Kong Event Gateway Listeners API

A listener represents hostname-port or IP-port combinations that connect to TCP sockets. Listeners need at least as many ports as backend brokers if you use port mapping in a Forward to Virtual Cluster policy. For SNI routing, you can route all brokers using a listener with only one port. Ports can be expressed as a single port or range. Addresses can be IPv4, IPv6, or hostnames. A listener can have policies that enforce TLS certificates and perform SNI routing. The listener runs at Layer 4 of the network stack. In Kong Event Gateway, listeners first take in the connection and then route the TCP connection to a virtual cluster based on conditions defined in listener policies.

Work with this as data

Every API here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

Tools for apis

7 MCP tools reach this
  • find_apisBrowse and filter every API in the catalog.
  • get_api_artifactsOne API's artifacts, grouped by type.
  • get_openapiThe primary OpenAPI for this API.
  • find_similar_apisAPIs that look like this one.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
All 92 tools

Call it yourself

curl for this page
This API
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis/kong-event-gateway-listeners-api"
All apis
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis?limit=25"

Discovery needs no key. Ratings and market analysis are Pro.

Get an API key

Free tier, no email required.

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have.

OpenAPI Specification

kong-event-gateway-listeners-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@konghq.com
    name: Kong Inc
    url: https://konghq.com
  description: 'OpenAPI 3.0 spec for Kong Gateway''s Admin API.


    You can learn more about Kong Gateway at [developer.konghq.com](https://developer.konghq.com).

    Give Kong a star at the [Kong/kong](https://github.com/kong/kong) repository.'
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  title: Kong Enterprise Admin ACLs Event Gateway Listeners API
  version: 3.14.0
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
security:
- adminToken: []
tags:
- name: Event Gateway Listeners
  description: 'A listener represents hostname-port or IP-port combinations that connect to TCP sockets. Listeners need at least as many ports as backend brokers if you use port mapping in a Forward to Virtual Cluster policy. For SNI routing, you can route all brokers using a listener with only one port. Ports can be expressed as a single port or range. Addresses can be IPv4, IPv6, or hostnames.


    A listener can have policies that enforce TLS certificates and perform SNI routing. The listener runs at Layer 4 of the network stack. In Kong Event Gateway, listeners first take in the connection and then route the TCP connection to a virtual cluster based on conditions defined in listener policies.

