# Backstage Provider API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-provider-api/  
**Provider:** Backstage — https://apis.io/providers/backstage/  
**Base URL:** https://{backstageHost}/api/events  
**Documentation:** https://backstage.io/docs/plugins/backend-plugin

Backstage Provider API is one of 23 APIs that [Backstage](https://apis.io/providers/backstage/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification. Tagged areas include Providers. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an AsyncAPI specification.

List of endpoints per provider

## Operations (4)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/start` | Initializes the authorization flow and redirects to a consent screen for the… |
| GET | `/frame/handler` | Handles the response from the consent popup for the provider |
| GET | `/refresh` | Handles refreshing of tokens due to reload or expiry |
| POST | `/logout` | Logs user out of the current provider |

## Machine-readable artifacts (6)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/backstage/refs/heads/main/openapi/backstage-provider-api-openapi.yml
- **Webhooks** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/backstage/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/backstage-webhooks.yml
- **Documentation** — https://backstage.io/docs/plugins/backend-plugin
- **AsyncAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/backstage/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/backstage-events-asyncapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://backstage.io/docs/notifications/
- **Documentation** — https://backstage.io/docs/backend-system/

## Other Backstage APIs (12)

- [Backstage Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-actions-api/)
- [Backstage Authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-authentication-api/)
- [Backstage Authorization API](https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-authorization-api/)
- [Backstage Documentation API](https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-documentation-api/)
- [Backstage Locations API](https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-locations-api/)
- [Backstage Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-metadata-api/)
- [Backstage Search API](https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-search-api/)
- [Backstage Sync API](https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-sync-api/)
- [Backstage Tasks API](https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-tasks-api/)
- [Backstage Templates API](https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-templates-api/)
- [Backstage Token Verification API](https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-token-verification-api/)
- [Backstage Autocomplete API](https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-autocomplete-api/)

## Tags

Providers

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-provider-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/backstage/.