Cortex

Cortex Groups API

The Groups API from Cortex — 1 operation(s) for groups.

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Operations 3

DELETE /api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/groups Delete groups from entity #

GET /api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/groups Retrieve groups for entity #

PUT /api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/groups Add groups to entity #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: The Cortex REST API provides programmatic access to the data in the catalog, Scorecards, and more.
  title: Cortex Groups API
  version: v1
servers:
- url: https://api.getcortexapp.com
  description: Cortex Cloud API host
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Groups
paths:
  /api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/groups:
    delete:
      operationId: deleteGroupsFromEntity
      parameters:
      - description: The tag (`x-cortex-tag`) or unique, auto-generated identifier (CID) for the entity. If the tag contains forward slashes, URL-encode each `/` as `%2F`. The tag is matched exactly as encoded, including leading, trailing, and consecutive slashes, which are preserved and not collapsed (for example, the tag `/services/payments-api` is referenced as `%2Fservices%2Fpayments-api`). Tags containing slashes are supported via the API but not in the Cortex UI; this difference is expected.
        in: path
        name: tagOrId
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          description: Entity identifier - can be a tag or CID
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupMembershipsRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully deleted group memberships
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Bad Request
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Entity not found
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
      summary: Delete groups from entity
      tags:
      - Groups
      x-cortex-mcp-description: Cortex Entity Groups API - Read the groups an entity belongs to
      x-cortex-mcp-enabled: 'false'
    get:
      operationId: listGroupsForEntity
      parameters:
      - description: The tag (`x-cortex-tag`) or unique, auto-generated identifier (CID) for the entity. If the tag contains forward slashes, URL-encode each `/` as `%2F`. The tag is matched exactly as encoded, including leading, trailing, and consecutive slashes, which are preserved and not collapsed (for example, the tag `/services/payments-api` is referenced as `%2Fservices%2Fpayments-api`). Tags containing slashes are supported via the API but not in the Cortex UI; this difference is expected.
        in: path
        name: tagOrId
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          description: Entity identifier - can be a tag or CID
      - description: Number of results to return per page, between 1 and 1000. Default 250.
        in: query
        name: pageSize
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 250
      - description: Page number to return, 0-indexed. Default 0.
        in: query
        name: page
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupMembershipsResponse'
          description: Successfully retrieved groups
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Entity not found
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
      summary: Retrieve groups for entity
      tags:
      - Groups
      x-cortex-mcp-description: List the groups one entity belongs to. Groups are the free-form x-cortex-groups tags used to organize the catalog.
      x-cortex-mcp-enabled: 'true'
    put:
      operationId: addGroupsToEntity
      parameters:
      - description: The tag (`x-cortex-tag`) or unique, auto-generated identifier (CID) for the entity. If the tag contains forward slashes, URL-encode each `/` as `%2F`. The tag is matched exactly as encoded, including leading, trailing, and consecutive slashes, which are preserved and not collapsed (for example, the tag `/services/payments-api` is referenced as `%2Fservices%2Fpayments-api`). Tags containing slashes are supported via the API but not in the Cortex UI; this difference is expected.
        in: path
        name: tagOrId
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          description: Entity identifier - can be a tag or CID
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupMembershipsRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupMembershipsResponse'
          description: Successfully created group memberships
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Bad Request
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Entity not found
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
      summary: Add groups to entity
      tags:
      - Groups
      x-cortex-mcp-description: Add one or more groups (the free-form x-cortex-groups tags) to an entity. Existing groups are kept, and a group that does not exist yet is created. Tags may use only letters, numbers and dashes. Returns all of the entity's groups after the change. Use listGroupsForEntity to read the current groups.
      x-cortex-mcp-enabled: 'true'
components:
  schemas:
    GroupMembershipsRequest:
      required:
      - groups
      type: object
      properties:
        groups:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupMembership'
    GroupMembershipsResponse:
      required:
      - groups
      - page
      - total
      - totalPages
      type: object
      properties:
        groups:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupMembership'
        page:
          type: integer
          description: Current page number, 0-indexed
          format: int32
        total:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of results
          format: int32
        totalPages:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of pages
          format: int32
    ErrorResponse:
      required:
      - message
      - type
      type: object
      properties:
        details:
          type: string
        errorCode:
          type: string
        gatewayHttpStatus:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        httpStatus:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        message:
          type: string
        requestId:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - INTEGRATION_MISSING
          - INTEGRATION_UNREGISTERED
          - INTEGRATION_UNSUPPORTED
          - INTEGRATION_GRAPHQL_ERROR
          - INTEGRATION_BAD_REQUEST
          - INTEGRATION_UNAUTHORIZED
          - INTEGRATION_FORBIDDEN
          - INTEGRATION_NOT_FOUND
          - INTEGRATION_UNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT
          - INTEGRATION_RATE_LIMITED
          - INTEGRATION_INTERNAL_ERROR
          - INTEGRATION_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
          - INTEGRATION_BAD_GATEWAY
          - INTEGRATION_UNAVAILABLE
          - INTEGRATION_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT
          - INTEGRATION_TIMED_OUT
          - INTEGRATION_CACHE_ERROR
          - INTEGRATION_UNHANDLED_HTTP_ERROR
          - INTEGRATION_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION
          - INTEGRATION_UNEXPECTED_ERROR
          - ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR
          - BAD_REQUEST
          - FORBIDDEN
          - NOT_FOUND
          - REQUEST_TIMEOUT
          - CONFLICT
          - UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION
          - UNCATEGORIZED
          - SERVICE_CREATOR
          - UNKNOWN_HOST
          - TOO_MANY_REQUESTS
    GroupMembership:
      required:
      - tag
      type: object
      properties:
        tag:
          type: string
    TooManyRequestsProblemDetail:
      required:
      - type
      - title
      - status
      type: object
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        instance:
          type: string
          format: uri-reference
        retryAfter:
          minimum: 0
          type: integer
          description: The number of seconds until the rate limiting resets.
          format: int32
        status:
          maximum: 599
          minimum: 100
          type: integer
          format: int32
          enum:
          - 429
        title:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          format: uri-reference
  responses:
    TooManyRequests:
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TooManyRequestsProblemDetail'
      description: The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          description: The number of seconds until the rate limiting resets.
          schema:
            minimum: 0
            type: integer
            format: int32
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: 'All requests to the Cortex API need to provide an `Authorization: Bearer <token>` header, where `<token>` is an API key created in the Settings page of your workspace.'
      scheme: bearer
      type: http
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Cortex
  source: https://docs.cortex.io/openapi/cortex_swagger.json
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)