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Portainer settings API

Manage Portainer settings

Portainer settings API is one of 32 APIs that Portainer publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Settings. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 15 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.39.1.

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

3 operations 2 paths 15 schemas 2 GET1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.39.1
Base URL
https://api-docs.portainer.io
Authentication
API Key, API Key
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Portainer settings API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-API-KEY (ApiKeyAuth). An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (jwt).

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

settings 3

Manage Portainer settings

GET
/settings
Retrieve Portainer settings
SettingsInspect → 200500
PUT
/settings
Update Portainer settings
SettingsUpdate body → 200400500
GET
/settings/public
Retrieve Portainer public settings
SettingsPublic → 200500

Schemas 15

The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are portainer.Settings (33 properties), settings.settingsUpdatePayload (18 properties), portainer.OAuthSettings (14 properties), settings.publicSettingsResponse (13 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

settings.publicSettingsResponse
object
13 properties
portainer.Pair
object
2 properties
portainer.Settings
object
33 properties
portainer.AuthenticationMethod
integer
portainer.InternalAuthSettings
object
1 property
portainer.LDAPSearchSettings
object
3 properties
oauth2.AuthStyle
integer
portainer.LDAPSettings
object
9 properties
portainer.OpenAMTConfiguration
object
9 properties
portainer.LDAPGroupSearchSettings
object
3 properties
portainer.TLSConfiguration
object
5 properties
settings.settingsUpdatePayload
object
18 properties
portainer.Edge
object
4 properties
portainer.GlobalDeploymentOptions
object
1 property
portainer.OAuthSettings
object
14 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

portainer-settings-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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