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Heroku Apps API

Application management

Heroku Apps API is one of 14 APIs that Heroku publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

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

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.heroku.com.

5 operations 2 paths 1 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 PATCH1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3
Base URL
https://api.heroku.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Heroku Apps API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • BearerAuth — Heroku API key or OAuth token

Paths & Operations 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Apps 5

Application management

GET
/apps
List apps
listApps 1 param → 200206
POST
/apps
Create an app
createApp body → 201422
GET
/apps/{app_id_or_name}
Get app info
getApp 1 param → 200404
PATCH
/apps/{app_id_or_name}
Update an app
updateApp 1 param body → 200
DELETE
/apps/{app_id_or_name}
Delete an app
deleteApp 1 param → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is App (20 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

App
object
20 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

heroku-apps-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Heroku publishes across the network.

Heroku Account API
Heroku Add-ons API
Heroku Builds API
Heroku Collaborators API
Heroku Config Vars API
Heroku Domains API
Heroku Dynos API
Heroku Formation API
Heroku Log Sessions API
Heroku Pipelines API
Heroku Regions API
Heroku Releases API