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Kubernetes Events API

Event resources capturing occurrences within the cluster such as pod scheduling, container restarts, and resource state changes.

Kubernetes Events API is one of 7 APIs that Kubernetes publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Events. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, an AsyncAPI specification, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v1.32.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://kubernetes.default.svc.

1 operations 1 paths 7 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v1.32.0
Base URL
https://kubernetes.default.svc
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, Mutual TLS
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Kubernetes Events API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). It requires mutual TLS (clientCertificate). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Kubernetes service account token or user token issued by the cluster's authentication provider. Include in the Authorization header as 'Bearer '.
  • clientCertificate — Client certificate authentication using a TLS certificate issued by the cluster's certificate authority.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Events 1

Event resources capturing occurrences within the cluster such as pod scheduling, container restarts, and resource state changes.

GET
/apis/events.k8s.io/v1/namespaces/{namespace}/events
Kubernetes List events in a namespace
listNamespacedEvents 5 params → 200401

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Event (10 properties), ObjectMeta (10 properties), Status (6 properties), ObjectReference (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ObjectMeta
object
Standard Kubernetes object metadata included on all persistent resources. Contains identifying information, ownership references, and system-managed fields lik…
10 properties
OwnerReference
object
Reference to an owning resource that manages this object's lifecycle via garbage collection.
5 properties 4 required
ObjectReference
object
A reference to an object in the cluster, used to identify the resource that an event or other resource is associated with.
5 properties
EventList
object
A list of events returned by list operations.
4 properties 1 required
Status
object
Status is a return value for calls that don't return other objects. It is used to convey error messages, reasons, and codes for both success and failure respon…
6 properties
Event
object
An Event records an occurrence in the cluster. Events capture information about resource lifecycle changes, scheduling decisions, container restarts, and error…
10 properties
ListMeta
object
Metadata that all list responses include, containing pagination state and the resource version of the list.
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kubernetes-events-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Kubernetes publishes across the network.

Kubernetes Autoscaling API
Kubernetes Cluster API
Kubernetes Config API
Kubernetes Namespaces API
Kubernetes RBAC API
Kubernetes Workloads API