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Ubuntu Hardware API (hwapi)

The Ubuntu hardware certification API. Given a machine's hardware identifiers it reports whether that configuration is certified for Ubuntu and on which releases. Serves its own OpenAPI 3.1.0 contract at https://hw.ubuntu.com/openapi.json.

Ubuntu Hardware API (hwapi) is one of 22 APIs that Canonical publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Hardware and Certification. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, organized into 2 resource areas, and defines 21 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://hw.ubuntu.com.

2 operations 2 paths 21 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://hw.ubuntu.com
Resource Areas
2

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. They span 2 resource areas: certification, Operations. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

certification 1
POST
/v1/certification/status
Check Certification
check_certification_v1_certification_status_post body → 200422
Operations 1
GET
/
Root
root__get → 200

Schemas 21

The contract defines 21 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are RelatedCertifiedSystemExistsResponse (14 properties), CertificationStatusRequest (10 properties), CertifiedImageExistsResponse (7 properties), CertifiedResponse (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AudioValidator
object
Validator model for audio devices
3 properties 3 required
BiosValidator
object
5 properties 5 required
BoardValidator
object
3 properties 3 required
CertificationStatusRequest
object
Request body validator for status check endpoint
10 properties 6 required
CertifiedImageExistsResponse
object
7 properties 5 required
CertifiedResponse
object
7 properties 5 required
ChassisValidator
object
4 properties 4 required
DeviceStatus
string
GPUValidator
object
5 properties 3 required
HTTPValidationError
object
1 property
KernelPackageValidator
object
4 properties 3 required
NetworkAdapterValidator
object
Validator for ethernet network adapters
5 properties 5 required
NotCertifiedResponse
object
1 property
OSValidator
object
4 properties 4 required
PCIPeripheralValidator
object
4 properties 3 required
ProcessorValidator
object
4 properties 4 required
RelatedCertifiedSystemExistsResponse
object
14 properties 5 required
USBPeripheralValidator
object
4 properties 3 required
ValidationError
object
5 properties 3 required
VideoCaptureValidator
object
Validator model for video capture devices
4 properties 3 required
WirelessAdapterValidator
object
Validator model for wireless network adapters
4 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

canonical-hardware-api-openapi.json Raw ↑

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