Canonical

Canonical Authentication Required API

Access is restricted to the root user.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 20

GET /v2/changes Get all changes #
GET /v2/changes/{id} Get the status of a change #
POST /v2/changes/{id} Abort a change #
POST /v2/cohorts Create cohort keys #
GET /v2/find Find snaps in the store #
POST /v2/login Authenticate user with snapd and store #
POST /v2/logout Log user out of snapd and the store #
GET /v2/logs Get log contents #
POST /v2/snapctl Run snapctl command #
GET /v2/snaps/{name}/conf Get snap configuration #
GET /v2/snapshots/{set-id}/export Export a snapshot set #
GET /v2/system/system-recovery-keys Get system recovery key #
POST /v2/system/system-recovery-keys Manage system recovery keys #
POST /v2/systems Perform an action on the current recovery system or create a new one #
GET /v2/systems/{label} Get details for a specific recovery system #
POST /v2/systems/{label} Perform an action on a specific recovery system #
GET /v2/validation-sets Get all enabled validation sets #
GET /v2/validation-sets/{account-id}/{name} Get a specific validation set #
POST /v2/validation-sets/{account-id}/{name} Manage a specific validation set #
POST /v2/warnings Respond to warnings #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://snapcraft.io/docs/reference/development/snapd-rest-api/
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Documentation
https://ubuntu.com/landscape/docs
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APIReference
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/landscape/reference/api/
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Documentation
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/lxd/latest/rest-api/
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APIReference
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/lxd/latest/api-extensions/
📖
Documentation
https://ubuntu.com/security/api/docs
📖
APIReference
https://ubuntu.com/security/api/spec.json
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Documentation
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/pebble/
📖
Documentation
https://canonical-testflinger.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/
📖
Documentation
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/anbox-cloud/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canonical/refs/heads/main/openapi/canonical-authenticationrequired-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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HowTo
https://snapcraft.io/docs/how-to-guides/snap-development/use-the-rest-api/
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ReleaseNotes
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/landscape/reference/release-notes/
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Portal
https://ubuntu.com/landscape
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SourceCode
https://github.com/canonical/lxd
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Portal
https://canonical.com/lxd
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Portal
https://ubuntu.com/security
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SourceCode
https://github.com/canonical/pebble
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SourceCode
https://github.com/canonical/testflinger
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SourceCode
https://github.com/canonical/hardware-api
🔗
Portal
https://ubuntu.com/certified
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SourceCode
https://github.com/canonical/identity-platform-api
🔗
SourceCode
https://github.com/canonical/test_observer
🔗
Portal
https://canonical.com/anbox-cloud
🔗
SourceCode
https://github.com/canonical/cos-registration-server

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OpenAPI Specification

canonical-authenticationrequired-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Snapd REST Authentication Required API
  license:
    name: GPL-3.0
    url: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'The REST API provides access to snapd''s state and many of its key functions,

    as listed below.


    For general information on how to use the API, including how to access it,

    its requests and responses, results fields and error types, see Using the

    REST API.'
servers:
- url: unix:///run/snapd.socket
  description: 'Local snapd socket access. Unless otherwise specified, routes appear on

    this socket.'
- url: unix:///run/snapd-snap.socket
  description: Snapd socket access for snaps
tags:


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