Spring Framework Metadata API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Spring Initializr Generation Metadata API
  description: The Spring Initializr API provides programmatic access to project generation for Spring Boot applications. It exposes metadata about available dependencies, build systems, languages, and Java versions, as well as an endpoint to generate project archives (ZIP) with the selected configuration.
  version: 0.21.0
  contact:
    name: Spring Team
    url: https://github.com/spring-io/start.spring.io
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: https://start.spring.io
  description: Official Spring Initializr instance
tags:
- name: Metadata
paths:
  /:
    get:
      operationId: getMetadata
      summary: Get Initializr Metadata
      description: Returns full metadata about available options including dependencies, build tools, languages, Java versions, boot versions, and packaging types. The response format varies by Accept header.
      tags:
      - Metadata
      parameters:
      - name: Accept
        in: header
        schema:
          type: string
          default: application/json
        description: Use application/vnd.initializr.v2.2+json for structured metadata, or text/html to get the web UI
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Initializr metadata
          content:
            application/vnd.initializr.v2.2+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InitializrMetadata'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InitializrMetadata'
  /dependencies:
    get:
      operationId: getDependencies
      summary: Get Available Dependencies
      description: Returns a list of all available Spring Boot starters and dependencies
      tags:
      - Metadata
      parameters:
      - name: bootVersion
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Filter dependencies compatible with this Spring Boot version
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Available dependencies
          content:
            application/vnd.initializr.v2.2+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DependenciesResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    DependenciesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
        values:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DependencyGroup'
    Dependency:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Dependency identifier (e.g., web, data-jpa)
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        groupId:
          type: string
        artifactId:
          type: string
        scope:
          type: string
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        links:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
    InitializrMetadata:
      type: object
      properties:
        dependencies:
          type: object
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
            values:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DependencyGroup'
        type:
          type: object
        language:
          type: object
        bootVersion:
          type: object
        packaging:
          type: object
        javaVersion:
          type: object
        groupId:
          type: object
        artifactId:
          type: object
        version:
          type: object
        name:
          type: object
        description:
          type: object
        packageName:
          type: object
    DependencyGroup:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        values:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Dependency'