Backstage Documentation API

The Documentation API from Backstage — 2 operation(s) for documentation.

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backstage-documentation-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Backstage Auth Actions Documentation API
  description: The Backstage Auth API provides endpoints for authenticating users and services with the Backstage backend. It supports multiple authentication providers (GitHub, Google, Okta, SAML, etc.) and handles OAuth flows, token issuance, token refresh, and session management. The Auth API is used by the Backstage frontend to initiate login flows and by backend plugins to verify caller identity via Backstage tokens.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Backstage
    url: https://backstage.io
  license:
    name: Apache-2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: https://localhost:7007/api/auth
  description: Local development server
tags:
- name: Documentation
paths:
  /docs/{namespace}/{kind}/{name}:
    get:
      operationId: getTechDocsIndex
      summary: Backstage Get TechDocs index page
      description: Returns the root index page of the rendered TechDocs documentation for the specified entity. May trigger a sync if the documentation is out of date.
      tags:
      - Documentation
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      parameters:
      - name: namespace
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: kind
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The rendered documentation HTML page.
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string
        '404':
          description: Documentation not found for the entity.
  /docs/{namespace}/{kind}/{name}/{path}:
    get:
      operationId: getTechDocsPage
      summary: Backstage Get a specific TechDocs page or asset
      description: Returns a specific page or static asset from the rendered TechDocs for the specified entity. The path is relative to the documentation root.
      tags:
      - Documentation
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      parameters:
      - name: namespace
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: kind
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: path
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Path to the documentation page or asset.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested documentation page or asset.
        '404':
          description: Page or asset not found.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    cookieAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: backstage-auth
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
externalDocs:
  description: Backstage Auth Documentation
  url: https://backstage.io/docs/auth/