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F5 Networks Pool Members API

Manage individual members within a pool, including their health status, session state, and load balancing weight.

F5 Networks Pool Members 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 Pool Members. 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 Pool Members 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.

Pool Members 6

Manage individual members within a pool, including their health status, session state, and load balancing weight.

GET
/ltm/pool/{poolName}/members
List Pool Members
listPoolMembers 3 params → 200401404500
POST
/ltm/pool/{poolName}/members
Add a Pool Member
addPoolMember 1 param body → 200400401404409500
GET
/ltm/pool/{poolName}/members/{memberName}
Get a Pool Member
getPoolMember 2 params → 200401404500
PUT
/ltm/pool/{poolName}/members/{memberName}
Update a Pool Member
updatePoolMember 2 params body → 200400401404500
PATCH
/ltm/pool/{poolName}/members/{memberName}
Patch a Pool Member
patchPoolMember 2 params body → 200400401404500
DELETE
/ltm/pool/{poolName}/members/{memberName}
Delete a Pool Member
deletePoolMember 2 params → 200401404500

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PoolMember (19 properties), PoolMemberCreate (10 properties), PoolMemberUpdate (8 properties), ErrorResponse (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ErrorResponse
object
Standard error response from the iControl REST API.
4 properties
PoolMemberCreate
object
Request body for adding a new pool member.
10 properties 1 required
PoolMember
object
A pool member resource representing an individual backend server within a pool, identified by address and port.
19 properties
PoolMemberUpdate
object
Request body for updating a pool member.
8 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

f5-networks-pool-members-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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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
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F5 Networks Pools API
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