    '
paths:
  /v1/event-gateways/{gatewayId}/listeners:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/gatewayId'
    get:
      operationId: list-event-gateway-listeners
      summary: List Event Gateway Listeners
      description: Returns a list of listeners associated with the specified Event Gateway.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PageSize'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PageAfter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EventGatewayListenersFilter'
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ListEventGatewayListenersResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
      tags:
      - Event Gateway Listeners
    post:
      x-speakeasy-entity-operation:
        terraform-resource: EventGatewayListener#create
        terraform-datasource: null
      operationId: create-event-gateway-listener
      summary: Create Event Gateway Listener
      description: Creates a new listener associated with the specified Event Gateway.
      requestBody:
        $ref: '#/components/requestBodies/CreateEventGatewayListenerRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventGatewayListener'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
      tags:
      - Event Gateway Listeners
  /v1/event-gateways/{gatewayId}/listeners/{eventGatewayListenerId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/gatewayId'
    - name: eventGatewayListenerId
      in: path
      description: The ID of the Event Gateway Listener.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
      x-speakeasy-match: id
    get:
      x-speakeasy-entity-operation:
        terraform-resource: EventGatewayListener#read
        terraform-datasource: null
      operationId: get-event-gateway-listener
      summary: Get an Event Gateway Listener
      description: Returns information about a specific listener associated with the Event Gateway.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single event gateway listener object.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventGatewayListener'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
      tags:
      - Event Gateway Listeners
    put:
      x-speakeasy-entity-operation:
        terraform-resource: EventGatewayListener#update
        terraform-datasource: null
      operationId: update-event-gateway-listener
      summary: Update Event Gateway Listener
      description: Updates an existing listener associated with the specified Event Gateway.
      requestBody:
        $ref: '#/components/requestBodies/UpdateEventGatewayListenerRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Updated event gateway listener object.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventGatewayListener'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
      tags:
      - Event Gateway Listeners
    delete:
      x-speakeasy-entity-operation:
        terraform-resource: EventGatewayListener#delete
        terraform-datasource: null
      operationId: delete-event-gateway-listener
      summary: Delete Event Gateway Listener
      description: Deletes a specific listener associated with the Event Gateway.
      responses:
        '204':
          description: No Content
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
      tags:
      - Event Gateway Listeners
components:
  schemas:
    InvalidParameterMinimumLength:
      type: object
      properties:
        field:
          type: string
          example: name
          readOnly: true
        rule:
          description: invalid parameters rules
          type: string
          enum:
          - min_length
          - min_digits
          - min_lowercase
          - min_uppercase
          - min_symbols
          - min_items
          - min
          nullable: false
          readOnly: true
          x-speakeasy-unknown-values: allow
        minimum:
          type: integer
          example: 8
        source:
          type: string
          example: body
        reason:
          type: string
          example: must have at least 8 characters
          readOnly: true
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - field
      - reason
      - rule
      - minimum
    EventGatewayListener:
      description: Listeners are used to expose virtual clusters to clients.
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          description: The unique identifier of the listener.
          type: string
          format: uuid
          x-speakeasy-param-suppress-computed-diff: true
        name:
          description: The unique name of the listener.
          type: string
          maxLength: 255
          minLength: 1
          x-unicode-pattern: ^[\p{L}\p{N}][\p{L}\p{N} _\-\.:/+']*[\p{L}\p{N}]$
        description:
          description: A human-readable description of the listener.
          type: string
          default: ''
          maxLength: 512
        addresses:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventGatewayListenerAddresses'
        ports:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventGatewayListenerPorts'
        labels:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Labels'
        created_at:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreatedAt'
        updated_at:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdatedAt'
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - id
      - name
      - addresses
      - ports
      - created_at
