# CloudEvents API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/cloudevents/  
**Provider:** Scalable Software and Systems — https://apis.io/providers/scalable-software-and-systems/  
**Documentation:** https://cloudevents.io/

CloudEvents API is one of 9 APIs that [Scalable Software and Systems](https://apis.io/providers/scalable-software-and-systems/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include CNCF, Event-Driven, Event, Integration, and Standards. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

CloudEvents is a CNCF specification for describing event data in a common way. It defines a core data model and HTTP, AMQP, MQTT, and Kafka bindings enabling interoperable event-driven system design across cloud providers and middleware.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://cloudevents.io/
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/cloudevents/spec
- **Specification** — https://github.com/cloudevents/spec/blob/main/cloudevents/spec.md

## Other Scalable Software and Systems APIs (8)

- [Backstage Software Catalog API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/backstage/)
- [Apache Kafka Admin API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/kafka-admin/)
- [NATS Management API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/nats/)
- [Dapr API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/dapr/)
- [OpenTelemetry API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/opentelemetry/)
- [Argo CD API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/argocd/)
- [Scalable Software and Systems Entities API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/scalable-software-and-systems-entities-api/)
- [Scalable Software and Systems Locations API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/scalable-software-and-systems-locations-api/)

## Tags

CNCF, Event-Driven, Event, Integration, Standards

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