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Forward Networks

Forward Networks Network Collection API

Configure configuration and state collection from network devices

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Forward Networks Network Collection API is one of 20 APIs that Forward Networks publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 10 operations across 7 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 26.6.

Requests are made against a single base URL, /api.

10 operations 7 paths 8 schemas 1 DELETE4 GET4 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
26.6
Base URL
https://fwd.app/api
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Contact
support@forwardnetworks.com
License
MIT
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Forward Networks Network Collection API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (api_token).

Paths & Operations 10

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 4 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Network Collection 10

Configure configuration and state collection from network devices

POST
/collector-tasks
Add a collector task
addCollectorTask 2 params → 200
GET
/collector-tasks/{taskId}
Get a collector task
getCollectorTask 1 param → 200
POST
/networks/{networkId}/cancelcollection
Cancel an in-progress network collection
cancelCollect 1 param → 200
GET
/networks/{networkId}/collection-schedules
Get a network’s collection schedules
getCollectionSchedules 1 param → 200
POST
/networks/{networkId}/collection-schedules
Add a network collection schedule
addCollectionSchedule 1 param body → 200
GET
/networks/{networkId}/collection-schedules/{scheduleId}
Get a network collection schedule
getCollectionSchedule 2 params → 200
PUT
/networks/{networkId}/collection-schedules/{scheduleId}
Replace a network collection schedule
replaceCollectionSchedule 2 params body → 200
DELETE
/networks/{networkId}/collection-schedules/{scheduleId}
Delete a network collection schedule
deleteCollectionSchedule 2 params → 204
GET
/networks/{networkId}/collector/statusdeprecated
Get the status of a network’s collector
getCollectorState 1 param → 200
POST
/networks/{networkId}/startcollectiondeprecated
Trigger a network collection
collect 1 param → 200

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CollectorTask (13 properties), CollectionScheduleDefinition (7 properties), CollectorState (2 properties), CollectionSchedules (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TimeZone
string
CollectorStatus
string
CollectorState
object
2 properties 1 required
StartCollectionResponse
object
1 property
CollectionSchedules
object
1 property
CollectionScheduleDefinition
object
7 properties 2 required
CollectorTask
object
13 properties
CollectionSchedule

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

forward-networks-network-collection-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
forward-networks:forward-networks-network-collection-api
Base URL
https://fwd.app/api
Docs
https://docs.fwd.app/
Provider
Forward Networks
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