Apache APISIX

Apache APISIX is a dynamic, real-time, high-performance cloud-native API gateway built on NGINX and etcd, developed by the Apache Software Foundation. It supports Lua and multi-language plugins for traffic management, authentication, observability, and security. APISIX provides a RESTful Admin API for dynamic configuration of routes, upstreams, services, consumers, SSL certificates, and plugins, and a Control API for health monitoring and schema introspection.

Apache APISIX publishes 18 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Consumer Groups API, Consumers API, Diagnostics API, and 15 more. Tagged areas include Apache, API Gateway, Cloud-Native, Kubernetes, and Lua.

The Apache APISIX catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Apache APISIX’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, changelog, support, Stack Overflow tag, and 31 more developer resources.

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47.2/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 19/100 agent aware Heartbeat 100/100 alive self hosted · Apache-2.0 Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

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2 published contracts 10 Features 6 Use Cases

Apache API Gateway Cloud-Native Kubernetes Lua NGINX Open Source Traffic Management

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Information Technology Management

BC-600

ServicesStream Routes

POST /services PUT /stream_routes/{route_id}

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 47.2/100 · developing

Contract Quality 9.1 / 16

Developer Ergonomics 5.4 / 13

Access Clarity 1.0 / 13

Operational Transparency 3.1 / 8

Contract Governance 2.1 / 8

Discoverability 4.2 / 7

Regulatory Posture 3.4 / 15

Open Source Surface 10.0 / 10

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Open Source Surface applies to this provider. This product is open source and we read its repository directly, so Open Source Surface carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from what the repository actually publishes — a security policy, a contribution guide, a release history, a code of conduct — read live from the provider rather than inferred from our own catalog pointers. This facet adds; nothing was taken away to make room for it. An open-source project is not excused from the commercial facets, because exemption would strip it of the points it does earn. If we have the wrong repository, or this product is not open source, say so on your provider repo and we will drop the facet rather than have you publish against it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 65 points between them, because both conditional facets apply and carry 35 points together. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 65% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

10 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 7.9 — up to +18.4 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 41.7 — up to +11.7 composite points
Contract Quality scores 56.0 — up to +11.0 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
API Management (gateways, portals, service mesh, proxies)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 18

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Apache APISIX Gateway

Apache APISIX provides rich traffic management features including load balancing, dynamic upstream configuration, canary releases, circuit breaking, authentication, observabilit...

Apache APISIX Consumer Groups API

Manage consumer groups for shared plugin configurations.

Apache APISIX Consumers API

Manage API consumers and their credentials.

Apache APISIX Diagnostics API

Runtime diagnostic operations.

Apache APISIX Global Rules API

Manage global plugin rules applied to all requests.

Apache APISIX Health Check API

Monitor the health status of upstream nodes.

Apache APISIX Introspection API

Inspect the runtime configuration of the APISIX instance.

Apache APISIX Plugin Configs API

Manage reusable plugin configuration sets.

Apache APISIX Plugin Metadata API

Manage metadata for individual plugins.

Apache APISIX Plugins API

Query available plugins and their schemas.

Apache APISIX Protos API

Manage Protocol Buffer definition resources.

Apache APISIX Routes API

Manage HTTP routes that define rules for matching client requests.

Apache APISIX Schema API

Validate resource configurations against APISIX schemas.

Apache APISIX Secrets API

Manage secrets from external secret managers.

Apache APISIX Services API

The Services API from Apache APISIX — 2 operation(s) for services.

Apache APISIX SSL API

Manage SSL/TLS certificate resources.

Apache APISIX Stream Routes API

Manage Layer 4 TCP/UDP stream routes.

Apache APISIX Upstreams API

Manage upstream backend service definitions with load balancing.

