# Vault HTTP API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/hashicorp-vault/vault-api/  
**Provider:** HashiCorp Vault — https://apis.io/providers/hashicorp-vault/  
**Base URL:** https://vault.example.com/v1  
**Documentation:** https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/api-docs

Vault HTTP API is one of 17 APIs that [HashiCorp Vault](https://apis.io/providers/hashicorp-vault/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Auth Methods, Dynamic Secrets, and Secrets Management. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, and a changelog.

The complete Vault HTTP API gives full access to all Vault operations via REST. Includes authentication method APIs (AppRole, LDAP, JWT, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure), secrets engine APIs (Database, AWS, PKI, SSH, Transit), and the system backend. The OpenAPI spec is dynamically generated from a running Vault instance at /v1/sys/internal/specs/openapi.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/api-docs
- **Authentication** — https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/docs/auth
- **GettingStarted** — https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/tutorials/get-started
- **ChangeLog** — https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

## Other HashiCorp Vault APIs (12)

- [HashiCorp Vault Auth - AppRole API](https://apis.io/apis/hashicorp-vault/hashicorp-vault-auth-approle-api/)
- [HashiCorp Vault Auth - Token API](https://apis.io/apis/hashicorp-vault/hashicorp-vault-auth-token-api/)
- [HashiCorp Vault Auth - Userpass API](https://apis.io/apis/hashicorp-vault/hashicorp-vault-auth-userpass-api/)
- [HashiCorp Vault Identity API](https://apis.io/apis/hashicorp-vault/hashicorp-vault-identity-api/)
- [HashiCorp Vault Leases API](https://apis.io/apis/hashicorp-vault/hashicorp-vault-leases-api/)
- [HashiCorp Vault Policy API](https://apis.io/apis/hashicorp-vault/hashicorp-vault-policy-api/)
- [HashiCorp Vault Secrets - KV v2 API](https://apis.io/apis/hashicorp-vault/hashicorp-vault-secrets-kv-v2-api/)
- [HashiCorp Vault Secrets - Transit API](https://apis.io/apis/hashicorp-vault/hashicorp-vault-secrets-transit-api/)
- [HashiCorp Vault System API](https://apis.io/apis/hashicorp-vault/hashicorp-vault-system-api/)
- [HashiCorp Vault Auth Methods API](https://apis.io/apis/hashicorp-vault/vault-auth-methods-api/)
- [HashiCorp Vault Health API](https://apis.io/apis/hashicorp-vault/vault-health-api/)
- [HashiCorp Vault Policies API](https://apis.io/apis/hashicorp-vault/vault-policies-api/)

## Tags

Auth Methods, Dynamic Secrets, Secrets Management

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