FOSSology

FOSSology Admin API

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Operations 28

GET /obligations/list Get the list of obligations #

GET /obligations/{id} Get details of a particular obligation #

DELETE /obligations/{id} Delete a particular obligation #

GET /obligations Get details of a all obligations #

POST /users Create a new user #

GET /users Get users #

GET /users/{id} Get user by id #

PUT /users/{id} Edit user details by id #

DELETE /users/{id} Delete user by id #

POST /users/tokens Create a new REST API Token #

GET /users/tokens/{type} Get all the REST API tokens (active | expired) #

GET /jobs/scheduler/operation/{operationName} get scheduler options by operation #

POST /jobs/scheduler/operation/run Run the scheduler #

POST /folders Create a new folder #

DELETE /folders/{id} Delete a folder #

GET /customise Get the Admin configuration data #

PUT /customise Update the Admin configuration data #

POST /groups Create a new group #

POST /groups/{id}/user/{userId} Add user to a group #

DELETE /license/admincandidates/{id} Delete license candidate by id #

PUT /license/verify/{shortname} Verify a license as new or variant #

PUT /license/merge/{shortname} Merge a license with another #

GET /overview/database/contents Get database contents #

GET /overview/info/php Get PHP info #

GET /overview/disk/usage Get disk usage #

POST /license/suggest Get suggested license by reference text #

GET /overview/database/metrics Get database metrics #

GET /overview/queries/active Get active queries #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: FOSSology Admin API
  description: Automate your fossology instance using REST API
  version: 1.6.2
  contact:
    email: fossology@fossology.org
  license:
    name: GPL-2.0-only
    url: https://github.com/fossology/fossology/blob/master/LICENSE
servers:
- url: http://localhost/repo/api/v1
  description: Localhost instance
- url: http://localhost/repo/api/v2
  description: Localhost instance (Version 2)
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- oauth: []
tags:


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