# Kong Consumers API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/kong/kong-consumers-api/  
**Provider:** Kong — https://apis.io/providers/kong/  
**Base URL:** https://konghq.com/  
**Documentation:** https://konghq.com/products/kong-gateway

Kong Consumers API is one of 139 APIs that [Kong](https://apis.io/providers/kong/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Consumers. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, a GitHub repository, an API reference, authentication docs, and 1 JSON Schema.

The consumer object represents a consumer - or a user - of a service. You can either rely on Kong Gateway as the primary datastore, or you can map the consumer list with your database to keep consistency between Kong Gateway and your existing primary datastore.

## Machine-readable artifacts (10)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kong/refs/heads/main/openapi/kong-consumers-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://developer.konghq.com/api/gateway/admin-ee/3.14/
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kong/refs/heads/main/json-schema/kong-service-schema.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kong/refs/heads/main/json-ld/kong-context.jsonld
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/Kong/kong
- **Documentation** — https://developer.konghq.com/api/
- **APIReference** — https://developer.konghq.com/api/
- **Authentication** — https://developer.konghq.com/konnect-platform/personal-access-tokens/
- **SDKs** — https://github.com/Kong/sdk-konnect-go
- **Documentation** — https://developer.konghq.com/event-gateway/

## Other Kong APIs (12)

- [Kong Gateway](https://apis.io/apis/kong/kong/)
- [Kong AI Gateway](https://apis.io/apis/kong/kong-ai-gateway/)
- [Kong Agent Gateway](https://apis.io/apis/kong/kong-agent-gateway/)
- [Kong MCP Registry](https://apis.io/apis/kong/kong-mcp-registry/)
- [Kong Context Mesh](https://apis.io/apis/kong/kong-context-mesh/)
- [Kong Mesh](https://apis.io/apis/kong/kong-mesh/)
- [Kong Insomnia](https://apis.io/apis/kong/kong-insomnia/)
- [Kong ACLs API](https://apis.io/apis/kong/kong-acls-api/)
- [Kong Add-Ons API](https://apis.io/apis/kong/kong-add-ons-api/)
- [Kong API API](https://apis.io/apis/kong/kong-api-api/)
- [Kong API Attributes API](https://apis.io/apis/kong/kong-api-attributes-api/)
- [Kong API Documentation API](https://apis.io/apis/kong/kong-api-documentation-api/)

## Tags

Consumers

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