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Nhost system API

System operations including health checks, service version, and public key endpoints

Nhost system API is one of 14 APIs that Nhost publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include system. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 4 operations across 3 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{subdomain}.auth.{region}.nhost.run/v1.

4 operations 3 paths 4 schemas 3 GET1 HEAD

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://{subdomain}.nhost.run/v1/graphql
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Nhost system API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuthElevated).

  • BearerAuth — Bearer authentication with JWT access token. Used to authenticate requests to protected endpoints.
  • BearerAuthElevated — Bearer authentication that requires elevated permissions. Used for sensitive operations that may require additional security measures such as recent authentica…

Paths & Operations 4

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 3 GET, 1 HEAD. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

system 4

System operations including health checks, service version, and public key endpoints

GET
/.well-known/jwks.json
Get public keys for JWT verification in JWK Set format
getJWKs → 200default
GET
/healthz
Health check (GET)
healthCheckGet → 200default
HEAD
/healthz
Health check (HEAD)
healthCheckHead → 200default
GET
/version
Get service version
getVersion → 200default

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are JWK (6 properties), ErrorResponse (3 properties), JWKSet (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

OKResponse
string
ErrorResponse
object
Standardized error response
3 properties 3 required
JWKSet
object
JSON Web Key Set for verifying JWT signatures
1 property 1 required
JWK
object
JSON Web Key for JWT verification
6 properties 6 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nhost-system-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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