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NGINX HTTP Upstreams API

The HTTP Upstreams API from NGINX — 4 operation(s) for http upstreams.

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NGINX HTTP Upstreams API is one of 28 APIs that NGINX publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include HTTP Upstreams. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a JSON-LD context, a getting-started guide, and a GitHub repository.

This API exposes 8 operations across 4 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 9.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, /api/9.

8 operations 4 paths 7 schemas 2 DELETE4 GET1 PATCH1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
9.0
Server
/api/9
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 8

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 2 DELETE, 4 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

HTTP Upstreams 8
GET
/http/upstreams/
NGINX Return Status of All HTTP Upstream Server Groups
getHttpUpstreams 1 param → 200404
GET
/http/upstreams/{httpUpstreamName}/
NGINX Return Status of an HTTP Upstream Server Group
getHttpUpstreamName 2 params → 200400404
DELETE
/http/upstreams/{httpUpstreamName}/
NGINX Reset Statistics of an HTTP Upstream Server Group
deleteHttpUpstreamStat 1 param → 204400404405
GET
/http/upstreams/{httpUpstreamName}/servers/
NGINX Return Configuration of All Servers in an HTTP Upstream Server Group
getHttpUpstreamServers 1 param → 200400404
POST
/http/upstreams/{httpUpstreamName}/servers/
NGINX Add a Server to an HTTP Upstream Server Group
postHttpUpstreamServer 1 param body → 201400404405409415
GET
/http/upstreams/{httpUpstreamName}/servers/{httpUpstreamServerId}
NGINX Return Configuration of a Server in an HTTP Upstream Server Group
getHttpUpstreamPeer 2 params → 200400404
PATCH
/http/upstreams/{httpUpstreamName}/servers/{httpUpstreamServerId}
NGINX Modify a Server in an HTTP Upstream Server Group
patchHttpUpstreamPeer 2 params body → 200400404405415
DELETE
/http/upstreams/{httpUpstreamName}/servers/{httpUpstreamServerId}
NGINX Remove a Server from an HTTP Upstream Server Group
deleteHttpUpstreamServer 2 params → 200400404405

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are NginxHTTPUpstreamPeer (22 properties), NginxHTTPUpstreamConfServer (14 properties), NginxHTTPUpstream (5 properties), NginxError (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

NginxHTTPUpstreamConfServerMap
array
An array of HTTP upstream servers for dynamic configuration.
NginxHTTPUpstream
object
5 properties
NginxHTTPUpstreamConfServer
object
Dynamically configurable parameters of an HTTP upstream server :
14 properties
NginxHTTPUpstreamPeerMap
array
An array of HTTP upstream servers .
NginxHTTPUpstreamPeer
object
22 properties
NginxError
object
nginx error object.
3 properties
NginxHTTPUpstreamMap
object
Status information of all HTTP dynamically configurable groups .

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nginx-http-upstreams-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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/api/9
Docs
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