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Scalable Software and Systems Entities API

The Entities API from Scalable Software and Systems — 6 operation(s) for entities.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Scalable Software and Systems Entities API is one of 9 APIs that Scalable Software and Systems publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 8 operations across 6 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: http://localhost:7007/api/catalog, https://{backend}/api/catalog.

8 operations 6 paths 0 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET4 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Servers
http://localhost:7007/api/catalog
https://{backend}/api/catalog
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
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Authentication & Security 1

Scalable Software and Systems Entities API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BackstageToken) (BearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 8

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Entities 8
GET
/entities/by-query
Query entities
queryEntities → 200
POST
/entities/by-query
Query entities with advanced predicates
queryEntitiesPost body → 200
GET
/entities/by-uid/{uid}
Get an entity by UID
getEntityByUid 1 param → 200
DELETE
/entities/by-uid/{uid}
Delete an entity by UID
deleteEntityByUid 1 param → 204
GET
/entities/by-name/{kind}/{namespace}/{name}
Get an entity by reference triplet
getEntityByName 3 params → 200
POST
/entities/by-refs
Get multiple entities by entity references
getEntitiesByRefs body → 200
POST
/refresh
Refresh an entity
refreshEntity body → 200
POST
/validate-entity
Validate entity schema
validateEntity body → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

scalable-software-and-systems-entities-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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scalable-software-and-systems:scalable-software-and-systems-entities-api
Server
http://localhost:7007/api/catalog
Docs
https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/software-catalog-api
Provider
Scalable Software and Systems
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