Roadie Catalog API

Read Backstage software catalog entities in your Roadie tenant.

Operations 4

GET /catalog/entities List catalog entities #
GET /catalog/entities/by-query Query catalog entities #
GET /catalog/entities/by-name/{kind}/{namespace}/{name} Get a catalog entity by name #
GET /catalog/entity-facets Get entity facets #

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OpenAPI Specification

roadie-io-catalog-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Roadie Catalog API
  description: Roadie is a managed (SaaS) Backstage - a hosted internal developer portal and software catalog.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Roadie (Larder Software Limited)
    url: https://roadie.io
  x-modeled: Base URLs and auth are confirmed from Roadie documentation. Individual request/response schemas are modeled from Roadie + Backstage docs and are not a Roadie-published OpenAPI file.
servers:
- url: https://api.roadie.so/api
  description: Roadie Cloud Hosted API
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Catalog
  description: Read Backstage software catalog entities in your Roadie tenant.
paths:
  /catalog/entities:
    get:
      operationId: listCatalogEntities
      tags:
      - Catalog
      summary: List catalog entities
      description: Lists software catalog entities (Components, APIs, Systems, Resources, Groups, Users, Templates, and more) in your Roadie tenant. Supports Backstage-style filter, fields, offset, and limit query parameters.
      parameters:
      - name: filter
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Backstage entity filter, e.g. kind=component,spec.type=service.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: fields
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Comma-separated list of entity fields to return.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: offset
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of catalog entities.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Entity'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /catalog/entities/by-query:
    get:
      operationId: queryCatalogEntities
      tags:
      - Catalog
      summary: Query catalog entities
      description: Paginated, filterable query over catalog entities returning items plus a cursor for the next page. Mirrors the Backstage entities/by-query endpoint.
      parameters:
      - name: filter
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: cursor
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of catalog entities.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  items:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Entity'
                  pageInfo:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      nextCursor:
                        type: string
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /catalog/entities/by-name/{kind}/{namespace}/{name}:
    get:
      operationId: getCatalogEntityByName
      tags:
      - Catalog
      summary: Get a catalog entity by name
      description: Retrieves a single catalog entity by its kind, namespace, and name.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Kind'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Namespace'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Name'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested catalog entity.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Entity'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /catalog/entity-facets:
    get:
      operationId: getEntityFacets
      tags:
      - Catalog
      summary: Get entity facets
      description: Returns counts of entities grouped by one or more facets (for example spec.type or metadata.tags), useful for building catalog filters.
      parameters:
      - name: facet
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Facet path to aggregate on, e.g. kind or spec.type.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: filter
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Facet counts.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    Entity:
      type: object
      description: A Backstage-format catalog entity.
      properties:
        apiVersion:
          type: string
          example: backstage.io/v1alpha1
        kind:
          type: string
          example: Component
        metadata:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
            namespace:
              type: string
            title:
              type: string
            description:
              type: string
            tags:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
            annotations:
              type: object
              additionalProperties:
                type: string
          additionalProperties: true
        spec:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        relations:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
      additionalProperties: true
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            message:
              type: string
            name:
              type: string
  parameters:
    Name:
      name: name
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Entity name.
      schema:
        type: string
    Kind:
      name: kind
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Entity kind, e.g. component, api, system, group, user, template.
      schema:
        type: string
    Namespace:
      name: namespace
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Entity namespace, typically default.
      schema:
        type: string
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid Bearer token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Roadie API token (User Token or Service Token) created under Administration in the Roadie app. Passed as `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ROADIE_API_TOKEN`.'