Contour
A Kubernetes ingress controller using Envoy proxy that provides dynamic configuration updates and advanced routing capabilities for managing external access to services in a cluster.
Contour publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Gateway API, GatewayClass API, HTTPProxy API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Envoy, Ingress Controller, Kubernetes, Networking, and Proxy.
The Contour catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 3 Spectral governance rulesets.
Contour’s developer surface includes getting-started guide, documentation, support, changelog, and 16 more developer resources.
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APIs 9
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Contour Kubernetes Ingress API
Contour's support for the standard Kubernetes Ingress v1 resource, enabling basic ingress use cases such as host-based and path-based routing to backend services. Contour watche...
Contour ExtensionService API
Kubernetes Custom Resource Definition for binding gRPC-based extension services to the Contour API. ExtensionService resources allow external components to implement Contour API...
Contour Configuration API
Contour's ContourConfiguration Custom Resource Definition (v1alpha1) that provides cluster-scoped configuration of a Contour instance, including ingress settings, TLS defaults, ...
Contour Gateway API
Namespace-scoped resources that describe network infrastructure instances that route traffic. Each Gateway is associated with a GatewayClass and defines listeners for inbound tr...
Contour GatewayClass API
Cluster-scoped resources that define the controller responsible for managing Gateways of a particular class. GatewayClass is analogous to IngressClass in the legacy Ingress API.
Contour HTTPProxy API
Operations for managing Contour HTTPProxy custom resources in a Kubernetes cluster. HTTPProxy resources define ingress routing rules for HTTP and HTTPS traffic.
Contour HTTPRoute API
Namespace-scoped resources that define HTTP routing rules, mapping HTTP/HTTPS requests to backend Kubernetes services based on host, path, headers, and other criteria.
Contour TLSCertificateDelegation API
Operations for managing TLSCertificateDelegation resources that allow certificates in one namespace to be used by HTTPProxy resources in other namespaces.
Contour TLSRoute API
Namespace-scoped resources that define TLS routing rules for routing TLS connections based on SNI hostname to backend services.
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Open Collections 2
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Contour Gateway API
OPEN COLLECTIONContour HTTPProxy API
OPEN COLLECTIONPricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Contour Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Contour Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Contour Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 3
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
JSON Schema 43
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
AuthorizationServer
JSON SCHEMACondition
JSON SCHEMACORSPolicy
JSON SCHEMADetailedCondition
JSON SCHEMAGateway
JSON SCHEMAGatewayClass
JSON SCHEMAGatewayClassList
JSON SCHEMAGatewayList
JSON SCHEMAHeaderMatchCondition
JSON SCHEMAHeadersPolicy
JSON SCHEMAHeaderValue
JSON SCHEMAHTTPBackendRef
JSON SCHEMAContour HTTPProxy
JSON SCHEMAHTTPProxyList
JSON SCHEMAHTTPProxySpec
JSON SCHEMAHTTPProxyStatus
JSON SCHEMAHTTPRoute
JSON SCHEMAHTTPRouteFilter
JSON SCHEMAHTTPRouteList
JSON SCHEMAHTTPRouteMatch
JSON SCHEMAHTTPRouteRule
JSON SCHEMAInclude
JSON SCHEMAListener
JSON SCHEMAListenerStatus
JSON SCHEMAMatchCondition
JSON SCHEMAObjectMeta
JSON SCHEMAParentReference
JSON SCHEMAQueryParameterMatchCondition
JSON SCHEMARateLimitPolicy
JSON SCHEMARetryPolicy
JSON SCHEMARoute
JSON SCHEMASecretObjectReference
JSON SCHEMAService
JSON SCHEMAStatus
JSON SCHEMASubCondition
JSON SCHEMATCPProxy
JSON SCHEMATimeoutPolicy
JSON SCHEMATLS
JSON SCHEMATLSCertificateDelegation
JSON SCHEMATLSCertificateDelegationList
JSON SCHEMATLSRoute
JSON SCHEMATLSRouteList
JSON SCHEMAVirtualHost
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JSON Structure 1
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Contour Structure
JSON STRUCTURESecurity Posture 1
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 2
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 4
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 2
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 1
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 4
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Company 1
The organization behind the API
Other 4
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type