# buildpacks-io Buildpacks API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks-io/buildpacks-io-buildpacks-api/  
**Provider:** buildpacks-io — https://apis.io/providers/buildpacks-io/  
**Documentation:** https://github.com/buildpacks/spec/blob/main/buildpack.md

buildpacks-io Buildpacks API is one of 8 APIs that [buildpacks-io](https://apis.io/providers/buildpacks-io/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Buildpacks. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

Retrieve buildpack version metadata

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/buildpacks-io/refs/heads/main/openapi/buildpacks-io-buildpacks-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://github.com/buildpacks/spec/blob/main/extensions/buildpack-registry.md
- **Portal** — https://registry.buildpacks.io
- **Repository** — https://github.com/buildpacks/registry-index
- **Repository** — https://github.com/buildpacks/registry-api
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/buildpacks-io/refs/heads/main/examples/buildpacks-registry-search-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/buildpacks-io/refs/heads/main/examples/buildpacks-registry-version-example.json

## Other buildpacks-io APIs (7)

- [Buildpack Specification](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks-io/buildpack-spec/)
- [Platform Specification](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks-io/platform-spec/)
- [Distribution Specification](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks-io/distribution-spec/)
- [Image Extension Specification](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks-io/image-extension-spec/)
- [Project Descriptor (project.toml)](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks-io/project-descriptor-spec/)
- [Service Bindings Extension](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks-io/service-bindings-spec/)
- [buildpacks-io Search API](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks-io/buildpacks-io-search-api/)

## Tags

Buildpacks

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