Terrain Discovery Environment API

Terrain Discovery Environment API Apps API

Application metadata, discovery, and management

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Terrain Discovery Environment Analyses Apps API
  description: Terrain is the primary REST API gateway for CyVerse's Discovery Environment (DE), an open-source data science workbench for life sciences. Terrain validates user authentication via Keycloak JWT tokens and orchestrates calls to backend microservices covering filesystem operations, application management, data analysis, metadata annotation, notifications, and persistent identifier management.
  version: '2026.04'
  contact:
    name: CyVerse Support
    url: https://cyverse.org/contact
  license:
    name: BSD 3-Clause
    url: https://github.com/cyverse-de/terrain/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://de.cyverse.org/terrain
  description: CyVerse Discovery Environment Production
security:
- KeycloakBearer: []
- JwtHeader: []
tags:
- name: Apps
  description: Application metadata, discovery, and management
paths:
  /secured/apps:
    get:
      operationId: ListApps
      summary: List Apps
      description: Lists available applications in the Discovery Environment.
      tags:
      - Apps
      parameters:
      - name: search
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Filter apps by name or description
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: Maximum number of apps to return
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: Pagination offset
      - name: sort-field
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Field to sort by
      - name: sort-dir
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ASC
          - DESC
        description: Sort direction
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of apps
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AppList'
  /secured/apps/{app-id}:
    get:
      operationId: GetApp
      summary: Get App
      description: Returns details for a specific application.
      tags:
      - Apps
      parameters:
      - name: app-id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The application UUID
      - name: system-id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The app system (e.g., de, tapis)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Application details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/App'
  /secured/apps/categories:
    get:
      operationId: ListAppCategories
      summary: List App Categories
      description: Returns a list of application categories for browsing.
      tags:
      - Apps
      responses:
        '200':
          description: App categories
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AppCategoryList'
components:
  schemas:
    App:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        wiki_url:
          type: string
        integration_date:
          type: string
        edited_date:
          type: string
        app_type:
          type: string
        system_id:
          type: string
        disabled:
          type: boolean
        deleted:
          type: boolean
        pipeline_eligibility:
          type: object
    AppCategoryList:
      type: object
      properties:
        categories:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
              name:
                type: string
              app_count:
                type: integer
    AppList:
      type: object
      properties:
        apps:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/App'
        total:
          type: integer
        offset:
          type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    KeycloakBearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: Bearer JWT token obtained from Keycloak via /terrain/token/keycloak
    JwtHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Iplant-De-Jwt
      description: Signed JWT token passed in the X-Iplant-De-Jwt header