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Kong ACLs API

The ACLs API from Kong — 6 operation(s) for acls.

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Operations 10

POST /{workspace}/consumers/{ConsumerIdForNestedEntities}/acls Create a new ACL associated with a Consumer #

DELETE /{workspace}/consumers/{ConsumerIdForNestedEntities}/acls/{ACLId} Delete a an ACL associated with a Consumer #

GET /{workspace}/consumers/{ConsumerIdForNestedEntities}/acls/{ACLId} Get an ACL associated with a Consumer #

GET /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/acls List all ACLs #

GET /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/acls/{ACLId} Get an ACL #

GET /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/consumers/{ConsumerIdForNestedEntities}/acls List all ACLs associated with a Consumer #

POST /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/consumers/{ConsumerIdForNestedEntities}/acls Create a new ACL associated with a Consumer #

DELETE /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/consumers/{ConsumerIdForNestedEntities}/acls/{ACLId} Delete a an ACL associated with a Consumer #

GET /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/consumers/{ConsumerIdForNestedEntities}/acls/{ACLId} Get an ACL associated with a Consumer #

PUT /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/consumers/{ConsumerIdForNestedEntities}/acls/{ACLId} Upsert an ACL associated with a Consumer #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Kong AC Ls API
  version: 3.14.0
  contact:
    email: support@konghq.com
    name: Kong Inc
    url: https://konghq.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  x-refined-note:
  - x-extensions-note differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-oas-source differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-oas-source-link differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  description: 'Operations tagged ACLs across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: kong-gateway-admin-api.yml, kong-konnect-platform-api.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- description: Default Admin API URL
  url: '{protocol}://{hostname}:{port}{path}'
  variables:
    hostname:
      default: localhost
      description: Hostname for Kong's Admin API
    path:
      default: /
      description: Base path for Kong's Admin API
    port:
      default: '8001'
      description: Port for Kong's Admin API
    protocol:
      default: http
      description: Protocol for requests to Kong's Admin API
      enum:
      - http
      - https
- url: https://global.api.konghq.com
- url: https://us.api.konghq.com
- url: https://eu.api.konghq.com
- url: https://au.api.konghq.com
tags:
- name: ACLs
paths:
  /{workspace}/consumers/{ConsumerIdForNestedEntities}/acls:
    post:
      x-speakeasy-entity-operation:
        terraform-datasource: null
        terraform-resource: ACL#create
      operationId: create-acl-with-consumer
      summary: Create a new ACL associated with a Consumer
      description: Create a new ACL associated with a Consumer
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ConsumerIdForNestedEntities'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Workspace'
      requestBody:
        description: Description of new ACL for creation
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACLWithoutParents'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Successfully created ACL
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACL'
      tags:
      - ACLs
      security:
      - adminToken: []
    servers:
    - description: Default Admin API URL
      url: '{protocol}://{hostname}:{port}{path}'
      variables:
        hostname:
          default: localhost
          description: Hostname for Kong's Admin API
        path:
          default: /
          description: Base path for Kong's Admin API
        port:
          default: '8001'
          description: Port for Kong's Admin API
        protocol:
          default: http
          description: Protocol for requests to Kong's Admin API
          enum:
          - http
          - https
  /{workspace}/consumers/{ConsumerIdForNestedEntities}/acls/{ACLId}:
    delete:
      x-speakeasy-entity-operation:
        terraform-datasource: null
        terraform-resource: ACL#delete
      operationId: delete-acl-with-consumer
      summary: Delete a an ACL associated with a Consumer
      description: Delete a an ACL associated with a Consumer using ID.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ConsumerIdForNestedEntities'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ACLId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Workspace'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Successfully deleted ACL or the resource didn't exist
      tags:
      - ACLs
      security:
      - adminToken: []
    get:
      x-speakeasy-entity-operation:
        terraform-datasource: null
        terraform-resource: ACL#read
      operationId: get-acl-with-consumer
      summary: Get an ACL associated with a Consumer
      description: Get an ACL associated with a Consumer using ID.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ConsumerIdForNestedEntities'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ACLId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Workspace'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully fetched ACL
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACL'
        '404':
          description: Resource does not exist
      tags:
      - ACLs
      security:
      - adminToken: []
    servers:
    - description: Default Admin API URL
      url: '{protocol}://{hostname}:{port}{path}'
      variables:
        hostname:
          default: localhost
          description: Hostname for Kong's Admin API
        path:
          default: /
          description: Base path for Kong's Admin API
        port:
          default: '8001'
          description: Port for Kong's Admin API
        protocol:
          default: http
          description: Protocol for requests to Kong's Admin API
          enum:
          - http
          - https
  /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/acls:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/controlPlaneId'
    get:
      operationId: list-acl
      summary: List all ACLs
      description: List all ACLs
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PaginationSize'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PaginationOffset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PaginationTagsFilter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A successful response listing ACLs
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACL_2'
                  next:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationNextResponse'
                  offset:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationOffsetResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/HTTP401Error'
