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Kong API Documentation API

The API Documentation API from Kong — 3 operation(s) for api documentation.

Kong API Documentation API is one of 139 APIs that Kong publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include API Documentation. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, a GitHub repository, an API reference, authentication docs, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 6 operations across 3 paths, and defines 27 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.14.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, {protocol}://{hostname}:{port}{path}.

6 operations 3 paths 27 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 PATCH2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3.14.0
Base URL
https://konghq.com/
Authentication
API Key
Contact
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Kong API Documentation API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Kong-Admin-Token (adminToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 6

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

API Documentation 6
POST
/v3/apis/{apiId}/documents
Create API Document
create-api-document 1 param body → 201400401403404409415
GET
/v3/apis/{apiId}/documents
List API Documents
list-api-documents 2 params → 200400401403404
GET
/v3/apis/{apiId}/documents/{documentId}
Get an API Document
fetch-api-document 2 params → 200401403404
PATCH
/v3/apis/{apiId}/documents/{documentId}
Update API Document
update-api-document 2 params body → 200400401403404409415
DELETE
/v3/apis/{apiId}/documents/{documentId}
Delete API Documentation
delete-api-document 2 params → 204401403404
POST
/v3/apis/{apiId}/documents/{documentId}/move
Move API Documentation
move-api-document 2 params body → 204401403404409

Schemas 27

The contract defines 27 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ApiDocument (8 properties), ApiDocumentSummaryWithChildren (8 properties), InvalidParameterDependentItem (5 properties), InvalidParameterMinimumLength (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

InvalidParameterMinimumLength
object
5 properties 4 required
ApiDocumentFilterParameters
object
1 property
UpdatedAt
string
An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity update date.
ConflictError
InvalidParameterChoiceItem
object
5 properties 4 required
InvalidParameterMaximumLength
object
5 properties 4 required
ApiDocumentStatus
string
If status=published the document will be visible in your live portal
ApiDocument
object
8 properties
ApiDocumentSummaryWithChildren
object
8 properties 8 required
UnauthorizedError
ForbiddenError
StringFieldFilter
object
Filter using one of the following operators: eq, oeq, neq, contains, ocontains
5 properties
CreatedAt
string
An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity creation date.
BaseError
object
standard error
5 properties 4 required
InvalidParameterDependentItem
object
5 properties 4 required
ApiDocumentContent
string
Raw markdown content to display in your Portal
InvalidRules
string
invalid parameters rules
MoveDocumentRequestPayload
object
move document request payload
2 properties
InvalidParameters
array
invalid parameters
BadRequestError
ApiDocumentSlug
string
The slug is used in generated URLs to provide human readable paths. Defaults to slugify(title)
InvalidParameterStandard
object
4 properties 2 required
UnsupportedMediaTypeError
ApiDocumentTitle
string
The title of the document. Used to populate the tag for the page
ApiDocumentParentDocumentId
string
API Documents may be rendered as a tree of files. Specify the id of another API Document as the parentdocumentid to add some heirarchy do your documents.
NotFoundError
ApiDocumentId
string
The API document identifier.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kong-api-documentation-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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