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F5 Task API

The Task API from F5 — 2 operation(s) for task.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

GET /task A collection of asynchronous tasks #
GET /task/{taskId} Return status of configuration by task ID #

Documentation

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https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_api_module.html
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APIReference
https://demo.nginx.com/swagger-ui/
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Documentation
https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
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Documentation
https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-templates/latest/
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Documentation
https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/f5/refs/heads/main/openapi/f5-task-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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SourceCode
https://github.com/nginx/nginx.org/blob/main/yaml/nginx_api.yaml
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SourceCode
https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-appsvcs-extension
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ChangeLog
https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-appsvcs-extension/releases
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SourceCode
https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-appsvcs-templates
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ChangeLog
https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-appsvcs-templates/releases
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SourceCode
https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-declarative-onboarding
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ChangeLog
https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-declarative-onboarding/releases

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OpenAPI Specification

f5-task-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: F5 Task API
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Task across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: f5-big-ip-as3-openapi.yml, f5-big-ip-declarative-onboarding-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: /mgmt/shared/appsvcs
- url: https://192.0.2.1:443/mgmt/shared/declarative-onboarding
tags:
- name: Task
paths:
  /task:
    get:
      tags:
      - Task
      summary: A collection of asynchronous tasks
      description: If you used the ?async=true query parameter to send a large declaration, you can use a GET request to the /task endpoint with the **recordId** returned by the POST to see the status of the processing (and the results if it is finished). Old task records are removed if the record is older than one week or more than 25 records exist.
      responses:
        200:
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                    description: A unique identifier for the task
                  results:
                    type: array
                    description: The results of the asynchronous task per-tenant
                    items:
                      oneOf:
                      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/result'
                      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/declaration'
                      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
                  declaration:
                    oneOf:
                    - $ref: '#/components/schemas/declaration'
                    - type: object
                      enum:
                      - {}
              examples:
                task results from a successful POST request:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/declarationTenantTaskResponse'
                task results from an invalid POST request:
                  value:
                    id: d1d2137e-d6e6-4ee6-b20f-e9a738d3ce1c
                    results:
                    - code: 422
                      errors:
                      - '/foo/bar/bar_Pool1/members/0: should have required property ''bigip'''
                      declarationFullId: ''
                      message: declaration is invalid
                    declaration: {}
        404:
          description: No record exists for the given recordId
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
              example:
                message: No record found with ID of d1d2137e-d6e6-4ee6-b20f-e9a738d3ce1d
        500:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/500'
      operationId: getTask
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: /mgmt/shared/appsvcs
  /task/{taskId}:
    get:
      summary: Return status of configuration by task ID
      description: Retrieve the status of a previously deployed configuration by task ID.
      operationId: getTask
      tags:
      - Task
      parameters:
      - name: taskId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The task ID.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      responses:
        200:
          description: Retrieval was successful.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/task'
              examples:
                success:
                  value:
                    $ref: '#/components/examples/task'
                failure:
                  value:
                    $ref: '#/components/examples/errorConfig'
        404:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/404'
        500:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/500'
    servers:
    - url: https://192.0.2.1:443/mgmt/shared/declarative-onboarding
components:
  schemas:
    result:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code describing the outcome of applying the tenant's configuration. This will be 0 until the tenant is done being processed.
          enum:
          - 0
          - 200
          - 202
          - 422
          - 500
        message:
          type: string
          description: The current status of the task to configure the tenant.
        lineCount:
          type: integer
          description: The number of lines in the tenant's configuration.
        host:
          type: string
          description: The host name that the tenant was deployed on.
        tenant:
          type: string
          description: The tenant that was configured.
        runTime:
          type: integer
          description: The time (in milliseconds) it took to process the tenant.
    declaration:
      type: object
      externalDocs:
        description: See 'Composing a Declaration' page for information on the the BIG-IP AS3 Request body.
        url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/userguide/composing-a-declaration.html
    error:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: Code representing the error
        message:
          type: string
          description: Additional information about the error
        errors:
          type: array
          description: Details about schema validation failures
          items:
            type: string
        declarationFullId:
          type: string
          description: The id of the declaration
    configObject:
      title: Config Object
      type: object
      properties:
        Common:
          type: object
          description: A collection of sub-objects that describe the configuration state of a device.
          additionalProperties: true
    result_2:
      title: Result
      description: Standard result object in responses.
      type: object
      properties:
        class:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Result
        code:
          description: Status code.
          type: integer
        status:
          description: Status string.
          type: string
          enum:
          - OK
          - ERROR
          - ROLLING_BACK
          - RUNNING
          - REBOOTING
          - REVOKING
        message:
          description: Overall result message.
          type: string
        errors:
          description: Array of errors that occurred.
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    task:
      title: Task
      description: The configuration status and associated declaration.
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          description: Unique ID for task.
          type: string
          format: uuid
        selfLink:
          description: URI at which to fetch task on the device.
          type: string
          format: uri
        message:
          description: Overall result message.
          type: string
        errors:
          description: Array of errors that occurred.
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        result:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/result_2'
        declaration:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/device'
        currentConfig:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/configObject'
        originalConfig:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/configObject'
    device:
      $ref: base.schema.json
  examples:
    declarationTenantTaskResponse:
      value:
        id: c8b8be98-1a55-443e-acd2-ec4b09fb2fc3
        results:
        - code: 200
          message: success
          lineCount: 25
          host: localhost
          tenant: tenant
          runTime: 1263
        declaration:
          class: ADC
          schemaVersion: 3.0.0
          tenant:
            class: Tenant
            application:
              class: Application
              service:
                class: Service_HTTP
                virtualAddresses:
                - 192.0.2.0
                pool: pool
              pool:
                class: Pool
                members:
                - servicePort: 80
                  serverAddresses:
                  - 192.0.2.1
                  - 192.0.2.2
            id: autogen_1d77bb4f-cd46-453b-917f-897bd2c278f7
    errorConfig:
      id: c098f4f1-d2a4-4c53-8728-7d1ce5567a4
      selfLink: https://localhost/mgmt/shared/appsvcs/task/c098f4f1-d2a4-4c53-8728-7d1ce5567a4
      code: 422
      status: ERROR
      message: 'Error licensing: Invalid reg key'
      errors:
      - Invalid reg key
      result:
        class: Result
        code: 422
        status: ERROR
        dryRun: false
        message: 'Error licensing: Invalid reg key'
        errors:
        - Invalid reg key
        declaration:
          class: Device
          schemaVersion: 1.0.0
          async: true
          Common:
            class: Tenant
            myLicense:
              class: License
              licenseType: regKey
              regKey: AAAAA-BBBBB-CCCCC-DDDDD-EEEEEEE
    task:
      id: c098f4f1-d2a4-4c53-8728-7d1ce5567a4
      selfLink: https://localhost/mgmt/shared/appsvcs/task/c098f4f1-d2a4-4c53-8728-7d1ce5567a4
      result:
        class: Result
        code: 200
        status: OK
        message: success
      declaration:
        class: Device
        schemaVersion: 1.0.0
        async: true
        Common:
          class: Tenant
          myLicense:
            class: License
            licenseType: regKey
            regKey: AAAAA-BBBBB-CCCCC-DDDDD-EEEEEEE
externalDocs:
  description: Full AS3 documentation
  url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
x-refined-from:
- f5-big-ip-as3-openapi.yml
- f5-big-ip-declarative-onboarding-openapi.yml