# KEDA ScaledObject API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/keda/keda-scaled-object-api/  
**Provider:** KEDA — https://apis.io/providers/keda/  
**Documentation:** https://keda.sh/docs/latest/concepts/scaling-deployments/

KEDA ScaledObject API is one of 5 APIs that [KEDA](https://apis.io/providers/keda/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Auto-Scaling, CRD, Kubernetes, and ScaledObject. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, a JSON-LD context, an API reference, and 2 JSON Schemas.

The ScaledObject custom resource defines the mapping between an event source and a Kubernetes Deployment, StatefulSet, or custom resource that should be scaled based on event metrics. It specifies trigger scalers, scaling thresholds, min/max replica counts, and cooldown periods for workload-based autoscaling.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://keda.sh/docs/latest/concepts/scaling-deployments/
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/keda/refs/heads/main/scaled-object.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/keda/refs/heads/main/json-schema/keda-scaled-object-schema.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/keda/refs/heads/main/keda-context.jsonld
- **Reference** — https://keda.sh/docs/latest/reference/scaledobject-spec/

## Other KEDA APIs (4)

- [KEDA Metrics API](https://apis.io/apis/keda/keda-metrics-api/)
- [KEDA ScaledJob API](https://apis.io/apis/keda/keda-scaled-job-api/)
- [KEDA TriggerAuthentication API](https://apis.io/apis/keda/keda-trigger-authentication-api/)
- [KEDA CloudEventSource API](https://apis.io/apis/keda/keda-cloud-event-source-api/)

## Tags

Auto-Scaling, CRD, Kubernetes, ScaledObject

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