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tidb Regions API

Operations for listing available cloud regions and node specifications.

tidb Regions API is one of 23 APIs that Tidb publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Regions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 8 operations across 8 paths, and defines 15 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 4 base URLs: https://dedicated.tidbapi.com/v1beta1, https://iam.tidbapi.com/v1beta1, https://billing.tidbapi.com/v1beta1, http://localhost:10080.

8 operations 8 paths 15 schemas 7 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.tidbcloud.com
Authentication
HTTP Digest
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

tidb Regions API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It uses HTTP digest authentication (digestAuth).

  • digestAuth — HTTP Digest Authentication using a TiDB Cloud API public key as the username and private key as the password. Keys are generated in the TiDB Cloud console unde…

Paths & Operations 8

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 7 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Regions 8

Operations for listing available cloud regions and node specifications.

GET
/regions
List regions
listRegions 2 params → 200401
GET
/regions/{regionId}
Get a region
getRegion 1 param → 200401404
GET
/regions/{regionId}/nodeSpecs
List node specifications
listNodeSpecs 3 params → 200401404
GET
/regions/meta
List all regions metadata
listRegionsMeta → 200
GET
/regions/hot
Get hot regions
getHotRegions → 200
GET
/regions/{regionID}
Get a region
getRegionByID 1 param → 200404
GET
/tables/{db}/{table}/regions
Get table regions
getTableRegions 2 params → 200404
POST
/tables/{db}/{table}/scatter
Scatter table regions
scatterTableRegions 2 params → 200404

Schemas 15

The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are RegionFrame (7 properties), RegionDetail (5 properties), NodeSpec (4 properties), RegionInfo (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ErrorResponse
object
Standard error response returned when an API request fails.
4 properties
NodeSpec
object
A node specification option for a cluster component.
4 properties
Region
object
A cloud region where TiDB Cloud Dedicated clusters can be deployed.
3 properties
ListRegionsResponse
object
Paginated list of available regions.
2 properties
ListNodeSpecsResponse
object
Paginated list of node specifications for a region.
2 properties
HotRegion
object
A hot region with throughput statistics.
2 properties
TableRegions
object
Region distribution information for a TiDB table.
4 properties
RegionFrame
object
A mapping from a TiKV region to a TiDB table or index.
7 properties
RegionMeta
object
Metadata about a TiKV region.
4 properties
RegionPeer
object
A peer replica of a TiKV region.
2 properties
HotRegions
object
Hot read and write region data across all TiKV stores.
2 properties
RegionInfo
object
Detailed information about a specific TiKV region.
4 properties
HotRegionStore
object
Hot region data for a specific TiKV store.
2 properties
IndexRegions
object
Region information for a specific table index.
3 properties
RegionDetail
object
Details about a specific TiKV region hosting table or index data.
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tidb-regions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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