      tags:
      - ACLs
      security:
      - personalAccessToken: []
      - systemAccountAccessToken: []
      - konnectAccessToken: []
      - serviceAccessToken: []
    servers:
    - url: https://global.api.konghq.com
    - url: https://us.api.konghq.com
    - url: https://eu.api.konghq.com
    - url: https://au.api.konghq.com
  /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/acls/{ACLId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ACLId_2'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/controlPlaneId'
    get:
      operationId: get-acl
      summary: Get an ACL
      description: Get an ACL using ID.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully fetched ACL
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACL_2'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/HTTP401Error'
        '404':
          description: Resource does not exist
      tags:
      - ACLs
      security:
      - personalAccessToken: []
      - systemAccountAccessToken: []
      - konnectAccessToken: []
      - serviceAccessToken: []
    servers:
    - url: https://global.api.konghq.com
    - url: https://us.api.konghq.com
    - url: https://eu.api.konghq.com
    - url: https://au.api.konghq.com
  /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/consumers/{ConsumerIdForNestedEntities}/acls:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/controlPlaneId'
    get:
      operationId: list-acl-with-consumer
      summary: List all ACLs associated with a Consumer
      description: List all ACLs associated with a Consumer
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ConsumerIdForNestedEntities_2'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PaginationSize'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PaginationOffset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PaginationTagsFilter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A successful response listing ACLs
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACL_2'
                  next:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationNextResponse'
                  offset:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationOffsetResponse'
      tags:
      - ACLs
      security:
      - personalAccessToken: []
      - systemAccountAccessToken: []
      - konnectAccessToken: []
      - serviceAccessToken: []
    post:
      operationId: create-acl-with-consumer
      summary: Create a new ACL associated with a Consumer
      description: Create a new ACL associated with a Consumer
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ConsumerIdForNestedEntities_2'
      requestBody:
        description: Description of new ACL for creation
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACLWithoutParents_2'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Successfully created ACL
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACL_2'
      tags:
      - ACLs
      security:
      - personalAccessToken: []
      - systemAccountAccessToken: []
      - konnectAccessToken: []
      - serviceAccessToken: []
    servers:
    - url: https://global.api.konghq.com
    - url: https://us.api.konghq.com
    - url: https://eu.api.konghq.com
    - url: https://au.api.konghq.com
  /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/consumers/{ConsumerIdForNestedEntities}/acls/{ACLId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/controlPlaneId'
    delete:
      operationId: delete-acl-with-consumer
      summary: Delete a an ACL associated with a Consumer
      description: Delete a an ACL associated with a Consumer using ID.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ConsumerIdForNestedEntities_2'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ACLId_2'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Successfully deleted ACL or the resource didn't exist
      tags:
      - ACLs
      security:
      - personalAccessToken: []
      - systemAccountAccessToken: []
      - konnectAccessToken: []
      - serviceAccessToken: []
    get:
      operationId: get-acl-with-consumer
      summary: Get an ACL associated with a Consumer
      description: Get an ACL associated with a Consumer using ID.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ConsumerIdForNestedEntities_2'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ACLId_2'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully fetched ACL
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACL_2'
        '404':
          description: Resource does not exist
      tags:
      - ACLs
      security:
      - personalAccessToken: []
      - systemAccountAccessToken: []
      - konnectAccessToken: []
      - serviceAccessToken: []
    put:
      operationId: upsert-acl-with-consumer
      summary: Upsert an ACL associated with a Consumer
      description: Create or Update an ACL associated with a Consumer using ID.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ConsumerIdForNestedEntities_2'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ACLId_2'
      requestBody:
        description: Description of the ACL
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACLWithoutParents_2'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully upserted ACL
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACL_2'
      tags:
      - ACLs
      security:
      - personalAccessToken: []
      - systemAccountAccessToken: []
      - konnectAccessToken: []
      - serviceAccessToken: []
    servers:
    - url: https://global.api.konghq.com
    - url: https://us.api.konghq.com
    - url: https://eu.api.konghq.com
    - url: https://au.api.konghq.com
components:
  parameters:
    ACLId:
      description: ID of the ACL to lookup
      example: f28acbfa-c866-4587-b688-0208ac24df21
      in: path
      name: ACLId
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      x-speakeasy-match: id
    Workspace:
      description: The name of the workspace
      in: path
      name: workspace
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        example: team-payments
        default: default
    ConsumerIdForNestedEntities:
      description: Consumer ID for nested entities
      example: ''
      in: path
      name: ConsumerIdForNestedEntities
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      x-speakeasy-name-override: consumer_id
    PaginationSize:
      description: Number of resources to be returned.
      in: query
      name: size
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 100
        maximum: 1000
        minimum: 1
    controlPlaneId:
      name: controlPlaneId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
        example: 9524ec7d-36d9-465d-a8c5-83a3c9390458
      description: The UUID of your control plane. This variable is available in the Konnect manager.
      x-speakeasy-param-force-new: true
    ACLId_2:
