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Kgateway AIBackend API

Configure AI backend providers with support for LLM providers such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, and Gemini. Specify provider configuration and priority groups for AI routing.

Kgateway AIBackend API is one of 7 APIs that Kgateway publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 7 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include AIBackend. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 7 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{kubernetes-api-server}/apis/gateway.kgateway.dev/v1alpha1.

5 operations 2 paths 3 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2.1.0
Base URL
https://kubernetes.default.svc/apis/gateway.kgateway.dev/v1alpha1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

  • BearerAuth — Kubernetes API bearer token authentication. Use a service account token or kubeconfig token.

Paths & Operations 5

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

AIBackend 5

Configure AI backend providers with support for LLM providers such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, and Gemini. Specify provider configuration and priority groups for AI routing.

GET
/namespaces/{namespace}/aibackends
Kgateway List AIBackend resources
listAIBackends 4 params → 200401
POST
/namespaces/{namespace}/aibackends
Kgateway Create an AIBackend
createAIBackend 1 param body → 201401409
GET
/namespaces/{namespace}/aibackends/{name}
Kgateway Get an AIBackend
getAIBackend 2 params → 200401404
PUT
/namespaces/{namespace}/aibackends/{name}
Kgateway Replace an AIBackend
replaceAIBackend 2 params body → 200401404
DELETE
/namespaces/{namespace}/aibackends/{name}
Kgateway Delete an AIBackend
deleteAIBackend 2 params → 200401404

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ObjectMeta (6 properties), AIBackend (5 properties), AIBackendList (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AIBackend
object
AIBackend configures AI provider backends with support for LLM providers such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, and Gemini.
5 properties
ObjectMeta
object
Standard Kubernetes object metadata.
6 properties
AIBackendList
object
List of AIBackend resources.
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kgateway-aibackend-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Kgateway publishes across the network.

Kgateway Backend API
Kgateway DirectResponse API
Kgateway GatewayExtension API
Kgateway GatewayParameters API
Kgateway HTTPListenerPolicy API
Kgateway TrafficPolicy API