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Hetzner Load Balancers API

The Load Balancers API from Hetzner — 3 operation(s) for load balancers.

Hetzner Load Balancers API is one of 32 APIs that Hetzner publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 6 operations across 3 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1.

6 operations 3 paths 0 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Hetzner Load Balancers API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (APIToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 6

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Load Balancers 6
GET
/load_balancers
List Load Balancers
list_load_balancers 5 params → 2004xx5xx
POST
/load_balancers
Create a Load Balancer
create_load_balancer body → 2014xx5xx
GET
/load_balancers/{id}
Get a Load Balancer
get_load_balancer 1 param → 2004xx5xx
PUT
/load_balancers/{id}
Update a Load Balancer
update_load_balancer 1 param body → 2004xx5xx
DELETE
/load_balancers/{id}
Delete a Load Balancer
delete_load_balancer 1 param → 2044xx5xx
GET
/load_balancers/{id}/metrics
Get Metrics for a LoadBalancer
get_load_balancer_metrics 5 params → 2004xx5xx

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

hetzner-load-balancers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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