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CircleCI Context API

Endpoints for managing contexts, which are used to secure and share environment variables across projects.

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CircleCI Context API is one of 18 APIs that CircleCI publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Context. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 7 operations across 4 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://circleci.com/api/v1.1.

7 operations 4 paths 7 schemas 2 DELETE3 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.1
Base URL
https://circleci.com/api/v2
Authentication
API Key
Contact
CircleCI Support
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

CircleCI Context API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Circle-Token (apiToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiToken — Personal API token for authenticating with the CircleCI API. Can also be passed as a query parameter.

Paths & Operations 7

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

Context 7

Endpoints for managing contexts, which are used to secure and share environment variables across projects.

GET
/context
List contexts
listContexts 4 params → 200401
POST
/context
Create a context
createContext body → 200400401
GET
/context/{context-id}
Get a context
getContext 1 param → 200401404
DELETE
/context/{context-id}
Delete a context
deleteContext 1 param → 200401404
GET
/context/{context-id}/environment-variable
List environment variables in a context
listContextEnvironmentVariables 2 params → 200401
PUT
/context/{context-id}/environment-variable/{env-var-name}
Add or update an environment variable
addOrUpdateContextEnvironmentVariable 2 params body → 200401
DELETE
/context/{context-id}/environment-variable/{env-var-name}
Remove an environment variable
deleteContextEnvironmentVariable 2 params → 200401

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are EnvironmentVariable (4 properties), Context (3 properties), CreateContextRequest (2 properties), EnvironmentVariableList (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Context
object
3 properties
ContextList
object
2 properties
EnvironmentVariableList
object
2 properties
EnvironmentVariable
object
4 properties
MessageResponse
object
1 property
ErrorResponse
object
1 property
CreateContextRequest
object
2 properties 2 required

Specification

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Source

circleci-context-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
circleci:circleci-context-api
Base URL
https://circleci.com/api/v2
Docs
https://circleci.com/docs/api/v2/
Provider
CircleCI
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