JupyterLab

JupyterLab Settings API

User-defined settings for JupyterLab plugins.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://jupyterlab-server.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api/rest.html

Specifications

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

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jupyterlab/refs/heads/main/json-schema/jupyterlab-workspace.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jupyterlab/refs/heads/main/json-schema/jupyterlab-setting.json

Other Resources

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

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OpenAPI Specification

jupyterlab-settings-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: JupyterLab Server REST Licenses Settings API
  description: REST API for JupyterLab Server, the set of REST API services that JupyterLab depends on. Provides endpoints for managing user-defined settings, workspaces, themes, translations, third-party license reports, and extension listings. JupyterLab Server runs as a Jupyter Server extension.
  version: 2.27.0
  license:
    name: BSD-3-Clause
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
  contact:
    name: Jupyter Project
    url: https://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io
    email: jupyter@googlegroups.com
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8888/lab/api
  description: Local JupyterLab server
security:
- token: []
tags:
- name: Settings
  description: User-defined settings for JupyterLab plugins.
paths:
  /settings:
    get:
      operationId: listSettings
      summary: JupyterLab List all settings
      description: Returns a bundle of all application settings, suitable for the JupyterLab settings registry.
      tags:
      - Settings
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Bundle of all settings.
  /settings/{schema_name}:
    get:
      operationId: getSetting
      summary: JupyterLab Get setting
      description: Returns the user-defined settings for a single plugin schema.
      tags:
      - Settings
      parameters:
      - name: schema_name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Plugin schema identifier (for example @jupyterlab/apputils-extension:themes).
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Settings document for the schema.
    put:
      operationId: updateSetting
      summary: JupyterLab Update setting
      description: Updates the user-defined settings for a single plugin schema.
      tags:
      - Settings
      parameters:
      - name: schema_name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Setting updated.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    token:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'Token-based authentication. Use the form: Authorization: token <token>'
    xsrf:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-XSRFToken
      description: XSRF token required for browser-based requests.
externalDocs:
  description: JupyterLab Server REST API documentation
  url: https://jupyterlab-server.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api/rest.html