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F5 Networks Nodes API

Manage nodes representing individual backend servers by IP address or FQDN.

F5 Networks Nodes API is one of 14 APIs that F5 Networks publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Nodes. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, authentication docs, an API reference, a getting-started guide, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 6 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 15.1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{bigip_host}/mgmt/tm.

6 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 PATCH1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
15.1.0
Base URL
https://{{bigip_host}}/mgmt/tm
Authentication
HTTP Basic, API Key
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

F5 Networks Nodes API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). An API key is passed in the header as X-F5-Auth-Token (tokenAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic authentication using BIG-IP admin credentials. The username and password are sent base64-encoded in the Authorization header.
  • tokenAuth — Token-based authentication. Obtain a token by POSTing credentials to /mgmt/shared/authn/login, then pass the token value in the X-F5-Auth-Token header for subs…

Paths & Operations 6

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

Nodes 6

Manage nodes representing individual backend servers by IP address or FQDN.

GET
/ltm/node
List All Nodes
listNodes 4 params → 200401500
POST
/ltm/node
Create a Node
createNode body → 200400401409500
GET
/ltm/node/{nodeName}
Get a Node
getNode 1 param → 200401404500
PUT
/ltm/node/{nodeName}
Update a Node
updateNode 1 param body → 200400401404500
PATCH
/ltm/node/{nodeName}
Patch a Node
patchNode 1 param body → 200400401404500
DELETE
/ltm/node/{nodeName}
Delete a Node
deleteNode 1 param → 200401404500

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Node (18 properties), NodeCreate (9 properties), NodeUpdate (8 properties), ErrorResponse (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

NodeCreate
object
Request body for creating a new node.
9 properties 1 required
NodeUpdate
object
Request body for updating a node.
8 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Standard error response from the iControl REST API.
4 properties
Node
object
A node resource representing an individual backend server by its IP address or FQDN. Nodes are automatically created when pool members are added, or can be cre…
18 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

f5-networks-nodes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs F5 Networks publishes across the network.

F5 NGINX Management Suite API
F5 Essential App Protect API
F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management API
F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension API
F5 Declarative Onboarding API
F5 Telemetry Streaming API
F5 NGINX Plus API
F5 NGINX One Console API
F5 NGINX Ingress Controller API
F5 Networks Pool Members API
F5 Networks Pools API
F5 Networks Profiles API
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