Scalable Software and Systems

Scalable Software and Systems Entities API

The Entities API from Scalable Software and Systems — 6 operation(s) for entities.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 8

GET /entities/by-query Query entities #

POST /entities/by-query Query entities with advanced predicates #

GET /entities/by-uid/{uid} Get an entity by UID #

DELETE /entities/by-uid/{uid} Delete an entity by UID #

GET /entities/by-name/{kind}/{namespace}/{name} Get an entity by reference triplet #

POST /entities/by-refs Get multiple entities by entity references #

POST /refresh Refresh an entity #

POST /validate-entity Validate entity schema #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Backstage Software Catalog Entities API
  description: 'The Backstage Software Catalog API exposes the entities and locations

    managed by the catalog backend. Endpoints are served by the catalog

    backend plugin under {backend.baseUrl}/api/catalog. Authentication is

    optional or required depending on the install, and uses a Bearer token

    issued by the Backstage identity API. This file is an API Evangelist

    research artifact for the scalable-software-and-systems topic.

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: API Evangelist
    url: https://apievangelist.com
servers:
- url: http://localhost:7007/api/catalog
  description: Local Backstage backend
- url: https://{backend}/api/catalog
  description: Hosted Backstage backend
  variables:
    backend:
      default: backstage.example.com
      description: Backstage backend hostname
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Entities
paths:
  /entities/by-query:
    get:
      summary: Query entities
      operationId: queryEntities
      tags:
      - Entities
      description: Query entities with filtering, field selection, and pagination.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of entities.
    post:
      summary: Query entities with advanced predicates
      operationId: queryEntitiesPost
      tags:
      - Entities
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of entities.
  /entities/by-uid/{uid}:
    parameters:
    - name: uid
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      summary: Get an entity by UID
      operationId: getEntityByUid
      tags:
      - Entities
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single entity.
    delete:
      summary: Delete an entity by UID
      operationId: deleteEntityByUid
      tags:
      - Entities
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Entity deleted.
  /entities/by-name/{kind}/{namespace}/{name}:
    parameters:
    - name: kind
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - name: namespace
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - name: name
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      summary: Get an entity by reference triplet
      operationId: getEntityByName
      tags:
      - Entities
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single entity.
  /entities/by-refs:
    post:
      summary: Get multiple entities by entity references
      operationId: getEntitiesByRefs
      tags:
      - Entities
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                entityRefs:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Entities array.
  /refresh:
    post:
      summary: Refresh an entity
      operationId: refreshEntity
      tags:
      - Entities
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                entityRef:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Refresh accepted.
  /validate-entity:
    post:
      summary: Validate entity schema
      operationId: validateEntity
      tags:
      - Entities
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Validation result.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: BackstageToken