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Kong Applications API

APIs related to Konnect Developer Portal Applications.

Kong Applications 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 Applications. 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 7 operations across 5 paths, and defines 40 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}.

7 operations 5 paths 40 schemas 1 DELETE5 GET1 PATCH

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 Applications 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 7

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 5 GET, 1 PATCH. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Applications 7

APIs related to Konnect Developer Portal Applications.

GET
/v3/applications/{applicationId}
Get an Application
get-application-unscoped 1 param → 200401403404
GET
/v3/portals/{portalId}/applications
List Applications
list-applications 5 params → 200400401403404
GET
/v3/portals/{portalId}/applications/{applicationId}
Get an Application by Portal
get-application 2 params → 200401403404
PATCH
/v3/portals/{portalId}/applications/{applicationId}
Update Application
update-application 2 params body → 200400401403404
DELETE
/v3/portals/{portalId}/applications/{applicationId}
Delete Application by Portal
delete-application 2 params → 204401403404
GET
/v3/portals/{portalId}/applications/{applicationId}/credentials
List Credentials by Application
list-credentials-by-application 4 params → 200400401403404
GET
/v3/portals/{portalId}/applications/{applicationId}/developers
List Developers by Application
list-developers-by-application 6 params → 200400401403404

Schemas 40

The contract defines 40 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ClientCredentialsApplication (13 properties), KeyAuthApplication (10 properties), ApiKeyCredentialListItem (6 properties), ClientSecretCredentialListItem (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ApiKeyCredentialListItem
object
API key credential returned when listing credentials.
6 properties 4 required
InvalidParameterMinimumLength
object
5 properties 4 required
Application
UpdatedAt
string
An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity update date.
InvalidParameterChoiceItem
object
5 properties 4 required
ClientSecretCredentialListItem
object
Client secret credential returned when listing credentials.
6 properties 4 required
InvalidParameterMaximumLength
object
5 properties 4 required
KeyAuthApplication
object
10 properties 9 required
UuidFieldFilter
object
Filter using one of the following operators: eq, oeq, neq
3 properties
UUID
string
Contains a unique identifier used for this resource.
AuthMethods
array
ForbiddenError
UnauthorizedError
ApplicationDeveloperDetailed
object
List of developers that have a registered application.
3 properties 1 required
ApplicationOwnerType
string
The type of the owner of the application. Can be developer (individual developer) or team.
AuthStrategyClientCredentials
object
Client Credential Auth strategy that the application uses.
5 properties 4 required
ListApplicationsResponse
object
2 properties 2 required
ListApplicationDevelopersResponse
object
2 properties 2 required
LabelsUpdate
object
Labels store metadata of an entity that can be used for filtering an entity list or for searching across entity types. Labels are intended to store INTERNAL me…
CredentialListItem
object
PaginatedMeta
object
returns the pagination information
1 property 1 required
StringFieldFilter
object
Filter using one of the following operators: eq, oeq, neq, contains, ocontains
5 properties
FilterApplications
object
3 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
ApplicationOwnerId
string
The ID of the owner of the application. When type is developer, this is the developer ID. When type is team, this is the team ID.
InvalidRules
string
invalid parameters rules
InvalidParameters
array
invalid parameters
BadRequestError
ApplicationOwner
object
2 properties 2 required
AvailableScopes
array
Possible developer selectable scopes for an application. Only present when using DCR Provider that supports it.
InvalidParameterStandard
object
4 properties 2 required
UpdateApplicationRequest
object
1 property
ListCredentialsResponse
object
2 properties 2 required
AuthStrategyKeyAuth
object
KeyAuth Auth strategy that the application uses.
5 properties 4 required
PageMeta
object
Contains pagination query parameters and the total number of objects returned.
3 properties 3 required
NotFoundError
ClientCredentialsApplication
object
13 properties 12 required
GetApplicationResponse

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kong-applications-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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