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Kong Routes API

Route entities define rules to match client requests. Each route is associated with a service, and a service may have multiple routes associated to it. Every request matching a given route will be proxied to the associated service. You need at least one matching rule that applies to the protocol being matched by the route. The combination of routes and services, and the separation of concerns between them, offers a powerful routing mechanism with which it is possible to define fine-grained entrypoints in Kong Gateway leading to different upstream services of your infrastructure. Depending on the protocol, one of the following attributes must be set: - `http`: At least one of `methods`, `hosts`, `headers`, or `paths` - `https`: At least one of `methods`, `hosts`, `headers`, `paths`, or `snis` - `tcp`: At least one of `sources` or `destinations` - `tls`: at least one of `sources`, `destinations`, or `snis` - `tls_passthrough`: set `snis` - `grpc`: At least one of `hosts`, `headers`, or `paths` - `grpcs`: At least one of `hosts`, `headers`, `paths`, or `snis` - `ws`: At least one of `hosts`, `headers`, or `paths` - `wss`: At least one of `hosts`, `headers`, `paths`, or `snis` A route can't have both `tls` and `tls_passthrough` protocols at same time. Learn more about the router: - [Configure routes using expressions](https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/routing/expressions/)

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Operations 18

POST /{workspace}/routes Create a new Route #

POST /{workspace}/routes#RouteExpression Create a new Route #

DELETE /{workspace}/routes/{RouteIdOrName} Delete a Route #

GET /{workspace}/routes/{RouteIdOrName} Get a Route #

PUT /{workspace}/routes/{RouteIdOrName} Upsert a Route #

DELETE /{workspace}/routes/{RouteIdOrName}#RouteExpression Delete a Route #

GET /{workspace}/routes/{RouteIdOrName}#RouteExpression Get a Route #

PUT /{workspace}/routes/{RouteIdOrName}#RouteExpression Upsert a Route #

GET /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/routes List all Routes #

POST /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/routes Create a new Route #

DELETE /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/routes/{RouteId} Delete a Route #

GET /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/routes/{RouteId} Get a Route #

PUT /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/routes/{RouteId} Upsert a Route #

GET /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/services/{ServiceId}/routes List all Routes associated with a Service #

POST /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/services/{ServiceId}/routes Create a new Route associated with a Service #

DELETE /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/services/{ServiceId}/routes/{RouteId} Delete a a Route associated with a Service #

GET /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/services/{ServiceId}/routes/{RouteId} Get a Route associated with a Service #

PUT /v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/services/{ServiceId}/routes/{RouteId} Upsert a Route associated with a Service #

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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Kong Routes 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 Routes 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:


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