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Agentgateway Route Structure

A routing rule in AgentGateway that matches incoming requests and forwards them to a backend or MCP target.

Type: object Properties: 5 Required: 2
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Route is a JSON Structure definition published by AgentGateway, describing 5 properties, of which 2 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

name matches backend rateLimit retries

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/agentgateway/refs/heads/main/json-structure/agentgateway-route-structure.json",
  "name": "Route",
  "description": "A routing rule in AgentGateway that matches incoming requests and forwards them to a backend or MCP target.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique name for this route.",
      "example": "openai-route"
    },
    "matches": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of matching criteria for this route.",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "headers": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Header-based match criteria.",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "name": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "value": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "path": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Path-based match criteria.",
            "properties": {
              "prefix": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "exact": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "backend": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Name of the LLM backend to forward matched requests to.",
      "example": "openai-gpt4"
    },
    "rateLimit": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Rate limiting configuration for this route.",
      "properties": {
        "requestsPerSecond": {
          "type": "int32",
          "description": "Maximum requests per second.",
          "example": 10
        },
        "burstSize": {
          "type": "int32",
          "description": "Maximum burst size above the rate limit.",
          "example": 20
        }
      }
    },
    "retries": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Retry policy for failed requests.",
      "properties": {
        "attempts": {
          "type": "int32",
          "example": 3
        },
        "perTryTimeout": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "30s"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "name",
    "backend"
  ]
}

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