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HashiCorp Vault Identity API

Identity secrets engine

HashiCorp Vault Identity API is one of 9 APIs that HashiCorp Vault publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Identity. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 4 operations across 2 paths, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.15.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1, https://{vault_host}:{port}/v1.

4 operations 2 paths 1 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.15.0
Base URL
https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1
Authentication
API Key
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

HashiCorp Vault Identity API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-Vault-Token (VaultToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • VaultToken — Vault client token

Paths & Operations 4

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Identity 4

Identity secrets engine

POST
/identity/entity
Create an identity entity
createEntity body → 200
GET
/identity/entity/id/{id}
Read an entity by ID
getEntity 1 param → 200
POST
/identity/entity/id/{id}
Update an entity
updateEntity 1 param body → 200
DELETE
/identity/entity/id/{id}
Delete an entity
deleteEntity 1 param → 204

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is VaultResponse (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

VaultResponse
object
8 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

hashicorp-vault-identity-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs HashiCorp Vault publishes across the network.

HashiCorp Vault Auth - AppRole API
HashiCorp Vault Auth - Token API
HashiCorp Vault Auth - Userpass API
HashiCorp Vault Leases API
HashiCorp Vault Policy API
HashiCorp Vault Secrets - KV v2 API
HashiCorp Vault Secrets - Transit API
HashiCorp Vault System API