Roadie Scaffolder API

Backstage software templates - discover, dry-run, execute, and track scaffolder tasks.

Operations 6

GET /scaffolder/v2/actions List installed scaffolder actions #
GET /scaffolder/v2/tasks List scaffolder tasks #
POST /scaffolder/v2/tasks Run a software template #
GET /scaffolder/v2/tasks/{taskId} Get a scaffolder task #
GET /scaffolder/v2/tasks/{taskId}/eventstream Stream scaffolder task events #
POST /scaffolder/v2/dry-run Dry-run a software template #

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OpenAPI Specification

roadie-io-scaffolder-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Roadie Scaffolder 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: Scaffolder
  description: Backstage software templates - discover, dry-run, execute, and track scaffolder tasks.
paths:
  /scaffolder/v2/actions:
    get:
      operationId: listScaffolderActions
      tags:
      - Scaffolder
      summary: List installed scaffolder actions
      description: Lists the scaffolder actions available to build software templates.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Installed actions.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  additionalProperties: true
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /scaffolder/v2/tasks:
    get:
      operationId: listScaffolderTasks
      tags:
      - Scaffolder
      summary: List scaffolder tasks
      description: Lists scaffolder (template execution) tasks and their statuses.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of scaffolder tasks.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  tasks:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScaffolderTask'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createScaffolderTask
      tags:
      - Scaffolder
      summary: Run a software template
      description: Executes a Backstage software template by reference, with the supplied input values and optional secrets. Returns a task id that can be polled or streamed for progress. This is the self-service "golden path" surface of the internal developer portal.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - templateRef
              - values
              properties:
                templateRef:
                  type: string
                  description: Entity reference of the template, e.g. template:default/create-service.
                values:
                  type: object
                  additionalProperties: true
                secrets:
                  type: object
                  additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The task was created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
  /scaffolder/v2/tasks/{taskId}:
    get:
      operationId: getScaffolderTask
      tags:
      - Scaffolder
      summary: Get a scaffolder task
      description: Retrieves the status and step output of a scaffolder task.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/TaskId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested task.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScaffolderTask'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /scaffolder/v2/tasks/{taskId}/eventstream:
    get:
      operationId: streamScaffolderTaskEvents
      tags:
      - Scaffolder
      summary: Stream scaffolder task events
      description: Server-Sent Events (SSE) stream of log and completion events for a running scaffolder task. This is a text/event-stream long-poll, not a WebSocket.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/TaskId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: An SSE stream of task events.
          content:
            text/event-stream:
              schema:
                type: string
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /scaffolder/v2/dry-run:
    post:
      operationId: dryRunScaffolderTemplate
      tags:
      - Scaffolder
      summary: Dry-run a software template
      description: Executes a template in dry-run mode to preview the files and output it would produce without creating anything.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                template:
                  type: object
                  additionalProperties: true
                values:
                  type: object
                  additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The dry-run result.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid Bearer token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    ValidationError:
      description: The request payload failed validation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  parameters:
    TaskId:
      name: taskId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Identifier of a scaffolder task.
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    ScaffolderTask:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
          description: One of open, processing, cancelled, failed, or completed.
        spec:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      additionalProperties: true
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            message:
              type: string
            name:
              type: string
  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`.'