Terrain Discovery Environment API Metadata API
File and data metadata annotation
Terrain Discovery Environment API Metadata API is one of 9 APIs that Terrain Discovery Environment API publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.
This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2026.04.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://de.cyverse.org/terrain.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
Terrain Discovery Environment API Metadata API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (KeycloakBearer).
An API key is passed in the header as X-Iplant-De-Jwt (JwtHeader).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
KeycloakBearer— Bearer JWT token obtained from Keycloak via /terrain/token/keycloakJwtHeader— Signed JWT token passed in the X-Iplant-De-Jwt header
Paths & Operations 2
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
File and data metadata annotation
Schemas 3
The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AVU (3 properties), MetadataResponse (3 properties), MetadataSetRequest (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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