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Confluent Schemas (v1) API

[![Generally Available](https://img.shields.io/badge/Lifecycle%20Stage-Generally%20Available-%2345c6e8)](#section/Versioning/API-Lifecycle-Policy) The API allows you to create, retrieve, update, and delete schemas. Related guide: [Manage Schemas in Confluent Cloud](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/sr/schemas-manage.html#manage-schemas-in-ccloud).

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Business capability
Data Architecture Management BC-610.40

Operations 8

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /schemas/ids/{id} Get a schema string by ID · Get schema string by ID #
Ask an LLM
“How do I fetch the schema for a given schema ID in Schema Registry?”
“Can I get the schema by ID in a specific format?”
Tell an agent
Get schema {id} with its metadata.
Fetch schema ID {id} in format {format}.
GET /schemas/ids/{id}/schema Get only the raw schema by ID · Get schema by ID #
Ask an LLM
“Can I get just the raw schema text for an ID without the wrapper object?”
“What is the bare schema definition behind a schema ID?”
Tell an agent
Return only the raw schema body for ID {id}.
Give me the bare schema text for ID {id} under subject {subject}.
GET /schemas/types List supported schema types · List supported schema types #
Ask an LLM
“Which schema formats does the registry support, like Avro, Protobuf or JSON Schema?”
“Does this Schema Registry accept Protobuf schemas?”
Tell an agent
List the schema types this registry supports.
Show which schema formats are available.
GET /schemas Search schemas by subject prefix · List schemas #
Ask an LLM
“How do I find all schemas whose subject starts with a prefix?”
“Can I list only the latest schema versions?”
Tell an agent
List schemas with subject prefix {subjectPrefix}.
List only the latest schemas that have rule type {ruleType}.
GET /schemas/ids/{id}/subjects List subjects using a schema ID · List subjects associated to schema ID #
Ask an LLM
“Which subjects reference a particular schema ID?”
“Can I include deleted subjects when checking where a schema ID is used?”
Tell an agent
List subjects associated with schema ID {id}.
Show every subject that uses schema {id}, including deleted ones.
GET /schemas/ids/{id}/versions List subject-version pairs for a schema ID · List subject-versions associated to schema ID #
Ask an LLM
“What subject and version combinations point at one schema ID?”
“Can I see which version number a schema ID has in each subject?”
Tell an agent
List subject-version pairs for schema ID {id}.
Show the versions of schema {id} within subject {subject}.
GET /schemas/guids/{guid}/ids Get IDs by GUID #
GET /schemas/guids/{guid} Get schema by GUID #

Documentation

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APIReference
https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html
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APIReference
https://api.telemetry.confluent.cloud/docs

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/confluent/refs/heads/main/openapi/confluent-schemas-v1-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

confluent-schemas-v1-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Confluent Schemas (v1) API
  x-refined-note:
  - x-api-id differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-audience differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-logo differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Schemas (v1) across 4 of this provider''s published API definitions: confluent-cloud-openapi.yaml, confluent-cloud-full.yaml, schema-registry-api-spec.yaml, schema-registry-openapi.yaml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.confluent.cloud
  description: Confluent Cloud API
tags:


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