Orbital

Orbital Services API

The Services API from Orbital — 2 operation(s) for services.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

GET /api/services Orbital List connected services #
GET /api/services/{serviceName} Orbital Get service details #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://orbitalhq.com/docs/querying/writing-queries
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Documentation
https://orbitalhq.com/docs/describing-data-sources/open-api

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/orbital/openapi/orbital-services-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/orbital/json-schema/query.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/orbital/json-schema/connection.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/orbital/json-schema/cache.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/orbital/json-schema/schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/orbital/json-schema/service.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/orbital/json-schema/type.json

Other Resources

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JSONLD
https://artifacts.apis.io/orbital/json-ld/orbital-context.jsonld

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OpenAPI Specification

orbital-services-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Orbital Services API
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Orbital Support
    url: https://orbitalhq.com/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  description: 'Operations tagged Services across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: orbital-query-api-openapi.yml, orbital-schema-management-api-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://localhost:9022
  description: Local Orbital Server
tags:
- name: Services
paths:
  /api/services:
    get:
      operationId: listServices
      summary: Orbital List connected services
      description: Returns the list of services currently connected to Orbital, including REST APIs, databases, message queues, and serverless functions.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of connected services.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceEntry'
      tags:
      - Services
    servers:
    - url: https://localhost:9022
      description: Local Orbital Server
  /api/services/{serviceName}:
    get:
      operationId: getService
      summary: Orbital Get service details
      description: Returns detailed information about a specific connected service, including its operations, types, and connection status.
      parameters:
      - name: serviceName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Service details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceDetail'
        '404':
          description: Service not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      tags:
      - Services
    servers:
    - url: https://localhost:9022
      description: Local Orbital Server
components:
  schemas:
    ServiceEntry:
      type: object
      description: A service connected to Orbital.
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the service.
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Base URL of the service.
        protocol:
          type: string
          description: Protocol type of the service.
          enum:
          - REST
          - gRPC
          - SOAP
          - Kafka
          - Database
        operationCount:
          type: integer
          description: Number of operations exposed by this service.
        status:
          type: string
          description: Current connection status of the service.
          enum:
          - CONNECTED
          - DISCONNECTED
          - ERROR
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Error response from the Orbital API.
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
        code:
          type: string
          description: Error code identifying the type of error.
        details:
          type: object
          description: Additional error details.
          additionalProperties: true
    ServiceDetail:
      type: object
      description: Detailed information about a connected service.
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the service.
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Base URL of the service.
        protocol:
          type: string
          description: Protocol type of the service.
          enum:
          - REST
          - gRPC
          - SOAP
          - Kafka
          - Database
        status:
          type: string
          description: Current connection status.
          enum:
          - CONNECTED
          - DISCONNECTED
          - ERROR
        operations:
          type: array
          description: Operations exposed by this service.
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
                description: Operation name.
              returnType:
                type: string
                description: Qualified type name of the return type.
              parameters:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    name:
                      type: string
                    type:
                      type: string
        types:
          type: array
          description: Types exposed by this service.
          items:
            type: string
x-refined-from:
- orbital-query-api-openapi.yml
- orbital-schema-management-api-openapi.yml