Infracost

Infracost Diff API

The Diff API from Infracost — 1 operation(s) for diff.

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/infracost/refs/heads/main/openapi/infracost-diff-api-openapi.yml

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infracost-diff-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Infracost Cloud Pricing Breakdown Diff API
  description: The Infracost Cloud Pricing API provides programmatic access to cloud cost estimation for Terraform plans. The Plan JSON API exposes breakdown and diff endpoints used by the Infracost CLI and CI/CD integrations to surface cost breakdowns and changes directly inside pull requests.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Infracost
    url: https://www.infracost.io/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://github.com/infracost/infracost/blob/master/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://pricing.api.infracost.io
  description: Infracost Cloud Pricing API
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Diff
paths:
  /diff:
    post:
      summary: Generate Cost Diff
      description: Generates a git-style diff that shows cost changes between current and planned infrastructure states for a Terraform plan JSON file.
      operationId: generateDiff
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - path
              properties:
                path:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                  description: Terraform plan JSON file
                usage-file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                  description: Optional usage file for usage-based resources
                show-skipped:
                  type: boolean
                no-color:
                  type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Cost diff generated
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Diff'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
      tags:
      - Diff
components:
  schemas:
    ResourceBreakdown:
      type: object
      properties:
        resources:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Resource'
        totalHourlyCost:
          type: string
        totalMonthlyCost:
          type: string
    CostComponent:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        unit:
          type: string
        hourlyQuantity:
          type: string
        monthlyQuantity:
          type: string
        price:
          type: string
        hourlyCost:
          type: string
        monthlyCost:
          type: string
    Diff:
      type: object
      properties:
        version:
          type: string
        currency:
          type: string
        projects:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Project'
        diffTotalHourlyCost:
          type: string
        diffTotalMonthlyCost:
          type: string
    Project:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        metadata:
          type: object
        pastBreakdown:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceBreakdown'
        breakdown:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceBreakdown'
        diff:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceBreakdown'
    Resource:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        resourceType:
          type: string
        tags:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
        metadata:
          type: object
        hourlyCost:
          type: string
        monthlyCost:
          type: string
        costComponents:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostComponent'
        subresources:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Resource'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
      description: Infracost API key