Apache Airflow
Apache Airflow is an open-source platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows. Airflow uses directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) to manage workflow orchestration. The Airflow REST API provides programmatic access to DAGs, DAG runs, tasks, connections, variables, pools, and monitoring for both Airflow OSS and cloud-managed deployments.
Apache Airflow publishes 26 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Asset API, Backfill API, Config API, and 23 more. Tagged areas include Workflow Orchestration, Data Pipeline, Open Source, Apache, and DAG.
The Apache Airflow catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
Apache Airflow’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, getting-started guide, engineering blog, Stack Overflow tag, changelog, and 12 more developer resources.
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APIs 26
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Apache Airflow Asset API
The Asset API from Apache Airflow — 9 operation(s) for asset.
Apache Airflow Backfill API
The Backfill API from Apache Airflow — 6 operation(s) for backfill.
Apache Airflow Config API
The Config API from Apache Airflow — 2 operation(s) for config.
Apache Airflow Connection API
The Connection API from Apache Airflow — 4 operation(s) for connection.
Apache Airflow DAG API
The DAG API from Apache Airflow — 6 operation(s) for dag.
Apache Airflow DAG Parsing API
The DAG Parsing API from Apache Airflow — 1 operation(s) for dag parsing.
Apache Airflow DagRun API
The DagRun API from Apache Airflow — 6 operation(s) for dagrun.
Apache Airflow DagSource API
The DagSource API from Apache Airflow — 1 operation(s) for dagsource.
Apache Airflow DagStats API
The DagStats API from Apache Airflow — 1 operation(s) for dagstats.
Apache Airflow DagVersion API
The DagVersion API from Apache Airflow — 2 operation(s) for dagversion.
Apache Airflow DagWarning API
The DagWarning API from Apache Airflow — 1 operation(s) for dagwarning.
Apache Airflow Event Log API
The Event Log API from Apache Airflow — 2 operation(s) for event log.
Apache Airflow experimental API
The experimental API from Apache Airflow — 1 operation(s) for experimental.
Apache Airflow Extra Links API
The Extra Links API from Apache Airflow — 1 operation(s) for extra links.
Apache Airflow Import Error API
The Import Error API from Apache Airflow — 2 operation(s) for import error.
Apache Airflow Job API
The Job API from Apache Airflow — 1 operation(s) for job.
Apache Airflow Login API
The Login API from Apache Airflow — 2 operation(s) for login.
Apache Airflow Monitor API
The Monitor API from Apache Airflow — 1 operation(s) for monitor.
Apache Airflow Plugin API
The Plugin API from Apache Airflow — 2 operation(s) for plugin.
Apache Airflow Pool API
The Pool API from Apache Airflow — 2 operation(s) for pool.
Apache Airflow Provider API
The Provider API from Apache Airflow — 1 operation(s) for provider.
Apache Airflow Task API
The Task API from Apache Airflow — 2 operation(s) for task.
Apache Airflow Task Instance API
The Task Instance API from Apache Airflow — 20 operation(s) for task instance.
Apache Airflow Variable API
The Variable API from Apache Airflow — 2 operation(s) for variable.
Apache Airflow Version API
The Version API from Apache Airflow — 1 operation(s) for version.
Apache Airflow XCom API
The XCom API from Apache Airflow — 2 operation(s) for xcom.
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Open Collections 1
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Airflow API
OPEN COLLECTIONPricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Airflow Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Airflow Finops
FINOPSFeatures 9
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
DAG Authoring
Define workflows as Python code using Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs).
Dynamic DAG Generation
Programmatically generate DAGs and tasks based on configuration or data.
Rich Operator Library
Pre-built operators for databases, cloud services, APIs, and data tools.
REST API v2
Stable REST API for programmatic management of DAGs, runs, tasks, and infrastructure.
Web UI
Built-in web interface for monitoring, triggering, and debugging workflows.
Scheduler
Robust scheduler with support for CRON and timed triggers.
Extensible
Plugin system and provider packages for extending functionality.
Multi-Cloud Support
Provider packages for AWS, GCP, Azure, and other cloud platforms.
Managed Services
Available as managed service from AWS (MWAA), GCP (Cloud Composer), and Astronomer.
