NGINX

NGINX HTTP Location Zones API

The HTTP Location Zones API from NGINX — 2 operation(s) for http location zones.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 3

GET /http/location_zones/ NGINX Return Status of All HTTP Location Zones #
GET /http/location_zones/{httpLocationZoneName} NGINX Return Status of an HTTP Location Zone #
DELETE /http/location_zones/{httpLocationZoneName} NGINX Reset Statistics for a Location Zone #

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https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_api_module.html
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https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_api_module.html#api
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https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_stub_status_module.html
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https://nginx.org/en/docs/njs/
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https://nginx.org/en/docs/njs/reference.html
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GettingStarted
https://nginx.org/en/docs/njs/install.html

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nginx/refs/heads/main/openapi/nginx-http-location-zones-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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https://github.com/nginx/njs

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nginx/refs/heads/main/json-ld/nginx-plus-http-api-context.jsonld
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OpenAPI Specification

nginx-http-location-zones-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: '9.0'
  title: NGINX Plus REST HTTP Location Zones API
  description: NGINX Plus REST [API](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_api_module.html) provides access to NGINX Plus status information, on-the-fly configuration of upstream servers and key-value pairs management for [http](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_keyval_module.html) and [stream](https://nginx.org/en/docs/stream/ngx_stream_keyval_module.html).
servers:
- url: /api/9
tags:
- name: HTTP Location Zones
paths:
  /http/location_zones/:
    get:
      tags:
      - HTTP Location Zones
      summary: NGINX Return Status of All HTTP Location Zones
      description: Returns status information for each HTTP [location zone](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_api_module.html#status_zone_location).
      operationId: getHttpLocationZones
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: fields
        description: Limits which fields of location zones will be output. If the “<literal>fields</literal>” value is empty, then only zone names will be output.
        x-example: ''
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          x-microcks-refs:
          - name: getHttpLocationZones200Example
            x-microcks-default: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NginxHTTPLocationZonesMap'
              example:
                site1:
                  requests: 736395
                  responses:
                    1xx: 0
                    2xx: 727290
                    3xx: 4614
                    4xx: 934
                    5xx: 1535
                    codes:
                      200: 727290
                      301: 4614
                      404: 934
                      503: 1535
                    total: 734373
                  discarded: 2020
                  received: 180157219
                  sent: 20183175459
                site2:
                  requests: 185307
                  responses:
                    1xx: 0
                    2xx: 112674
                    3xx: 45383
                    4xx: 2504
                    5xx: 4419
                    codes:
                      200: 112674
                      301: 45383
                      404: 2504
                      503: 4419
                    total: 164980
                  discarded: 20326
                  received: 51575327
                  sent: 2983241510
        '404':
          description: Unknown version (*UnknownVersion*)
          x-microcks-refs:
          - name: getHttpLocationZones404Example
            x-microcks-default: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NginxError'
              example:
                error: {}
                request_id: example-request_id
                href: example-href
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /http/location_zones/{httpLocationZoneName}:
    parameters:
    - name: httpLocationZoneName
      in: path
      description: The name of an HTTP [location zone](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_api_module.html#status_zone_location).
      required: true
      x-example: example_httpLocationZoneName
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      tags:
      - HTTP Location Zones
      summary: NGINX Return Status of an HTTP Location Zone
      description: Returns status of a particular HTTP [location zone](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_api_module.html#status_zone_location).
      operationId: getHttpLocationZone
      parameters:
      - name: fields
        in: query
        description: Limits which fields of the location zone will be output.
        x-example: ''
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          x-microcks-refs:
          - name: getHttpLocationZone200Example
            x-microcks-default: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NginxHTTPLocationZone'
              example:
                requests: 706690
                responses:
                  1xx: 0
                  2xx: 699482
                  3xx: 4522
                  4xx: 907
                  5xx: 266
                  codes:
                    200: 112674
                    301: 4522
                    404: 2504
                    503: 266
                  total: 705177
                discarded: 1513
                received: 172711587
                sent: 19415530115
        '404':
          description: 'Location zone not found (*LocationZoneNotFound*),

            unknown version (*UnknownVersion*)

