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Hugging Face

Hugging Face Endpoints API

Manage dedicated inference endpoints

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Hugging Face Endpoints API is one of 21 APIs that Hugging Face publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, rate-limit docs, and pricing.

This API exposes 10 operations across 7 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.endpoints.huggingface.cloud/v2.

10 operations 7 paths 5 schemas 1 DELETE4 GET4 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api-inference.huggingface.co
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Hugging Face Support
License
Apache 2.0
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Hugging Face Endpoints API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (HF Token) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Hugging Face user access token with Inference Endpoints permissions.

Paths & Operations 10

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 4 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Endpoints 10

Manage dedicated inference endpoints

GET
/endpoint/{namespace}
List All Endpoints
listEndpoints 1 param → 200401
POST
/endpoint/{namespace}
Create a New Endpoint
createEndpoint 1 param body → 201400401409
GET
/endpoint/{namespace}/{endpoint_name}
Get Endpoint Details
getEndpoint 2 params → 200404
PUT
/endpoint/{namespace}/{endpoint_name}
Update an Endpoint
updateEndpoint 2 params body → 200400404
DELETE
/endpoint/{namespace}/{endpoint_name}
Delete an Endpoint
deleteEndpoint 2 params → 200404
POST
/endpoint/{namespace}/{endpoint_name}/pause
Pause an Endpoint
pauseEndpoint 2 params → 200404
POST
/endpoint/{namespace}/{endpoint_name}/resume
Resume an Endpoint
resumeEndpoint 2 params → 200404
POST
/endpoint/{namespace}/{endpoint_name}/scale-to-zero
Scale Endpoint to Zero
scaleToZero 2 params → 200404
GET
/endpoint/{namespace}/{endpoint_name}/logs
Get Endpoint Logs
getEndpointLogs 2 params → 200404
GET
/endpoint/{namespace}/{endpoint_name}/metrics
Get Endpoint Metrics
getEndpointMetrics 2 params → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Endpoint (8 properties), CreateEndpointRequest (5 properties), EndpointMetrics (4 properties), UpdateEndpointRequest (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

UpdateEndpointRequest
object
3 properties
Error
object
2 properties
CreateEndpointRequest
object
5 properties 5 required
Endpoint
object
8 properties
EndpointMetrics
object
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

hugging-face-endpoints-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
hugging-face:hugging-face-endpoints-api
Base URL
https://api-inference.huggingface.co
Docs
https://huggingface.co/docs/api-inference/index
Provider
Hugging Face
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