# Proxmox VE API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/proxmox/ve-api/  
**Provider:** Proxmox VE — https://apis.io/providers/proxmox/  
**Base URL:** https://your.server:8006/api2/json  
**Documentation:** https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Proxmox_VE_API

Proxmox VE API is one of 5 APIs that [Proxmox VE](https://apis.io/providers/proxmox/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Virtualization, Cluster Management, and Infrastructure. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and authentication docs.

REST-style management API for Proxmox VE covering nodes, virtual machines, containers, storage, networking, clustering, pools, and access management. Authenticated via API tokens (PVEAPIToken header) or ticket-based sessions with CSRFPreventionToken for write operations.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Proxmox_VE_API
- **API Viewer** — https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/api-viewer/
- **Authentication** — https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Proxmox_VE_API#Authentication
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/proxmox/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Proxmox VE APIs (4)

- [Proxmox VE Access API](https://apis.io/apis/proxmox/proxmox-access-api/)
- [Proxmox VE Cluster API](https://apis.io/apis/proxmox/proxmox-cluster-api/)
- [Proxmox VE Containers API](https://apis.io/apis/proxmox/proxmox-containers-api/)
- [Proxmox VE Nodes API](https://apis.io/apis/proxmox/proxmox-nodes-api/)

## Tags

Virtualization, Cluster Management, Infrastructure

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