Balena

Balena Releases API

Manage container-based releases and their assets, pinning, and rollout across a fleet.

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Operations 1

GET /release List releases #

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https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/resources/release/

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/balena/refs/heads/main/openapi/balena-releases-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

balena-releases-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Balena Cloud Releases API
  version: v7
  description: 'The balenaCloud REST API is the primary interface to the Balena platform.

    It exposes OData-style resources for devices, fleets (applications), releases,

    environment variables, organizations, and user accounts. Authentication uses a

    bearer token (session token or named API key) supplied in the

    `Authorization: Bearer ` header. Backward-compatible paths for v1-v6

    are translated to the newest version.'
  contact:
    name: balenaCloud
    url: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/overview/
servers:
- url: https://api.balena-cloud.com/v7
  description: balenaCloud v7
- url: https://api.balena-cloud.com/v6
  description: balenaCloud v6 (backward-compatible)
tags:
- name: Releases
  description: Container image releases
paths:
  /release:
    get:
      summary: List releases
      operationId: listReleases
      tags:
      - Releases
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: $select
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: $filter
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of releases
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  d:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
      security:
      - bearer: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: 'Session token or named API key supplied as

        `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. Create named API keys at

        https://dashboard.balena-cloud.com/preferences/access-tokens.

        '