            '
          x-microcks-refs:
          - name: getHttpLocationZone404Example
            x-microcks-default: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NginxError'
              example:
                error: {}
                request_id: example-request_id
                href: example-href
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
    delete:
      tags:
      - HTTP Location Zones
      summary: NGINX Reset Statistics for a Location Zone
      description: Resets statistics of accepted and discarded requests, responses, received and sent bytes in a particular location zone.
      operationId: deleteHttpLocationZoneStat
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Success
        '404':
          description: 'Location zone not found (*LocationZoneNotFound*),

            unknown version (*UnknownVersion*)

            '
          x-microcks-refs:
          - name: deleteHttpLocationZoneStat404Example
            x-microcks-default: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NginxError'
              example:
                error: {}
                request_id: example-request_id
                href: example-href
        '405':
          description: Method disabled (*MethodDisabled*)
          x-microcks-refs:
          - name: deleteHttpLocationZoneStat405Example
            x-microcks-default: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NginxError'
              example:
                error: {}
                request_id: example-request_id
                href: example-href
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    NginxHTTPLocationZonesMap:
      title: HTTP Location Zones
      description: 'Status data for all HTTP

        <a href="https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_api_module.html#status_zone">location zones</a>.

        '
      type: object
      additionalProperties:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/NginxHTTPLocationZone'
      example:
        site1:
          requests: 736395
          responses:
            1xx: 0
            2xx: 727290
            3xx: 4614
            4xx: 934
            5xx: 1535
            codes:
              200: 727290
              301: 4614
              404: 934
              503: 1535
            total: 734373
          discarded: 2020
          received: 180157219
          sent: 20183175459
        site2:
          requests: 185307
          responses:
            1xx: 0
            2xx: 112674
            3xx: 45383
            4xx: 2504
            5xx: 4419
            codes:
              200: 112674
              301: 45383
              404: 2504
              503: 4419
            total: 164980
          discarded: 20326
          received: 51575327
          sent: 2983241510
    NginxError:
      title: Error
      description: 'nginx error object.

        '
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            status:
              type: integer
              description: HTTP error code.
              example: 200
            text:
              type: string
              description: Error description.
              example: example-text
            code:
              type: string
              description: Internal nginx error code.
              example: 200
          example: {}
        request_id:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the request, equals the value of the <a href="https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#var_request_id">$request_id</a> variable.
          example: example-request_id
        href:
          type: string
          description: Link to reference documentation.
          example: example-href
    NginxHTTPLocationZone:
      title: HTTP Location Zone
      type: object
      properties:
        requests:
          type: integer
          description: The total number of client requests received from clients.
          example: 31070465
        responses:
          description: The total number of responses sent to clients, the number of responses with status codes “<code>1xx</code>”, “<code>2xx</code>”, “<code>3xx</code>”, “<code>4xx</code>”, and “<code>5xx</code>”, and the number of responses per each status code.
          type: object
          readOnly: true
          properties:
            1xx:
              type: integer
              description: The number of responses with “<code>1xx</code>” status codes.
              readOnly: true
              example: 0
            2xx:
              type: integer
              description: The number of responses with “<code>2xx</code>” status codes.
              readOnly: true
              example: 0
            3xx:
              type: integer
              description: The number of responses with “<code>3xx</code>” status codes.
              readOnly: true
              example: 0
            4xx:
              type: integer
              description: The number of responses with “<code>4xx</code>” status codes.
              readOnly: true
              example: 0
            5xx:
              type: integer
              description: The number of responses with “<code>5xx</code>” status codes.
              readOnly: true
              example: 0
            codes:
              type: object
              description: The number of responses per each status code.
              readOnly: true
              properties:
                codeNumber:
                  type: integer
                  description: The number of responses with this particular status code.
                  readOnly: true
                  example: 0
              example: {}
            total:
              type: integer
              description: The total number of responses sent to clients.
              readOnly: true
              example: 98765
          example: 1234567
        discarded:
          type: integer
          description: The total number of requests completed without sending a response.
          example: 0
        received:
          type: integer
          description: The total number of bytes received from clients.
          example: 180157219
        sent:
          type: integer
          description: The total number of bytes sent to clients.
          example: 20183175459
      example:
        requests: 706690
        responses:
          1xx: 0
          2xx: 699482
          3xx: 4522
          4xx: 907
          5xx: 266
          codes:
            200: 112674
            301: 4522
            404: 2504
            503: 266
          total: 705177
        discarded: 1513
        received: 172711587
        sent: 19415530115