      - updated_at
    StringFieldEqualsFilter:
      description: Filters on the given string field value by exact match.
      properties:
        eq:
          type: string
      title: StringFieldEqualsFilter
    UpdatedAt:
      description: An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity update date.
      type: string
      format: date-time
      example: '2022-11-04T20:10:06.927Z'
      readOnly: true
      x-speakeasy-param-suppress-computed-diff: true
    InvalidParameterChoiceItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        field:
          type: string
          example: name
          readOnly: true
        rule:
          description: invalid parameters rules
          type: string
          enum:
          - enum
          nullable: false
          readOnly: true
        reason:
          type: string
          example: is a required field
          readOnly: true
        choices:
          type: array
          items: {}
          minItems: 1
          nullable: false
          readOnly: true
          uniqueItems: true
        source:
          type: string
          example: body
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - field
      - reason
      - rule
      - choices
    EventGatewayListenerAddresses:
      description: "Which address or addresses to listen on.\n`0.0.0.0` means all addresses on the host.\n`::` means all addresses on the host in IPv6.\n\n  If `0.0.0.0` or `::` is used, there can't be other extra addresses defined.\n  WARNING: there are use cases where listening on all addresses is insecure. So use this with caution.\n\n  `localhost` means only the localhost ipv4 address.\n"
      type: array
      items:
        type: string
        minLength: 1
      minItems: 1
    InvalidParameterMaximumLength:
      type: object
      properties:
        field:
          type: string
          example: name
          readOnly: true
        rule:
          description: invalid parameters rules
          type: string
          enum:
          - max_length
          - max_items
          - max
          nullable: false
          readOnly: true
          x-speakeasy-unknown-values: allow
        maximum:
          type: integer
          example: 8
        source:
          type: string
          example: body
        reason:
          type: string
          example: must not have more than 8 characters
          readOnly: true
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - field
      - reason
      - rule
      - maximum
    EventGatewayListenerPort:
      oneOf:
      - type: string
        pattern: ^(\d{1,5}|\d{1,5}-\d{1,5})$
        description: A port or a range of ports in the format 9092 or 9092-9094.
      - type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 65535
    Labels:
      description: "Labels store metadata of an entity that can be used for filtering an entity list or for searching across entity types. \n\nKeys must be of length 1-63 characters, and cannot start with \"kong\", \"konnect\", \"mesh\", \"kic\", or \"_\".\n"
      type: object
      example:
        env: test
      additionalProperties:
        type: string
        pattern: ^[a-z0-9A-Z]{1}([a-z0-9A-Z-._]*[a-z0-9A-Z]+)?$
        minLength: 1
        maxLength: 63
      maxProperties: 50
      title: Labels
    ForbiddenError:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BaseError'
      - type: object
        properties:
          status:
            example: 403
          title:
            example: Forbidden
          type:
            example: https://httpstatuses.com/403
          instance:
            example: kong:trace:1234567890
          detail:
            example: Forbidden
    UnauthorizedError:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BaseError'
      - type: object
        properties:
          status:
            example: 401
          title:
            example: Unauthorized
          type:
            example: https://httpstatuses.com/401
          instance:
            example: kong:trace:1234567890
          detail:
            example: Invalid credentials
    CursorMetaPage:
      type: object
      properties:
        first:
          description: URI to the first page
          type: string
          format: path
        last:
          description: URI to the last page
          type: string
          format: path
        next:
          description: URI to the next page
          type: string
          format: path
          nullable: true
        previous:
          description: URI to the previous page
          type: string
          format: path
          nullable: true
        size:
          description: Requested page size
          type: number
          example: 10
      required:
      - size
      - next
      - previous
    CursorMeta:
      description: Pagination metadata.
      type: object
      properties:
        page:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CursorMetaPage'
      required:
      - page
    CreatedAt:
      description: An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity creation date.
      type: string
      format: date-time
      example: '2022-11-04T20:10:06.927Z'
      readOnly: true
      x-speakeasy-param-suppress-computed-diff: true
    BaseError:
      description: standard error
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          description: 'The HTTP status code of the error. Useful when passing the response

