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Portainer users API

Manage users

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

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

This API exposes 13 operations across 9 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.

13 operations 9 paths 15 schemas 2 DELETE6 GET3 POST2 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 users 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 13

Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 13 operations — 2 DELETE, 6 GET, 3 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

users 13

Manage users

GET
/users
List users
UserList 1 param → 200400500
POST
/users
Create a new user
UserCreate body → 200400403409500
DELETE
/users/{id}
Remove a user
UserDelete 1 param → 204400403404500
GET
/users/{id}
Inspect a user
UserInspect 1 param → 200400403404500
PUT
/users/{id}
Update a user
UserUpdate 1 param body → 200400403404409500
GET
/users/{id}/memberships
Inspect a user memberships
UserMembershipsInspect 1 param → 200400403500
PUT
/users/{id}/passwd
Update password for a user
UserUpdatePassword 1 param body → 204400403404500
GET
/users/{id}/tokens
Get all API keys for a user
UserGetAPIKeys 1 param → 200400403404500
POST
/users/{id}/tokens
Generate an API key for a user
UserGenerateAPIKey 1 param body → 200400401403404500
DELETE
/users/{id}/tokens/{keyID}
Remove an api-key associated to a user
UserRemoveAPIKey 2 params → 204400403404500
GET
/users/admin/check
Check administrator account existence
UserAdminCheck → 204404
POST
/users/admin/init
Initialize administrator account
UserAdminInit body → 200400409500
GET
/users/me
Inspect the current user user
CurrentUserInspect → 200400403404500

Schemas 15

The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are portainer.User (9 properties), portainer.APIKey (7 properties), users.userUpdatePayload (6 properties), portainer.TeamMembership (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

users.userUpdatePasswordPayload
object
2 properties 2 required
users.userAccessTokenCreatePayload
object
2 properties 2 required
portainer.User
object
9 properties
portainer.EndpointAuthorizations
object
users.userUpdatePayload
object
6 properties 5 required
portainer.APIKey
object
7 properties
users.adminInitPayload
object
2 properties 2 required
portainer.Authorizations
object
users.themePayload
object
1 property
portainer.TeamMembership
object
4 properties
users.accessTokenResponse
object
2 properties
portainer.UserRole
integer
users.userCreatePayload
object
3 properties 3 required
portainer.UserThemeSettings
object
1 property
portainer.MembershipRole
integer

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

portainer-users-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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