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Waxell Governance API

Pre-execution policy checks and audit events

Waxell Governance API is one of 6 APIs that Waxell publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 6 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Governance. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, and 6 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{tenant}.waxell.dev.

2 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://{tenant}.waxell.dev/api/v1/observe
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Bearer
Contact
License
Proprietary
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Waxell Governance API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-Wax-Key (WaxKey). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (wax_sk) (BearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • WaxKey — Waxell API key issued in the dashboard. Format waxsk....
  • BearerAuth — Same waxsk key passed as a Bearer token.

Paths & Operations 2

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

Governance 2

Pre-execution policy checks and audit events

POST
/api/v1/observe/policy-check/
Check Policy
checkPolicy body → 200429
POST
/api/v1/observe/events/
Record Event
recordEvent body → 201

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PolicyDecision (6 properties), Event (6 properties), PolicyCheckRequest (4 properties), Error (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Event
object
6 properties 1 required
PolicyCheckRequest
object
4 properties 2 required
PolicyDecision
object
6 properties
Error
object
3 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

waxell-governance-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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