Gitea admin API
The admin API from Gitea — 22 operation(s) for admin.
Gitea admin API is one of 13 APIs that Gitea publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 32 JSON Schema definitions.
Tagged areas include Admin. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, code examples, and 32 JSON Schemas.
This API exposes 32 operations across 22 paths, and defines 33 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 1.27.0+dev-89-gf52b6f3315.
Requests are made against the base URL https://gitea.com/api/v1.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 7
Gitea admin API declares
7 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the query as access_token (AccessToken).
An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (AuthorizationHeaderToken).
It defines a basic scheme (BasicAuth).
An API key is passed in the header as Sudo (SudoHeader).
An API key is passed in the query as sudo (SudoParam).
An API key is passed in the header as X-GITEA-OTP (TOTPHeader).
An API key is passed in the query as token (Token).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
AccessToken— This authentication option is deprecated for removal in Gitea 1.23. Please use AuthorizationHeaderToken instead.AuthorizationHeaderToken— API tokens must be prepended with "token" followed by a space.SudoHeader— Sudo API request as the user provided as the key. Admin privileges are required.SudoParam— Sudo API request as the user provided as the key. Admin privileges are required.TOTPHeader— Must be used in combination with BasicAuth if two-factor authentication is enabled.Token— This authentication option is deprecated for removal in Gitea 1.23. Please use AuthorizationHeaderToken instead.
Paths & Operations 32
Across 22 paths, the API surfaces 32 operations — 6 DELETE, 13 GET, 3 PATCH, 10 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Schemas 33
The contract defines 33 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Repository (67 properties), User (22 properties), ActionWorkflowRun (19 properties), EditUserOption (18 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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