Backstage Notifications API
The Backstage Notifications API delivers user- and group-addressed notifications inside a Backstage portal. Plugins create notifications with a topic, severity and link; users list, read, mark and save them, manage per-topic delivery settings, and query unread status. It is served by @backstage/plugin-notifications-backend on the operator's own Backstage backend at /api/notifications, and the OpenAPI below is published first-party in the Backstage monorepo.
Backstage Notifications API is one of 15 APIs that Backstage publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Notifications and Developer Portal. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.
This API exposes 12 operations across 9 paths, and defines 17 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.
Requests are made against a single base URL, /.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Backstage Notifications API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (JWT).
Paths & Operations 12
Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 12 operations — 7 GET, 5 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Schemas 17
The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Notification (8 properties), NotificationPayload (8 properties), NotificationResponsePayload (8 properties), Error (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
More from Backstage 12
Other APIs Backstage publishes across the network.
This is an independent, third-party profile of Backstage Notifications API, published by API Evangelist. We do not operate, host, resell, or support these APIs, and we are not affiliated with or endorsed by the company unless stated above. Everything here is built from publicly available information — the company's own site, developer portal, documentation, public repositories, and the specifications it publishes for public use. Nothing is obtained by breaching a system, defeating an access control, or using credentials.
The Kin Score and Agent Readiness rating are independently calculated assessments of a company's public API artifacts, scored against a published rubric. They are not certifications, endorsements, security assessments, or audits.
Corrections, re-scores, and removal are free — no partnership or purchase required, and you do not need to justify the request. A removed company is recorded as unrated, never scored zero for having asked. Acknowledgement within one business day; removal within two.
info@apievangelist.com
·
Read the full data-sourcing policy →
On a security or compliance team? Put security in the subject line and
you will get a person, not a form — we will tell you exactly which public URLs this profile was built from.