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DataStax PCU API

Use the DevOps API to manage provisioned capacity units for eligible organizations and databases.

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DataStax PCU API is one of 17 APIs that DataStax publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include PCU. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 12 operations across 10 paths, and defines 11 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 2.3.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.astra.datastax.com/.

12 operations 10 paths 11 schemas 2 DELETE2 GET7 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
2.3.0
Base URL
https://api.astra.datastax.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
ad-astra@datastax.com
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

  • BearerAuth — An application token must be passed in header in order to access the API. https://docs.datastax.com/en/astra-db-serverless/administration/manage-application-to…

Paths & Operations 12

Across 10 paths, the API surfaces 12 operations — 2 DELETE, 2 GET, 7 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

PCU 12

Use the DevOps API to manage provisioned capacity units for eligible organizations and databases.

POST
/v2/pcus/actions/get
Gets the PCU groups
pcuGet body → 2004005XX
POST
/v2/pcus/types
Gets the PCU Types
pcuGetTypes body → 2004005XX
GET
/v2/pcus/actions/get/{datacenterUUID}
Gets the PCU Group that contains the Datacenter UUID
pcuGroupGetByDatacenterUUID 1 param → 2004005XX
DELETE
/v2/pcus/{pcuGroupUUID}
Deletes a PCU Group
pcuDelete 1 param → 2004005XX
POST
/v2/pcus
Creates a PCU group
pcuCreate body → 2014005XX
PUT
/v2/pcus
Updates one or more PCU groups
pcuUpdate body → 2004005XX
GET
/v2/pcus/association/{pcuGroupUUID}
Gets a PCU group UUID returns all associated datacenters and their status
pcuAssociationGet 1 param → 2004005XX
POST
/v2/pcus/association/transfer
Transfers a PCU group association
pcuAssociationTransfer body → 2024005XX
POST
/v2/pcus/association/{pcuGroupUUID}/{datacenterUUID}
Creates a PCU group association
pcuAssociationCreate 2 params → 2014005XX
DELETE
/v2/pcus/association/{pcuGroupUUID}/{datacenterUUID}
Deletes a PCU group association
pcuAssociationDelete 2 params → 2004005XX
POST
/v2/pcus/park/{pcuGroupUUID}
Parks a PCU group
pcuGroupPark 1 param → 2004005XX
POST
/v2/pcus/unpark/{pcuGroupUUID}
Unparks a PCU group
pcuGroupUnpark 1 param → 2004005XX

Schemas 11

The contract defines 11 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PCUGroup (17 properties), PCUGroupCreateRequest (10 properties), PCUGroupUpdateRequest (8 properties), PCUAssociation (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PCUGroupUpdateRequest
object
PCU Group Update Request Model
8 properties
PCUGroupTypesRequest
object
This object is used to fetch the types available for PCU Group
2 properties
PCUAssociation
object
PCUAssociation information
7 properties
PCUGroup
object
PCU Group Model
17 properties
PCUGroupGetRequest
object
PCU groups to get
1 property
Error
object
ModelError information that is returned to users
2 properties 2 required
PCUGroupTypeResponse
object
This object is used for the response of the PCU Group types request
4 properties
PCUAssociationTransferRequest
object
PCU association transfer
3 properties
Errors
object
Errors is a collection of individual Error objects
1 property 1 required
PCUGroupCreateRequest
object
PCU Group Create Request Model
10 properties
PCUGroupTypeDetails
object
This object holds the details regarding the PCU Type
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

datastax-pcu-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
datastax:datastax-pcu-api
Base URL
https://api.astra.datastax.com
Docs
https://docs.datastax.com/en/astra-db-serverless/api-reference/devops-api.html
Provider
DataStax
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