      description: ID of the ACL to lookup
      example: f28acbfa-c866-4587-b688-0208ac24df21
      in: path
      name: ACLId
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    PaginationOffset:
      allowEmptyValue: true
      description: Offset from which to return the next set of resources. Use the value of the 'offset' field from the response of a list operation as input here to paginate through all the resources
      in: query
      name: offset
      schema:
        type: string
    ConsumerIdForNestedEntities_2:
      description: Consumer ID for nested entities
      example: ''
      in: path
      name: ConsumerIdForNestedEntities
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    PaginationTagsFilter:
      allowEmptyValue: true
      description: A list of tags to filter the list of resources on. Multiple tags can be concatenated using ',' to mean AND or using '/' to mean OR.
      example: tag1,tag2
      in: query
      name: tags
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    ACL:
      x-speakeasy-entity: ACL
      type: object
      properties:
        consumer:
          type: object
          nullable: true
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
          x-foreign: true
          x-speakeasy-terraform-ignore: true
        created_at:
          description: Unix epoch when the resource was created.
          type: integer
          nullable: true
        group:
          type: string
        id:
          description: A string representing a UUID (universally unique identifier).
          type: string
          nullable: true
        tags:
          description: A set of strings representing tags.
          type: array
          items:
            description: A string representing a tag.
            type: string
          nullable: true
      example:
        consumer:
          id: 84a73fb8-50fc-44a7-a4d5-aa17728ee83f
        group: foo
        id: b1f34145-0343-41a4-9602-4c69dec2f269
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - group
    ACLWithoutParents:
      x-speakeasy-entity: ACL
      type: object
      properties:
        consumer:
          type: object
          nullable: true
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
          x-foreign: true
          x-speakeasy-terraform-ignore: true
        created_at:
          description: Unix epoch when the resource was created.
          type: integer
          nullable: true
        group:
          type: string
        id:
          description: A string representing a UUID (universally unique identifier).
          type: string
          nullable: true
        tags:
          description: A set of strings representing tags.
          type: array
          items:
            description: A string representing a tag.
            type: string
          nullable: true
      example:
        group: foo
        id: b1f34145-0343-41a4-9602-4c69dec2f269
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - group
    ACLWithoutParents_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        consumer:
          type: object
          nullable: true
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
          x-foreign: true
        created_at:
          description: Unix epoch when the resource was created.
          type: integer
          nullable: true
        group:
          type: string
        id:
          description: A string representing a UUID (universally unique identifier).
          type: string
          nullable: true
        tags:
          description: A set of strings representing tags.
          type: array
          items:
            description: A string representing a tag.
            type: string
          nullable: true
      example:
        group: foo
        id: b1f34145-0343-41a4-9602-4c69dec2f269
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - group
    PaginationNextResponse:
      description: URI to the next page (may be null)
      type: string
    PaginationOffsetResponse:
      description: Offset is used to paginate through the API. Provide this value to the next list operation to fetch the next page
      type: string
    ACL_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        consumer:
          type: object
          nullable: true
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
          x-foreign: true
        created_at:
          description: Unix epoch when the resource was created.
          type: integer
          nullable: true
        group:
          type: string
        id:
          description: A string representing a UUID (universally unique identifier).
          type: string
          nullable: true
        tags:
          description: A set of strings representing tags.
          type: array
          items:
            description: A string representing a tag.
            type: string
          nullable: true
      example:
        consumer:
          id: 84a73fb8-50fc-44a7-a4d5-aa17728ee83f
        group: foo
        id: b1f34145-0343-41a4-9602-4c69dec2f269
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - group
    GatewayUnauthorizedError:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
      required:
      - message
      - status
  responses:
    HTTP401Error:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GatewayUnauthorizedError'
  securitySchemes:
    adminToken:
      in: header
      name: Kong-Admin-Token
      type: apiKey
    personalAccessToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: Token
      description: The personal access token is meant to be used as an alternative to basic-auth when accessing Konnect via APIs. You can generate a Personal Access Token (PAT) from the personal access token page in the Konnect dashboard.
    systemAccountAccessToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: Token
      description: 'The system account access token is meant for automations and integrations that are not directly associated with a human identity.

        You can generate a system account Access Token by creating a system account and then obtaining a system account access token for that account.

        The access token must be passed in the header of a request, for example:

        `curl -X GET ''https://global.api.konghq.com/v2/users/'' --header ''Authorization: Bearer spat_i2Ej...''`

        '
    konnectAccessToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: The Konnect access token is meant to be used by the Konnect dashboard and the decK CLI to authenticate with.
    serviceAccessToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: 'The Service access token is meant to be used between internal services.

        '
externalDocs:
  description: Documentation for Kong Gateway and its APIs
  url: https://developer.konghq.com
x-refined-from:
- kong-gateway-admin-api.yml
- kong-konnect-platform-api.yml

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