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Ansible Job Templates API

The Job Templates API from Ansible — 3 operation(s) for job templates.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Ansible Automation Controller Auth Job Templates API
  version: '2'
  description: 'REST API for Ansible Automation Controller (formerly Ansible Tower / AWX),

    the enterprise-grade automation engine inside the Red Hat Ansible Automation

    Platform. The API exposes management of inventories, hosts, credentials,

    projects, job templates, workflow job templates, schedules, organizations,

    teams, users, and the launching and inspection of jobs.

    '
  contact:
    name: Red Hat Ansible Support
    url: https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-ansible-automation-platform/
servers:
- url: https://{controller_host}/api/v2
  description: Self-hosted Ansible Automation Controller deployment
  variables:
    controller_host:
      default: controller.example.com
      description: Hostname of the Automation Controller instance.
security:
- OAuth2Token: []
- BasicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Job Templates
paths:
  /job_templates/:
    get:
      tags:
      - Job Templates
      summary: List job templates
      operationId: listJobTemplates
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ListResponse'
    post:
      tags:
      - Job Templates
      summary: Create a job template
      operationId: createJobTemplate
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/JobTemplate'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created.
  /job_templates/{id}/:
    get:
      tags:
      - Job Templates
      summary: Retrieve a job template
      operationId: getJobTemplate
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A job template.
  /job_templates/{id}/launch/:
    post:
      tags:
      - Job Templates
      summary: Launch a job template
      operationId: launchJobTemplate
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                extra_vars:
                  type: object
                  additionalProperties: true
                limit:
                  type: string
                inventory:
                  type: integer
                credentials:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: integer
                job_tags:
                  type: string
                skip_tags:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Job launched. Returns the created job.
components:
  schemas:
    ListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
        next:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        previous:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
    JobTemplate:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - job_type
      - inventory
      - project
      - playbook
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        job_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - run
          - check
        inventory:
          type: integer
        project:
          type: integer
        playbook:
          type: string
        credentials:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
        limit:
          type: string
        verbosity:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 5
        extra_vars:
          type: string
        ask_variables_on_launch:
          type: boolean
        ask_limit_on_launch:
          type: boolean
        ask_tags_on_launch:
          type: boolean
  responses:
    ListResponse:
      description: A paginated list response.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListResponse'
  parameters:
    Id:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2Token:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: Personal or application OAuth2 access token.
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic authentication using local controller credentials.