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Apache APISIX pricing

Not yet checked against Apache APISIX's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Professional paid	Free
Enterprise enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Apache APISIX's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Apache Apisix Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Apache Apisix Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Apache APISIX

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Apache Apisix Finops

FINOPS

Features 10

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Dynamic Route Configuration

Dynamically add, update, and delete routes without restarting via the Admin API and etcd-backed config.

Multi-Protocol Support

Supports HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2, gRPC, TCP, UDP, and WebSocket protocols for diverse API types.

Plugin Ecosystem

Rich plugin ecosystem for authentication (JWT, key-auth, OAuth2), rate limiting, transformations, and observability.

Multi-Language Plugin Support

Plugins can be written in Lua, Go, Python, Java, and Node.js via the Plugin Runner architecture.

Load Balancing

Supports round-robin, consistent hashing, EWMA, and least connections load balancing strategies.

Canary Releases

Traffic splitting for canary deployments and A/B testing with percentage-based routing.

Circuit Breaking

Built-in circuit breaker plugin for resilience and fault tolerance in upstream communication.

Kubernetes Integration

Native Kubernetes ingress controller (APISIX Ingress) for Kubernetes-native API gateway deployments.

Observability

Native integrations with Prometheus, Zipkin, SkyWalking, Datadog, and OpenTelemetry for metrics and tracing.

Service Discovery

Dynamic service discovery via Kubernetes, Nacos, Consul, Eureka, and DNS for upstream resolution.

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Apache Apisix Context

0 classes · 10 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Apache APISIX — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Apache APISIX API Rules

24 rules · 8 errors 14 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 10

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Apache APISIX Consumer Group

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Apache APISIX Consumer

8 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Upstream Structure

18 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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10 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Apache Apisix Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Apache Apisix Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Apache Apisix Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Apache Apisix Agentic Access

76 operations · 40 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 6

What developers build with this provider.

API Gateway for Microservices

Route and manage traffic to microservices with dynamic configuration and plugin-based policies.

Authentication and Authorization

Apply JWT, key-auth, LDAP, OIDC, and OAuth2 plugins to protect APIs without changing upstream services.

Rate Limiting and Throttling

Apply global or per-consumer rate limits to protect upstream services from traffic spikes.

Canary and Blue-Green Deployments

Use traffic splitting to gradually roll out new API versions with percentage-based routing.

Kubernetes Ingress Controller

Replace traditional ingress controllers with APISIX for rich API gateway features in Kubernetes.

API Observability

Collect metrics, traces, and logs via native integrations with Prometheus, Zipkin, and SkyWalking.

Integrations 7

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Kubernetes

Native Kubernetes Ingress controller (APISIX Ingress Controller) for cloud-native deployments.

Prometheus

Native Prometheus metrics exporter for monitoring route, consumer, and upstream metrics.

Zipkin and Jaeger

Distributed tracing integration for request flow analysis across microservices.

OpenTelemetry

OpenTelemetry plugin for standardized telemetry data export.

etcd

etcd backend for distributed configuration storage and cluster synchronization.

Nacos and Consul

Dynamic service discovery integrations for automatic upstream resolution.

HashiCorp Vault

Secret management integration for storing API credentials and TLS certificates.

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Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 12

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

Documentation

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

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Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

