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International Business Machines Instances API

Manage virtual server instances.

International Business Machines Instances API is one of 22 APIs that International Business Machines publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 8 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Instances. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 8 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://us-south.iaas.cloud.ibm.com, https://eu-de.iaas.cloud.ibm.com.

2 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.0.0
Servers
https://us-south.iaas.cloud.ibm.com
https://eu-de.iaas.cloud.ibm.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

International Business Machines Instances API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (IAM Token) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 2

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

Instances 2

Manage virtual server instances.

GET
/v1/instances
International Business Machines List instances
listInstances 2 params → 200
POST
/v1/instances
International Business Machines Create an instance
createInstance 2 params body → 201

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is CreateInstanceRequest (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CreateInstanceRequest
object
7 properties 6 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

international-business-machines-instances-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs International Business Machines publishes across the network.

International Business Machines Analyze API
International Business Machines Buckets API
International Business Machines Clusters API
International Business Machines Custom Language Models API
International Business Machines Embeddings API
International Business Machines Environments API
International Business Machines Messages API
International Business Machines Models API
International Business Machines Objects API
International Business Machines Pronunciation API
International Business Machines Recognition API
International Business Machines Security Groups API
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