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Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Airflow Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Apache Airflow API Rules
SPECTRALApache Airflow API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 138
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
AppBuilderMenuItemResponse
JSON SCHEMAAppBuilderViewResponse
JSON SCHEMAAssetAliasCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAAssetAliasResponse
JSON SCHEMAAssetCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAAssetEventCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAAssetEventResponse
JSON SCHEMAAssetResponse
JSON SCHEMAAssetWatcherResponse
JSON SCHEMABackfillCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMABackfillPostBody
JSON SCHEMABackfillResponse
JSON SCHEMABaseInfoResponse
JSON SCHEMABulkActionNotOnExistence
JSON SCHEMABulkActionOnExistence
JSON SCHEMABulkActionResponse
JSON SCHEMABulkBody_BulkTaskInstanceBody_
JSON SCHEMABulkBody_ConnectionBody_
JSON SCHEMABulkBody_PoolBody_
JSON SCHEMABulkBody_VariableBody_
JSON SCHEMABulkCreateAction_BulkTaskInstanceBody_
JSON SCHEMABulkCreateAction_ConnectionBody_
JSON SCHEMABulkCreateAction_PoolBody_
JSON SCHEMABulkCreateAction_VariableBody_
JSON SCHEMABulkDeleteAction_BulkTaskInstanceBody_
JSON SCHEMABulkDeleteAction_ConnectionBody_
JSON SCHEMABulkDeleteAction_PoolBody_
JSON SCHEMABulkDeleteAction_VariableBody_
JSON SCHEMABulkResponse
JSON SCHEMABulkTaskInstanceBody
JSON SCHEMABulkUpdateAction_BulkTaskInstanceBody_
JSON SCHEMABulkUpdateAction_ConnectionBody_
JSON SCHEMABulkUpdateAction_PoolBody_
JSON SCHEMABulkUpdateAction_VariableBody_
JSON SCHEMAClearTaskInstancesBody
JSON SCHEMAConfigOption
JSON SCHEMAConfig
JSON SCHEMAConfigSection
JSON SCHEMAConnectionBody
JSON SCHEMAConnectionCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAConnectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAConnectionTestResponse
JSON SCHEMACreateAssetEventsBody
JSON SCHEMADAGCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMADAGDetailsResponse
JSON SCHEMADAGPatchBody
JSON SCHEMADagProcessorInfoResponse
JSON SCHEMADAGResponse
JSON SCHEMADagRunAssetReference
JSON SCHEMADAGRunClearBody
JSON SCHEMADAGRunCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMADAGRunPatchBody
JSON SCHEMADAGRunPatchStates
JSON SCHEMADAGRunResponse
JSON SCHEMADagRunState
JSON SCHEMADagRunTriggeredByType
JSON SCHEMADagRunType
JSON SCHEMADAGRunsBatchBody
JSON SCHEMADagScheduleAssetReference
JSON SCHEMADAGSourceResponse
JSON SCHEMADagStatsCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMADagStatsResponse
JSON SCHEMADagStatsStateResponse
JSON SCHEMADAGTagCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMADagTagResponse
JSON SCHEMADAGVersionCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMADagVersionResponse
JSON SCHEMADAGWarningCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMADAGWarningResponse
JSON SCHEMADagWarningType
JSON SCHEMADryRunBackfillCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMADryRunBackfillResponse
JSON SCHEMAEventLogCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAEventLogResponse
JSON SCHEMAExternalLogUrlResponse
JSON SCHEMAExternalViewResponse
JSON SCHEMAExtraLinkCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAFastAPIAppResponse
JSON SCHEMAFastAPIRootMiddlewareResponse
JSON SCHEMAHealthInfoResponse
JSON SCHEMAHITLDetailCollection
JSON SCHEMAHITLDetailHistory
JSON SCHEMAHITLDetailResponse
JSON SCHEMAHITLDetail
JSON SCHEMAHITLUser
JSON SCHEMAHTTPExceptionResponse
JSON SCHEMAImportErrorCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAImportErrorResponse
JSON SCHEMAJobCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAJobResponse
JSON SCHEMAJsonValue
JSON SCHEMALastAssetEventResponse
JSON SCHEMAMaterializeAssetBody
JSON SCHEMAPatchTaskInstanceBody
JSON SCHEMAPluginCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAPluginImportErrorCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAPluginImportErrorResponse
JSON SCHEMAPluginResponse
JSON SCHEMAPoolBody
JSON SCHEMAPoolCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAPoolPatchBody
JSON SCHEMAPoolResponse
JSON SCHEMAProviderCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAProviderResponse
JSON SCHEMAQueuedEventCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAQueuedEventResponse
JSON SCHEMAReactAppResponse
JSON SCHEMAReprocessBehavior
JSON SCHEMASchedulerInfoResponse
JSON SCHEMAStructuredLogMessage
JSON SCHEMATaskCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMATaskDependencyCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMATaskDependencyResponse
JSON SCHEMATaskInletAssetReference
JSON SCHEMATaskInstanceCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMATaskInstanceHistoryCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMATaskInstanceHistoryResponse
JSON SCHEMATaskInstanceResponse
JSON SCHEMATaskInstanceState
JSON SCHEMATaskInstancesBatchBody
JSON SCHEMATaskInstancesLogResponse
JSON SCHEMATaskOutletAssetReference
JSON SCHEMATaskResponse
JSON SCHEMATimeDelta
JSON SCHEMATriggerDAGRunPostBody
JSON SCHEMATriggerResponse
JSON SCHEMATriggererInfoResponse
JSON SCHEMAUpdateHITLDetailPayload
JSON SCHEMAVariableBody
JSON SCHEMAVariableCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAVariableResponse
JSON SCHEMAVersionInfo
JSON SCHEMAXComCollectionResponse
JSON SCHEMAXComCreateBody
JSON SCHEMAXComResponseNative
JSON SCHEMAXComResponse
JSON SCHEMAXComResponseString
JSON SCHEMAXComUpdateBody
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JSON Structure 138
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Airflow App Builder Menu Item Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow App Builder View Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Asset Alias Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Asset Alias Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Asset Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Asset Event Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Asset Event Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Asset Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Asset Watcher Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Backfill Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Backfill Post Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Backfill Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Base Info Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Action Not On Existence Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Action On Existence Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Action Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Body_ Bulk Task Instance Body_ Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Body_ Connection Body_ Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Body_ Pool Body_ Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Body_ Variable Body_ Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Create Action_ Connection Body_ Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Create Action_ Pool Body_ Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Create Action_ Variable Body_ Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Delete Action_ Connection Body_ Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Delete Action_ Pool Body_ Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Delete Action_ Variable Body_ Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Task Instance Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Update Action_ Connection Body_ Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Update Action_ Pool Body_ Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Bulk Update Action_ Variable Body_ Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Clear Task Instances Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Config Option Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Config Section Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Config Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Connection Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Connection Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Connection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Connection