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Calico HostEndpoint API

The HostEndpoint API from Calico — 2 operation(s) for hostendpoint.

Calico HostEndpoint API is one of 10 APIs that Calico publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 4 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{kube_apiserver_host}/apis/projectcalico.org/v3.

4 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3.0.0
Server
https://{kube_apiserver_host}/apis/projectcalico.org/v3
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Calico HostEndpoint API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (BearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • BearerAuth — Kubernetes service account bearer token.

Paths & Operations 4

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

HostEndpoint 4
GET
/hostendpoints
List HostEndpoint
listHostEndpoint → 200
POST
/hostendpoints
Create HostEndpoint
createHostEndpoint body → 201
GET
/hostendpoints/{name}
Read HostEndpoint
readHostEndpoint 1 param → 200
DELETE
/hostendpoints/{name}
Delete HostEndpoint
deleteHostEndpoint 1 param → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ObjectMeta (7 properties), Status (6 properties), HostEndpointSpec (5 properties), HostEndpoint (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

HostEndpointSpec
object
5 properties
ObjectMeta
object
7 properties
HostEndpoint
object
4 properties 4 required
Status
object
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

calico-hostendpoint-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Calico publishes across the network.

Calico Client API
calicoctl CLI
Calico Kubernetes CRDs
Calico BGPConfiguration API
Calico BGPPeer API
Calico GlobalNetworkPolicy API
Calico IPPool API
Calico NetworkPolicy API
Calico Profile API