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Portainer system API

Manage Portainer system

Portainer system API is one of 32 APIs that Portainer 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, API documentation, an API reference, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.39.1.

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

5 operations 5 paths 8 schemas 4 GET1 POST

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 system 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 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 4 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

system 5

Manage Portainer system

GET
/system/info
Retrieve system info
systemInfo → 200500
GET
/system/nodes
Retrieve the count of nodes
systemNodesCount → 200500
GET
/system/status
Check Portainer status
systemStatus → 200
POST
/system/upgrade
Upgrade Portainer to BE
systemUpgrade → 204
GET
/system/version
Check for portainer updates
systemVersion → 200

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are system.versionResponse (9 properties), build.BuildInfo (7 properties), build.DependenciesInfo (4 properties), system.systemInfoResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

build.RuntimeInfo
object
1 property
platform.ContainerPlatform
string
system.status
object
2 properties
build.BuildInfo
object
7 properties
system.versionResponse
object
9 properties
build.DependenciesInfo
object
4 properties
system.systemInfoResponse
object
3 properties
system.nodesCountResponse
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

portainer-system-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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