            body to child properties in a frontend UI. Must be returned as an integer.

            '
          type: integer
          readOnly: true
        title:
          description: 'A short, human-readable summary of the problem. It should not

            change between occurences of a problem, except for localization.

            Should be provided as "Sentence case" for direct use in the UI.

            '
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        type:
          description: The error type.
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        instance:
          description: 'Used to return the correlation ID back to the user, in the format

            kong:trace:<correlation_id>. This helps us find the relevant logs

            when a customer reports an issue.

            '
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        detail:
          description: 'A human readable explanation specific to this occurence of the problem.

            This field may contain request/entity data to help the user understand

            what went wrong. Enclose variable values in square brackets. Should be

            provided as "Sentence case" for direct use in the UI.

            '
          type: string
          readOnly: true
      required:
      - status
      - title
      - instance
      - detail
      title: Error
    InvalidParameterDependentItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        field:
          type: string
          example: name
          readOnly: true
        rule:
          description: invalid parameters rules
          type: string
          enum:
          - dependent_fields
          nullable: true
          readOnly: true
        reason:
          type: string
          example: is a required field
          readOnly: true
        dependents:
          type: array
          items: {}
          nullable: true
          readOnly: true
          uniqueItems: true
        source:
          type: string
          example: body
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - field
      - rule
      - reason
      - dependents
    InvalidRules:
      description: invalid parameters rules
      type: string
      enum:
      - required
      - is_array
      - is_base64
      - is_boolean
      - is_date_time
      - is_integer
      - is_null
      - is_number
      - is_object
      - is_string
      - is_uuid
      - is_fqdn
      - is_arn
      - unknown_property
      - missing_reference
      - is_label
      - matches_regex
      - invalid
      - is_supported_network_availability_zone_list
      - is_supported_network_cidr_block
      - is_supported_provider_region
      - type
      nullable: true
      readOnly: true
      x-speakeasy-unknown-values: allow
    InvalidParameters:
      description: invalid parameters
      type: array
      items:
        oneOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterStandard'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterMinimumLength'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterMaximumLength'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterChoiceItem'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterDependentItem'
      minItems: 1
      nullable: false
      uniqueItems: true
    BadRequestError:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BaseError'
      - type: object
        required:
        - invalid_parameters
        properties:
          invalid_parameters:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameters'
    InvalidParameterStandard:
      type: object
      properties:
        field:
          type: string
          example: name
          readOnly: true
        rule:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidRules'
        source:
          type: string
          example: body
        reason:
          type: string
          example: is a required field
          readOnly: true
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - field
      - reason
    NotFoundError:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BaseError'
      - type: object
        properties:
          status:
            example: 404
          title:
            example: Not Found
          type:
            example: https://httpstatuses.com/404
          instance:
            example: kong:trace:1234567890
          detail:
            example: Not found
    EventGatewayListenerPorts:
      description: "Which port or ports to listen on.\nThere can be multiple ways to define ports:\n  - as a single port, e.g. 9092\n  - as a range of ports, e.g. 9092-9094\n\nIt's possible to combine both, e.g. [9092, \"9093-9095\", 9096].\n"
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventGatewayListenerPort'
      minItems: 1
    StringFieldContainsFilter:
      description: Filters on the given string field value by fuzzy match.
      type: object
      properties:
        contains:
          type: string
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - contains
      title: StringFieldContainsFilter
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad Request
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/BadRequestError'
    NotFound:
      description: Not Found
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFoundError'
    ListEventGatewayListenersResponse:
      description: A paginated list response for a collection of Event Gateway listeners.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              meta:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CursorMeta'
              data:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventGatewayListener'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            description: The error response object.
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                description: The HTTP status code.
                type: integer
                example: 403
              title:
                description: The Error Response.
                type: string
                example: Unauthorized
              instance:
                description: The Konnect traceback code.
                type: string
                example: konnect:trace:952172606039454040
              detail:
                description: Details about the error response.
                type: string
                example: You do not have permission to perform this action
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
            title: Unauthorized Response
    Forbidden:
      description: Forbidden
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError'
  requestBodies:
    CreateEventGatewayListenerRequest:
      description: The request schema for creating a listener.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                description: The unique name of the listener.
                type: string
                maxLength: 255
                minLength: 1
              description:
                description: A human-readable description of the listener.
                type: string
                default: ''
                maxLength: 512
              addresses:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventGatewayListenerAddresses'
              ports:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventGatewayListenerPorts'
              labels:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Labels'
            additionalProperties: false
            required:
            - name
            - addresses
            - ports
    UpdateEventGatewayListenerRequest:
      description: The request schema for updating a listener.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                description: The unique name of the listener.
                type: string
                maxLength: 255
                minLength: 1
              description:
                description: A human-readable description of the listener.
                type: string
                default: ''
                maxLength: 512
              addresses:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventGatewayListenerAddresses'
              ports:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventGatewayListenerPorts'
              labels:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Labels'
            additionalProperties: false
            required:
            - name
            - addresses
            - ports
  parameters:
    PageAfter:
      name: page[after]
      description: Request the next page of data, starting with the item after this parameter.
      required: false
      in: query
      allowEmptyValue: true
      schema:
        type: string
        example: ewogICJpZCI6ICJoZWxsbyB3b3JsZCIKfQ
    gatewayId:
      name: gatewayId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
        example: 9524ec7d-36d9-465d-a8c5-83a3c9390458
      description: The UUID of your Gateway.
    EventGatewayListenersFilter:
      schema:
        type: object
        properties:
          name:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/StringFieldContainsFilter'
          virtual_cluster_id:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/StringFieldEqualsFilter'
      in: query
      name: filter
      description: Filter listeners returned in the response.
      required: false
      style: deepObject
    PageSize:
      name: page[size]
      description: The maximum number of items to include per page. The last page of a collection may include fewer items.
      required: false
      in: query
      allowEmptyValue: true
      schema:
        type: integer
        example: 10
      x-speakeasy-terraform-ignore: true
  securitySchemes:
    adminToken:
      in: header
      name: Kong-Admin-Token
      type: apiKey
externalDocs:
  description: Documentation for Kong Gateway and its APIs
  url: https://developer.konghq.com