# Apache APISIX Routes API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-routes-api/  
**Provider:** Apache APISIX — https://apis.io/providers/apache-apisix/  
**Documentation:** https://apisix.apache.org/

Apache APISIX Routes API is one of 18 APIs that [Apache APISIX](https://apis.io/providers/apache-apisix/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Routes. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

Manage HTTP routes that define rules for matching client requests.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-apisix/refs/heads/main/openapi/apache-apisix-routes-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
- **Authentication** — https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
- **Documentation** — https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/

## Other Apache APISIX APIs (12)

- [Apache APISIX Gateway](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-gateway/)
- [Apache APISIX Consumer Groups API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-consumer-groups-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Consumers API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-consumers-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Diagnostics API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-diagnostics-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Global Rules API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-global-rules-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Health Check API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-health-check-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Introspection API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-introspection-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Plugin Configs API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-plugin-configs-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Plugin Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-plugin-metadata-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Plugins API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-plugins-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Protos API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-protos-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Schema API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-schema-api/)

## Tags

Routes

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