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Kong RBACRoles API

The RBACRoles API from Kong — 2 operation(s) for rbacroles.

Kong RBACRoles 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 RBACRoles. 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 4 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 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}.

4 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET1 POST1 PUT

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 RBACRoles 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 4

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

RBACRoles 4
POST
/{workspace}/rbac/roles
Create a new RBAC Role
create-rbac_role 1 param body → 201401
DELETE
/{workspace}/rbac/roles/{RBACRoleId}
Delete a RBAC Role
delete-rbac_role 3 params → 204401
GET
/{workspace}/rbac/roles/{RBACRoleId}
Get a RBAC Role
get-rbac_role 2 params → 200401404
PUT
/{workspace}/rbac/roles/{RBACRoleId}
Upsert a RBAC Role
upsert-rbac_role 2 params body → 200401

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are RBACRole (6 properties), GatewayUnauthorizedError (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

RBACRole
object
6 properties 1 required
GatewayUnauthorizedError
object
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kong-rbacroles-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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