Render

Render Services API

[Services](https://render.com/docs/service-types) allow you to manage your web services, private services, background workers, cron jobs, and static sites.

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Business capability
IT Infrastructure Management BC-600.50

Operations 25

GET /services List services #
POST /services Create service #
GET /services/{serviceId} Retrieve service #
PATCH /services/{serviceId} Update service #
DELETE /services/{serviceId} Delete service #
POST /services/{serviceId}/cache/purge Purge Web Service Cache #
GET /services/{serviceId}/env-vars List environment variables #
PUT /services/{serviceId}/env-vars Update environment variables #
GET /services/{serviceId}/env-vars/{envVarKey} Retrieve environment variable #
PUT /services/{serviceId}/env-vars/{envVarKey} Add or update environment variable #
DELETE /services/{serviceId}/env-vars/{envVarKey} Delete environment variable #
GET /services/{serviceId}/secret-files List secret files #
PUT /services/{serviceId}/secret-files Update secret files #
GET /services/{serviceId}/secret-files/{secretFileName} Retrieve secret file #
PUT /services/{serviceId}/secret-files/{secretFileName} Add or update secret file #
DELETE /services/{serviceId}/secret-files/{secretFileName} Delete secret file #
GET /services/{serviceId}/events List events #
POST /services/{serviceId}/suspend Suspend service #
POST /services/{serviceId}/resume Resume service #
POST /services/{serviceId}/restart Restart service #
POST /services/{serviceId}/scale Scale instance count #
PUT /services/{serviceId}/autoscaling Update autoscaling config #
DELETE /services/{serviceId}/autoscaling Delete autoscaling config #
POST /services/{serviceId}/preview Create service preview (image-backed) #
GET /services/{serviceId}/instances List instances #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://render.com/docs/api

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/render/refs/heads/main/openapi/render-services-api-openapi.yml
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AsyncAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/render/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/render-webhooks-asyncapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/render/refs/heads/main/json-schema/render-service-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/render/refs/heads/main/json-schema/render-deploy-schema.json
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JSONStructure
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/render/refs/heads/main/json-structure/render-service-structure.json

Other Resources

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OpenAPISpec
https://api-docs.render.com/v1.0/openapi/render-public-api-1.json
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ReferenceDocumentation
https://api-docs.render.com
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Rules
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/render/refs/heads/main/rules/render-rules.yml
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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/render/refs/heads/main/json-ld/render-context.jsonld
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/render/refs/heads/main/examples/render-create-service-example.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/render/refs/heads/main/examples/render-trigger-deploy-example.json
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Vocabulary
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/render/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/render-vocabulary.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

render-services-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Render Public Services API
  description: Manage everything about your Render services
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Render API
    url: https://community.render.com
    email: support@render.com
servers:
- url: https://api.render.com/v1
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:


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