Honeycomb Environments API

This API allows you to list, create, and update, and delete Environments. ## Authorization This API requires a Management Key passed via the HTTP Authorization header. Join the key ID and secret with a colon, like this: `Authorization: Bearer :`.

Operations 5

GET /2/teams/{teamSlug}/environments List all Environments #
POST /2/teams/{teamSlug}/environments Create an Environment #
GET /2/teams/{teamSlug}/environments/{ID} Get an Environment #
PATCH /2/teams/{teamSlug}/environments/{ID} Update an Environment #
DELETE /2/teams/{teamSlug}/environments/{ID} Delete an Environment #

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honeycomb-io-environments-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Honeycomb Auth Environments API
  version: 1.0.0
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  contact:
    email: support@honeycomb.io
  description: 'The API allows programmatic management of many resources within Honeycomb.


    Please report any discrepancies with actual API behavior in <a href="https://docs.honeycomb.io/troubleshoot/community/">Pollinators Slack</a> or to <a href="https://support.honeycomb.io/">Honeycomb Support</a>.

    '
servers:
- url: https://api.honeycomb.io
- url: https://api.eu1.honeycomb.io
tags:
- name: Environments
  description: 'This API allows you to list, create, and update, and delete Environments.


    ## Authorization


    This API requires a Management Key passed via the HTTP Authorization header. Join the key ID and secret with a colon, like this: `Authorization: Bearer <key ID>:<secret>`.

    '
paths:
  /2/teams/{teamSlug}/environments:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/teamSlug'
    get:
      security:
      - bearerAuth:
        - environments:read
      tags:
      - Environments
      summary: List all Environments
      operationId: listEnvironments
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PaginationCursor'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PaginationSize'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          headers:
            Ratelimit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
            RateLimitPolicy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnvironmentListResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationFailed'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
    post:
      security:
      - bearerAuth:
        - environments:write
      tags:
      - Environments
      summary: Create an Environment
      operationId: createEnvironment
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/vnd.api+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateEnvironmentRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created
          headers:
            Ratelimit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
            RateLimitPolicy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnvironmentResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Conflict'
        '413':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PayloadTooLarge'
        '415':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnsupportedMediaType'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationFailed'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
  /2/teams/{teamSlug}/environments/{ID}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/teamSlug'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ID'
    get:
      security:
      - bearerAuth:
        - environments:read
      tags:
      - Environments
      summary: Get an Environment
      operationId: getEnvironment
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          headers:
            Ratelimit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
            RateLimitPolicy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnvironmentResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
    patch:
      security:
      - bearerAuth:
        - environments:write
      tags:
      - Environments
      summary: Update an Environment
      operationId: updateEnvironment
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/vnd.api+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateEnvironmentRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          headers:
            Ratelimit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
            RateLimitPolicy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnvironmentResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '413':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PayloadTooLarge'
        '415':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnsupportedMediaType'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationFailed'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
    delete:
      security:
      - bearerAuth:
        - environments:write
      tags:
      - Environments
      summary: Delete an Environment
      description: 'This deletes and immediately deactivates the Environment. This is an irreversible operation.


        Environments with Deletion Protection enabled cannot be deleted. To delete an Environment with Deletion Protection enabled, first disable Deletion Protection by updating the Environment with `settings.delete_protected = false`.

        '
      operationId: deleteEnvironment
      responses:
        '204':
          description: No Content
          headers:
            Ratelimit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
            RateLimitPolicy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Conflict'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
components:
  parameters:
    PaginationSize:
      name: page[size]
      description: The number of entries to include per response. Maximum value is 100.
      in: query
      schema:
        type: number
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 100
        default: 20
      example: 10
    teamSlug:
      name: teamSlug
      description: The slug of the Team
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    ID:
      name: ID
      description: A unique identifier
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    PaginationCursor:
      name: page[after]
      description: 'The string value of the `next` attribute from a previous result page.

        The cursor value must be empty or omitted for the first request of a cursor-paginated query.

        '
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
      example: eyxJjcmAVhdGVkX
  schemas:
    PaginationLinks:
      type: object
      description: Links to iterate through the pages of results.
      required:
      - next
      properties:
        next:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: The URL for the next page of results.
          readOnly: true
          example: /2/teams/my-team/api-keys?page[after]=3025fa645ad1100d&page[size]=10
    Error:
      x-tags:
      - Errors
      type: object
      description: A legacy error, containing only a textual description.
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
    JSONAPIError:
      x-tags:
      - Errors
      type: object
      description: A JSONAPI-formatted error message.
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            readOnly: true
            required:
            - id
            - code
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
                readOnly: true
              status:
                type: string
                readOnly: true
              code:
                type: string
                readOnly: true
              title:
                type: string
                readOnly: true
              detail:
                type: string
                readOnly: true
              source:
                type: object
                readOnly: true
                properties:
                  pointer:
                    type: string
                    readOnly: true
                  header:
                    type: string
                    readOnly: true
                  parameter:
                    type: string
                    readOnly: true
    DetailedError:
      x-tags:
      - Errors
      description: An RFC7807 'Problem Detail' formatted error message.
      type: object
      required:
      - error
      - status
      - type
      - title
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          default: something went wrong!
        status:
          type: number
          readOnly: true
          description: The HTTP status code of the error.
        type:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: Type is a URI used to uniquely identify the type of error.
        title:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: Title is a human-readable summary that explains the `type` of the problem.
        detail:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: The general, human-readable error message.
        instance:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: The unique identifier (ID) for this specific error.
    EnvironmentResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Environment'
    EnvironmentColor:
      type: string
      enum:
      - blue
      - green
      - gold
      - red
      - purple
      - lightBlue
      - lightGreen
      - lightGold
      - lightRed
      - lightPurple
    ValidationError:
      x-tags:
      - Errors
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DetailedError'
      - type: object
        properties:
          status:
            type: number
            readOnly: true
            default: 422
          type:
            type: string
            readOnly: true
            default: https://api.honeycomb.io/problems/validation-failed
          title:
            type: string
            readOnly: true
            default: The provided input is invalid.
          type_detail:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
              properties:
                field:
                  type: string
                  readOnly: true
                code:
                  type: string
                  readOnly: true
                  enum:
                  - invalid
                  - missing
                  - incorrect_type
                  - already_exists
                description:
                  type: string
                  readOnly: true
    CreateEnvironmentRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          required:
          - type
          - attributes
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              enum:
              - environments
            attributes:
              type: object
              required:
              - name
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 255
                description:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 255
                color:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnvironmentColor'
    UpdateEnvironmentRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          required:
          - id
          - type
          - attributes
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            type:
              type: string
              enum:
              - environments
            attributes:
              type: object
              properties:
                description:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 255
                color:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnvironmentColor'
                settings:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    delete_protected:
                      type: boolean
                      description: If true, the environment cannot be deleted.
    Environment:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - type
      - links
      - attributes
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - environments
        links:
          type: object
          required:
          - self
          properties:
            self:
              type: string
        attributes:
          type: object
          required:
          - name
          - description
          - color
          - slug
          - settings
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
            description:
              type: string
            color:
              description: '''classic'' color is used only for auto-created Classic environments and cannot be set on any other environment. Classic environments cannot be set to any other color.

