# Kgateway Backend API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/kgateway/kgateway-backend-api/  
**Provider:** Kgateway — https://apis.io/providers/kgateway/  
**Base URL:** https://kubernetes.default.svc/apis/gateway.kgateway.dev/v1alpha1  
**Documentation:** https://kgateway.dev/docs/envoy/latest/reference/api/

Kgateway Backend API is one of 7 APIs that [Kgateway](https://apis.io/providers/kgateway/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 7 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Backend. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 7 JSON Schemas.

Define routable backends such as AI providers (OpenAI, Azure, Gemini), AWS Lambda functions, or static servers for use by Gateways. Reference Backend resources in HTTPRoute to route traffic to external services.

## Machine-readable artifacts (10)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kgateway/refs/heads/main/openapi/kgateway-backend-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://kgateway.dev/docs/envoy/latest/reference/api/
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kgateway/refs/heads/main/json-schema/traffic-policy.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kgateway/refs/heads/main/json-schema/backend.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kgateway/refs/heads/main/json-schema/direct-response.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kgateway/refs/heads/main/json-schema/gateway-extension.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kgateway/refs/heads/main/json-schema/gateway-parameters.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kgateway/refs/heads/main/json-schema/http-listener-policy.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kgateway/refs/heads/main/json-schema/ai-backend.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kgateway/refs/heads/main/json-ld/kgateway-context.jsonld

## Other Kgateway APIs (6)

- [Kgateway AIBackend API](https://apis.io/apis/kgateway/kgateway-aibackend-api/)
- [Kgateway DirectResponse API](https://apis.io/apis/kgateway/kgateway-directresponse-api/)
- [Kgateway GatewayExtension API](https://apis.io/apis/kgateway/kgateway-gatewayextension-api/)
- [Kgateway GatewayParameters API](https://apis.io/apis/kgateway/kgateway-gatewayparameters-api/)
- [Kgateway HTTPListenerPolicy API](https://apis.io/apis/kgateway/kgateway-httplistenerpolicy-api/)
- [Kgateway TrafficPolicy API](https://apis.io/apis/kgateway/kgateway-trafficpolicy-api/)

## Tags

Backend

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/kgateway/kgateway-backend-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/kgateway/.