Kong Targets API
A target is an IP address or hostname with a port that identifies an instance of a backend service. Every upstream can have many targets, and the targets can be dynamically added, modified, or deleted. Changes take effect on the fly.To disable a target, post a new one with `weight=0`, or use the `DELETE` method to accomplish the same.
Kong Targets 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 Targets. 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 4 paths, and defines 17 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 3.14.0.
Requests are made against 5 base URLs: {protocol}://{hostname}:{port}{path}, https://global.api.konghq.com, https://us.api.konghq.com, https://eu.api.konghq.com, https://au.api.konghq.com.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 5
Kong Targets API declares
5 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as Kong-Admin-Token (adminToken).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (Token) (personalAccessToken).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (Token) (systemAccountAccessToken).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (konnectAccessToken).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (serviceAccessToken).
personalAccessToken— The personal access token is meant to be used as an alternative to basic-auth when accessing Konnect via APIs. You can generate a Personal Access Token (PAT) f…systemAccountAccessToken— The system account access token is meant for automations and integrations that are not directly associated with a human identity. You can generate a system acc…konnectAccessToken— The Konnect access token is meant to be used by the Konnect dashboard and the decK CLI to authenticate with.serviceAccessToken— The Service access token is meant to be used between internal services.
Paths & Operations 7
Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
A target is an IP address or hostname with a port that identifies an instance of a backend service. Every upstream can have many targets, and the targets can be dynamically added,…
Schemas 17
The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Target (8 properties), TargetWithoutParents (8 properties), Target_2 (8 properties), TargetWithoutParents_2 (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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