# Kong Plugins API

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

Kong Plugins 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 Plugins. 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.

A plugin entity represents a plugin configuration that will be executed during the HTTP request/response lifecycle. Plugins let you add functionality to services that run behind a Kong Gateway instance, like authentication or rate limiting. You can find more information about available plugins and which values each plugin accepts at the [Plugin Hub](https://developer.konghq.com/plugins/). <br><br> When adding a plugin configuration to a service, the plugin will run on every request made by a client to that service. If a plugin needs to be tuned to different values for some specific consumers, you can do so by creating a separate plugin instance that specifies both the service and the consumer, through the service and consumer fields.

## Machine-readable artifacts (10)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kong/refs/heads/main/openapi/kong-plugins-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

Plugins

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