CodeOfConduct

CodeOfConduct

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityPolicy

SecurityPolicy

Security

Security

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 5

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

IssueTracker

ChangeLog

Support

StackOverflow

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

License

License

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: apache-apisix
name: Apache APISIX
description: Apache APISIX is a dynamic, real-time, high-performance cloud-native API gateway built on NGINX and etcd, developed
  by the Apache Software Foundation. It supports Lua and multi-language plugins for traffic management, authentication, observability,
  and security. APISIX provides a RESTful Admin API for dynamic configuration of routes, upstreams, services, consumers, SSL
  certificates, and plugins, and a Control API for health monitoring and schema introspection.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: self-hosted
  license: Apache-2.0
  open_source: true
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Self-hosted open source · you run it yourself
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/apache-apisix.png
tags:
- Apache
- API Gateway
- Cloud-Native
- Kubernetes
- Lua
- NGINX
- Open Source
- Traffic Management
tags_raw:
- Apache
- API Gateway
- Cloud Native
- Kubernetes
- Lua
- NGINX
- Open Source
- Traffic Management
- Open-Source
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-apisix/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-18'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-gateway
  name: Apache APISIX Gateway
  description: Apache APISIX provides rich traffic management features including load balancing, dynamic upstream configuration,
    canary releases, circuit breaking, authentication, observability plugins, and more. It is built on NGINX for high performance
    with etcd for distributed configuration.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - API Gateway
  - Apache
  - Cloud-Native
  tags_raw:
  - API Gateway
  - Apache
  - Cloud Native
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/getting-started/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/getting-started/README/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-consumer-groups-api
  name: Apache APISIX Consumer Groups API
  description: Manage consumer groups for shared plugin configurations.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Consumer Groups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-consumer-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-consumers-api
  name: Apache APISIX Consumers API
  description: Manage API consumers and their credentials.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Consumers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-consumers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-diagnostics-api
  name: Apache APISIX Diagnostics API
  description: Runtime diagnostic operations.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Diagnostics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-diagnostics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-global-rules-api
  name: Apache APISIX Global Rules API
  description: Manage global plugin rules applied to all requests.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Global Rules
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-global-rules-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-health-check-api
  name: Apache APISIX Health Check API
  description: Monitor the health status of upstream nodes.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Health Check
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-health-check-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-introspection-api
  name: Apache APISIX Introspection API
  description: Inspect the runtime configuration of the APISIX instance.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Introspection
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-introspection-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-plugin-configs-api
  name: Apache APISIX Plugin Configs API
  description: Manage reusable plugin configuration sets.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Plugin Configs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-plugin-configs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-plugin-metadata-api
  name: Apache APISIX Plugin Metadata API
  description: Manage metadata for individual plugins.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Plugin Metadata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-plugin-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-plugins-api
  name: Apache APISIX Plugins API
  description: Query available plugins and their schemas.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Plugins
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-plugins-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-protos-api
  name: Apache APISIX Protos API
  description: Manage Protocol Buffer definition resources.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Protos
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-protos-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-routes-api
  name: Apache APISIX Routes API
  description: Manage HTTP routes that define rules for matching client requests.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Routes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-routes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-schema-api
  name: Apache APISIX Schema API
  description: Validate resource configurations against APISIX schemas.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Schema
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-schema-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-secrets-api
  name: Apache APISIX Secrets API
  description: Manage secrets from external secret managers.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Secrets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-secrets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-services-api
  name: Apache APISIX Services API
  description: The Services API from Apache APISIX — 2 operation(s) for services.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Services
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-services-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-ssl-api
  name: Apache APISIX SSL API
  description: Manage SSL/TLS certificate resources.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - SSL
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-ssl-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-stream-routes-api
  name: Apache APISIX Stream Routes API
  description: Manage Layer 4 TCP/UDP stream routes.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Stream Routes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-stream-routes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
- aid: apache-apisix:apache-apisix-upstreams-api
  name: Apache APISIX Upstreams API
  description: Manage upstream backend service definitions with load balancing.
