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Kong Users API

The Users API from Kong — 2 operation(s) for users.

Kong Users 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 Users. 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 18 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 18 schemas 1 DELETE2 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 Users 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, 2 GET, 1 PATCH. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Users 4
GET
/v3/users
List Users
list-users 3 params → 200400
GET
/v3/users/{userId}
Get a User
get-user 1 param → 200400404
PATCH
/v3/users/{userId}
Update User
update-user 1 param body → 200401403404
DELETE
/v3/users/{userId}
Delete User
delete-user 1 param → 204404

Schemas 18

The contract defines 18 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are User (8 properties), InvalidParameterMinimumLength (5 properties), BaseError (5 properties), InvalidParameterMaximumLength (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

InvalidParameterMinimumLength
object
5 properties 4 required
StringFieldEqualsFilter
object
Filters on the given string field value by exact match.
1 property
InvalidParameterChoiceItem
object
5 properties 4 required
InvalidParameterMaximumLength
object
5 properties 4 required
LegacyStringFieldFilter
object
Filter using one of the following operators: eq, contains
2 properties
ForbiddenError
UnauthorizedError
PaginatedMeta
object
returns the pagination information
1 property 1 required
BaseError
object
standard error
5 properties 4 required
InvalidParameterDependentItem
object
5 properties 4 required
InvalidRules
string
invalid parameters rules
InvalidParameters
array
invalid parameters
BadRequestError
User
object
The user object contains information about an individual user who can use the Konnect application and API.
8 properties
InvalidParameterStandard
object
4 properties 2 required
PageMeta
object
Contains pagination query parameters and the total number of objects returned.
3 properties 3 required
NotFoundError
BooleanFieldFilter
boolean
Filter by a boolean value (true/false).

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kong-users-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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