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Canonical Containers API

The containers API from Canonical — 6 operation(s) for containers.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Canonical Containers API is one of 122 APIs that Canonical publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Containers. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and release notes.

This API exposes 10 operations across 6 paths, and defines 15 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://api.snapcraft.io.

10 operations 6 paths 15 schemas 2 DELETE5 GET1 PATCH2 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.snapcraft.io
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 10

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 2 DELETE, 5 GET, 1 PATCH, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Containers 10
GET
/1.0/containers
Get a list of containers
containers_get 14 params → 200400404500
POST
/1.0/containers
Create a new container instance
containers_post body → 202400404500
DELETE
/1.0/containers
Delete multiple containers
containers_delete body → 202400404500
GET
/1.0/containers/{id}
Get information about a specific container instance
container_get 1 param → 200400404500
DELETE
/1.0/containers/{id}
Delete a specific container
container_delete 1 param body → 202400404500
PATCH
/1.0/containers/{id}
Update the state of a specific container instance
container_patch 1 param body → 202400404500
POST
/1.0/containers/{id}/exec
Execute a command in a container
container_exec_post 1 param body → 202400404500
GET
/1.0/containers/{id}/logs
Get a list of collected log files for the container
container_logs_get 1 param → 200400404500
GET
/1.0/containers/{id}/logs/{name}
Retrieve a specific log file stored for the container
container_logs_specific_get 2 params → 200400404500
GET
/1.0/containers?recursion=1
Get a list of containers
containers_get_recursion1 14 params → 200400404500

Schemas 15

The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Container (21 properties), ContainersPost (17 properties), Operation (12 properties), ContainerService (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

NetworkServiceSpec
object
NetworkServiceSpec is used to define the user defined network services that should be opened on a container
5 properties
ContainerType
string
Possible values are: regular, base, unknown
StatusCode
integer
StatusCode represents a valid REST operation
Operation
object
Operation represents a background operation
12 properties
ContainersDelete
object
ContainersDelete represents a list of containers to delete together
2 properties
ContainerStatus
integer
ContainerStatus represents the status a container can be in
NoMetaSyncResponse
object
Swagger Synchronous response without metadata field
4 properties
ContainerDelete
object
ContainerDelete describes a request used to delete a container
1 property
ContainerExecPost
object
ContainerExecPost represents an container execution request
5 properties
OperationResponse
object
Operation
5 properties
ContainerPatch
object
ContainerPatch describes the fields which can be changed for an existing container
1 property
NetworkProtocol
string
NetworkProtocol describes a specific network protocol like TCP or UDP a ContainerService can use
Container
object
Container represents a single container
21 properties
ContainersPost
object
ContainersPost represents the fields required to launch a new container for a specific application
17 properties
ContainerService
object
While NetworkServiceSpec defines what the user requests, ContainerService is what is actually opened on the container.
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

canonical-containers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Base URL
https://api.snapcraft.io
Docs
https://api.snapcraft.io/docs/
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