  humanURL: https://apisix.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Upstreams
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-apisix-upstreams-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api/#using-the-admin-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/control-api/
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/apache-apisix-capability-edges.yml
  name: Apache APISIX Business Capability Map
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/apache-apisix/overview
- type: Plans
  url: plans/apache-apisix-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/apache-apisix-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/apache-apisix-finops.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.apache.org/
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/apache/apisix/issues
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/apache/apisix/blob/master/SECURITY.md
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/apache/apisix/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/apache/apisix/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/apache/apisix/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: Security
  url: https://www.apache.org/security/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/apache-apisix-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/apache-apisix-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/apache-apisix-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/apache-apisix-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/apache-apisix
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/apache
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/apache/apisix
- type: Documentation
  url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/getting-started/
- type: Blog
  url: https://apisix.apache.org/blog/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/apache/apisix/releases
- type: Support
  url: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/general/community/
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/apache-apisix
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/route.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/upstream.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/service.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/consumer.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/ssl.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/global-rule.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/plugin-config.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/consumer-group.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/stream-route.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/secret.json
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/apache-apisix-context.jsonld
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/apache-apisix-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/apache-apisix-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Dynamic Route Configuration
    description: Dynamically add, update, and delete routes without restarting via the Admin API and etcd-backed config.
  - name: Multi-Protocol Support
    description: Supports HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2, gRPC, TCP, UDP, and WebSocket protocols for diverse API types.
  - name: Plugin Ecosystem
    description: Rich plugin ecosystem for authentication (JWT, key-auth, OAuth2), rate limiting, transformations, and observability.
  - name: Multi-Language Plugin Support
    description: Plugins can be written in Lua, Go, Python, Java, and Node.js via the Plugin Runner architecture.
  - name: Load Balancing
    description: Supports round-robin, consistent hashing, EWMA, and least connections load balancing strategies.
  - name: Canary Releases
    description: Traffic splitting for canary deployments and A/B testing with percentage-based routing.
  - name: Circuit Breaking
    description: Built-in circuit breaker plugin for resilience and fault tolerance in upstream communication.
  - name: Kubernetes Integration
    description: Native Kubernetes ingress controller (APISIX Ingress) for Kubernetes-native API gateway deployments.
  - name: Observability
    description: Native integrations with Prometheus, Zipkin, SkyWalking, Datadog, and OpenTelemetry for metrics and tracing.
  - name: Service Discovery
    description: Dynamic service discovery via Kubernetes, Nacos, Consul, Eureka, and DNS for upstream resolution.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: API Gateway for Microservices
    description: Route and manage traffic to microservices with dynamic configuration and plugin-based policies.
  - name: Authentication and Authorization
    description: Apply JWT, key-auth, LDAP, OIDC, and OAuth2 plugins to protect APIs without changing upstream services.
  - name: Rate Limiting and Throttling
    description: Apply global or per-consumer rate limits to protect upstream services from traffic spikes.
  - name: Canary and Blue-Green Deployments
    description: Use traffic splitting to gradually roll out new API versions with percentage-based routing.
  - name: Kubernetes Ingress Controller
    description: Replace traditional ingress controllers with APISIX for rich API gateway features in Kubernetes.
  - name: API Observability
    description: Collect metrics, traces, and logs via native integrations with Prometheus, Zipkin, and SkyWalking.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Kubernetes
    description: Native Kubernetes Ingress controller (APISIX Ingress Controller) for cloud-native deployments.
  - name: Prometheus
    description: Native Prometheus metrics exporter for monitoring route, consumer, and upstream metrics.
  - name: Zipkin and Jaeger
    description: Distributed tracing integration for request flow analysis across microservices.
  - name: OpenTelemetry
    description: OpenTelemetry plugin for standardized telemetry data export.
  - name: etcd
    description: etcd backend for distributed configuration storage and cluster synchronization.
  - name: Nacos and Consul
    description: Dynamic service discovery integrations for automatic upstream resolution.
  - name: HashiCorp Vault
    description: Secret management integration for storing API credentials and TLS certificates.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Apache APISIX — frequently asked questions

Does Apache APISIX have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 18 APIs from Apache APISIX, including Apache APISIX Gateway, Apache APISIX Consumer Groups API and Apache APISIX Consumers API, and 15 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Apache APISIX?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 17 OpenAPI specifications for Apache APISIX, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Apache APISIX?

Apache APISIX uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Apache Apisix Authentication.

How much does the Apache APISIX cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Apache APISIX, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

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