Test Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Create Asset Events Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Details Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Patch Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Processor Info Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Run Asset Reference Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Run Clear Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Run Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Run Patch Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Run Patch States Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Run Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Run State Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Run Triggered By Type Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Run Type Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Runs Batch Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Schedule Asset Reference Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Source Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Stats Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Stats Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Stats State Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Tag Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Tag Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Version Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Version Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Warning Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Warning Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dag Warning Type Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dry Run Backfill Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Dry Run Backfill Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Event Log Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Event Log Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow External Log Url Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow External View Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Extra Link Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Fast Api App Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Fast Api Root Middleware Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Health Info Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Hitl Detail Collection Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Hitl Detail History Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Hitl Detail Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Hitl Detail Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Hitl User Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Http Exception Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Import Error Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Import Error Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Job Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Job Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Json Value Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Last Asset Event Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Materialize Asset Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Patch Task Instance Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Plugin Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Plugin Import Error Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Plugin Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Pool Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Pool Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Pool Patch Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Pool Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Provider Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Provider Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Queued Event Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Queued Event Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow React App Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Reprocess Behavior Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Scheduler Info Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Structured Log Message Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Task Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Task Dependency Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Task Dependency Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Task Inlet Asset Reference Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Task Instance Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Task Instance History Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Task Instance Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Task Instance State Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Task Instances Batch Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Task Instances Log Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Task Outlet Asset Reference Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Task Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Time Delta Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Trigger Dag Run Post Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Trigger Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Triggerer Info Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Update Hitl Detail Payload Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Variable Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Variable Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Variable Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow Version Info Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow X Com Collection Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow X Com Create Body Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow X Com Response Native Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow X Com Response String Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow X Com Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAirflow X Com Update Body Structure
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Examples 138
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Airflow Config Example
EXAMPLEAirflow Dag Response Example
EXAMPLEAirflow Dag Run Type Example
EXAMPLEAirflow Hitl Detail Example
EXAMPLEAirflow Hitl User Example
EXAMPLEAirflow Job Response Example
EXAMPLEAirflow Json Value Example
EXAMPLEAirflow Pool Body Example
EXAMPLEAirflow Time Delta Example
EXAMPLEAirflow Version Info Example
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Security Posture 3
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Scopes 1
OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 6
What developers build with this provider.
ETL Pipeline Orchestration
Schedule and monitor extract, transform, load data pipelines.
ML Pipeline Management
Orchestrate machine learning training, evaluation, and deployment workflows.
Data Quality Checks
Schedule data validation and quality check jobs.
Report Generation
Automate periodic report generation and distribution.
API Orchestration
Coordinate calls to multiple APIs in complex workflows.
Database Operations
Schedule database maintenance, migrations, and backup jobs.
Integrations 8
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Apache Spark
Run Spark jobs from Airflow DAGs.
dbt
Orchestrate dbt model runs via the dbt operator.
Kubernetes
Run tasks in Kubernetes pods with the KubernetesPodOperator.
AWS
Provider package for S3, Redshift, EMR, Lambda, and other AWS services.
Google Cloud
Provider package for BigQuery, Dataflow, GCS, and other GCP services.
Azure
Provider package for Azure Data Factory, Blob Storage, and other Azure services.
Snowflake
SnowflakeOperator for running SQL in Snowflake data warehouse.
Airbyte
Trigger Airbyte syncs from Airflow DAGs.
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Resources
Get Started 2
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 2
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 4
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 4
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 3
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Company 2
The organization behind the API