JupyterHub

JupyterHub General API

Hub identity and information.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

GET / JupyterHub Get version #
GET /info JupyterHub Get detailed info #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://jupyterhub.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/rest-api.html
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Authentication
https://jupyterhub.readthedocs.io/en/stable/rbac/index.html

Specifications

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

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jupyterhub/refs/heads/main/json-schema/jupyterhub-user.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jupyterhub/refs/heads/main/json-schema/jupyterhub-server.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jupyterhub/refs/heads/main/json-schema/jupyterhub-group.json

Other Resources

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Repository
https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub
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JSONLDContext
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jupyterhub/refs/heads/main/json-ld/jupyterhub-context.jsonld

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OpenAPI Specification

jupyterhub-general-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: JupyterHub REST Activity General API
  description: REST API for JupyterHub, the multi-user server for Jupyter notebooks. Provides endpoints for managing users, groups, services, shared servers, OAuth2 authorization, the proxy, and the hub itself. JupyterHub spawns, manages, and proxies multiple instances of the single-user Jupyter notebook server.
  version: 5.2.0
  license:
    name: BSD-3-Clause
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
  contact:
    name: Jupyter Project
    url: https://jupyterhub.readthedocs.io
    email: jupyter@googlegroups.com
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8000/hub/api
  description: Local JupyterHub server
security:
- token: []
tags:
- name: General
  description: Hub identity and information.
paths:
  /:
    get:
      operationId: getHubVersion
      summary: JupyterHub Get version
      description: Returns the version of the running JupyterHub instance. Does not require authentication.
      tags:
      - General
      security: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: JupyterHub version information.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  version:
                    type: string
  /info:
    get:
      operationId: getHubInfo
      summary: JupyterHub Get detailed info
      description: Returns detailed information about the running Hub, including authenticator and spawner classes.
      tags:
      - General
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Detailed Hub information.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    token:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'Token-based authentication. Use the form: Authorization: token <token>'
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: /hub/api/oauth2/authorize
          tokenUrl: /hub/api/oauth2/token
          scopes:
            self: Access to the current user.
            admin:users: Administer users.
            admin:servers: Administer single-user servers.
            read:users: Read user information.
            list:users: List users.
            read:groups: Read group information.
            admin:groups: Administer groups.
            read:services: Read service information.
            proxy: Manage the proxy.
externalDocs:
  description: JupyterHub REST API documentation
  url: https://jupyterhub.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/rest-api.html