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Nagios Submission API

Submit passive check results and external commands.

Nagios Submission API is one of 13 APIs that Nagios publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 6 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Submission. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 6 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version v1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{nagiosXiHost}/nagiosxi/api/v1.

1 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
v1
Base URL
https://{nagios-xi-host}/nagiosxi/api/v1
Authentication
API Key, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Nagios Submission API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as apikey (ApiKeyQuery). An API key is passed in the header as X-API-KEY (ApiKeyHeader). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 1

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

Submission 1

Submit passive check results and external commands.

POST
/
Submit NRDP Payload
submitNrdp body → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is NrdpResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

NrdpResponse
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nagios-submission-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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