                '
              oneOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnvironmentColor'
              - type: string
                enum:
                - classic
            slug:
              type: string
            settings:
              type: object
              required:
              - delete_protected
              properties:
                delete_protected:
                  type: boolean
                  description: If true, the environment cannot be deleted.
    EnvironmentListResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Environment'
        links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationLinks'
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: The provided request body was invalid.
      headers:
        Ratelimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        RateLimitPolicy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DetailedError'
          examples:
            DetailedError:
              value:
                status: 400
                type: https://api.honeycomb.io/problems/unparseable
                title: The request body could not be parsed.
                error: invalid gzip data
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          examples:
            GenericError:
              value:
                error: invalid Query data
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONAPIError'
          examples:
            JSONAPIError:
              value:
                errors:
                - id: 06dcdd6508ca822f0e7e2bb4121c1f52
                  code: invalid
                  title: request body could not be parsed
                  detail: invalid gzip data
    PayloadTooLarge:
      description: The provided request body was over the maximum allowed size.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DetailedError'
          example:
            status: 413
            type: https://api.honeycomb.io/problems/payload-too-large
            title: Request body is too large.
            error: Body size is larger than maximum size of 100000 bytes
    UnsupportedMediaType:
      description: The provided request body had an invalid Content-Type.
      content:
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONAPIError'
    ValidationFailed:
      description: Validation Failed
      headers:
        Ratelimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        RateLimitPolicy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          example:
            status: 422
            type: https://api.honeycomb.io/problems/validation-failed
            error: The provided input is invalid.
            title: The provided input is invalid
            type_detail:
            - field: type
              code: invalid
              description: 'type: must be a valid value'
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONAPIError'
    InternalError:
      description: InternalError
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DetailedError'
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONAPIError'
    Forbidden:
      description: Forbidden
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          examples:
            deny-management-apis:
              description: Team cannot access management APIs.
              value:
                error: Your team has been denied access to Management APIs, please contact support to be unblocked.
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DetailedError'
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONAPIError'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error: unknown API key - check your credentials
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONAPIError'
    Conflict:
      description: Conflict
      headers:
        Ratelimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        RateLimitPolicy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error: dataset not found
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DetailedError'
          example:
            status: 409
            type: https://api.honeycomb.io/problems/conflict
            title: Request could not be completed due to a conflict with the current state of the target resource.
            error: A resource by that name already exists.
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONAPIError'
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate Limit Exceeded
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter'
        Ratelimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        RateLimitPolicy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error: Rate Limited
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DetailedError'
          example:
            status: 429
            type: https://api.honeycomb.io/problems/rate-limited
            title: You have exceeded your rate limit.
            error: You have exceeded your rate limit.
            detail: Please try again after 2025-02-01T15:23:12Z.
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONAPIError'
          example:
            errors:
            - id: 06dcdd6508ca822f0e7e2bb4121c1f52
              code: rate-limited/may-retry
              title: request rate limit exceeded
              detail: Please try again after 2025-02-01T15:23:12Z.
    NotFound:
      description: Not Found
      headers:
        Ratelimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        RateLimitPolicy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error: dataset not found
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DetailedError'
          example:
            status: 404
            type: https://api.honeycomb.io/problems/not-found
            title: The requested resource cannot be found.
            error: Dataset not found
            detail: Dataset not found
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONAPIError'
  headers:
    RateLimitPolicy:
      description: "The (draft07) recommended header from the IETF on rate limiting.\nThe value of the header is formatted \"X;w=Y\".\nWhere:\n - X is the maximum number of requests allowed in a window\n - Y is the size of the window in seconds\n"
      schema:
        type: string
      example: 100;w=60
    RateLimit:
      description: "The (draft07) recommended header from the IETF on rate limiting.\nThe value of the header is formatted \"limit=X, remaining=Y, reset=Z\".\nWhere:\n  - X is the maximum number of requests allowed in the window\n  - Y is the number of requests remaining in the window\n  - Z is the number of seconds until the limit resets\n"
      schema:
        type: string
      example: limit=100, remaining=50, reset=60
    RetryAfter:
      description: 'The RFC7231 header used to indicate when a client should retry requests.

        '
      schema:
        type: string
      example: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 18:37:53 GMT
externalDocs:
  url: https://docs.honeycomb.io