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Cortex Catalog API

Software catalog entities - services, resources, domains, and custom types.

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Cortex Catalog API is one of 9 APIs that Cortex publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 11 operations across 8 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

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

11 operations 8 paths 4 schemas 2 DELETE5 GET1 PATCH1 POST2 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.getcortexapp.com/api/v1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Cortex
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

  • bearerAuth — API key created in the Settings page of your Cortex workspace, passed as Authorization: Bearer .

Paths & Operations 11

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 2 DELETE, 5 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Catalog 11

Software catalog entities - services, resources, domains, and custom types.

GET
/catalog
List catalog entities
listCatalogEntities 3 params → 200401
DELETE
/catalog
Delete entities by type
deleteCatalogEntitiesByType 1 param → 200401
GET
/catalog/descriptors
List entity descriptors
listEntityDescriptors → 200401
GET
/catalog/{tagOrId}
Retrieve entity details
getCatalogEntity 1 param → 200401404
DELETE
/catalog/{tagOrId}
Delete an entity
deleteCatalogEntity 1 param → 200401
GET
/catalog/{tagOrId}/openapi
Retrieve entity descriptor
getEntityDescriptor 1 param → 200401
PUT
/catalog/{tagOrId}/archive
Archive an entity
archiveEntity 1 param → 200401
PUT
/catalog/{tagOrId}/unarchive
Unarchive an entity
unarchiveEntity 1 param → 200401
GET
/catalog/{tagOrId}/gitops-logs
Retrieve GitOps logs
getGitopsLogs 1 param → 200401
POST
/open-api
Create or update an entity (upsert)
upsertEntity body → 200401
PATCH
/open-api
Create or patch an entity (merge)
patchEntity body → 200401

Schemas 4

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

Error
object
2 properties
EntityList
object
3 properties
Entity
object
A catalog entity. Modeled/simplified - verify fields against Cortex docs.
7 properties
EntityDescriptor
object
An entity descriptor (x-cortex- YAML/JSON) submitted to create or update an entity. Modeled - see Cortex descriptor reference for full schema.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cortex-idp-catalog-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
cortex-idp:cortex-idp-catalog-api
Base URL
https://api.getcortexapp.com/api/v1
Docs
https://docs.cortex.io/api/readme/catalog-entities
Provider
Cortex
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