400403

Schemas 15

The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SettingsRequest (17 properties), PatchedSettingsRequest (17 properties), Settings (17 properties), SystemInfo (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SettingsRequest
object
Settings Serializer
17 properties 1 required
App
object
Serialize Application info
2 properties 2 required
UsageEnum
string
ThemedUrls
object
Themed URLs - maps theme names to URLs for light and dark themes
2 properties
FileList
object
Base serializer class which doesn't implement create/update methods
4 properties 3 required
ValidationError
object
Validation Error
2 properties
UsedByActionEnum
string
Version
object
Get running and latest version.
6 properties 6 required
PatchedSettingsRequest
object
Settings Serializer
17 properties
VersionHistory
object
VersionHistory Serializer
4 properties 4 required
GenericError
object
Generic API Error
2 properties 1 required
SystemInfo
object
Get system information.
9 properties 9 required
FileUploadRequest
object
Base serializer class which doesn't implement create/update methods
3 properties 1 required
UsedBy
object
A list of all objects referencing the queried object
5 properties 5 required
Settings
object
Settings Serializer
17 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

authentik-admin-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
authentik:authentik-admin-api
Base URL
https://{authentik_host}/api/v3
Docs
https://api.goauthentik.io/
Provider
Authentik
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