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Tailscale Tailnet API

The Tailnet API from Tailscale — 2 operation(s) for tailnet.

Tailscale Tailnet API is one of 7 APIs that Tailscale publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.tailscale.com/api/v2.

2 operations 2 paths 0 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2
Base URL
https://api.tailscale.com/api/v2
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, HTTP Basic
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Tailscale Tailnet API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (BasicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • BearerAuth — Tailscale API access token (prefixed "tskey-api-") passed in the Authorization header. Tokens are created in the admin console with 1-90 day expiry, or via OAu…
  • BasicAuth — HTTP Basic Auth with the access token as the username and an empty password.

Paths & Operations 2

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

Tailnet 2
GET
/tailnet/{tailnet}/devices
List devices in a tailnet
listTailnetDevices 1 param → 200
GET
/tailnet/{tailnet}/device-attributes
List device attributes for a tailnet
listTailnetDeviceAttributes 1 param → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tailscale-tailnet-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Tailscale publishes across the network.

Tailscale Devices API
Tailscale DNS API
Tailscale Invites API
Tailscale Keys API
Tailscale Logging API
Tailscale Policy API