# Backstage Templates API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-templates-api/  
**Provider:** Backstage — https://apis.io/providers/backstage/  
**Documentation:** https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/software-catalog-api/

Backstage Templates API is one of 13 APIs that [Backstage](https://apis.io/providers/backstage/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Templates. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

Endpoints for template metadata and parameter schemas.

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/backstage/refs/heads/main/openapi/backstage-templates-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/software-catalog-api/
- **Documentation** — https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-templates/
- **Documentation** — https://backstage.io/docs/auth/
- **Documentation** — https://backstage.io/docs/features/techdocs/
- **Documentation** — https://backstage.io/docs/features/search/
- **Documentation** — https://backstage.io/docs/permissions/overview

## Other Backstage APIs (12)

- [Backstage Events System](https://apis.io/apis/backstage/events-system/)
- [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 Entities API](https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-entities-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 Token Verification API](https://apis.io/apis/backstage/backstage-token-verification-api/)

## Tags

Templates

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