# IBM WebSphere

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/websphere/  
**Website:** https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/  
**APIs profiled:** 35

IBM WebSphere is a family of enterprise software products that provide middleware and application server capabilities for building, deploying, and managing enterprise applications.

## Kin Score — 54.2 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 54.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 70.1 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 39.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 69.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 57.9 |
| Access Clarity | 57.9 |

## Agent readiness — 41.9 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Enterprise · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: enterprise, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (35)

- **WebSphere Application Server JMX API** — Java Management Extensions (JMX) API for programmatic management and monitoring of WebSphere Application Server. Provides MBean access for server configuration, performance moni...
- **IBM WebSphere Applications API** — Application deployment and lifecycle management
- **IBM WebSphere Authentication API** — Authentication and authorization
- **IBM WebSphere Batch API** — Jakarta Batch job management
- **IBM WebSphere Channels API** — Channel administration
- **IBM WebSphere Clusters API** — Cluster management operations
- **IBM WebSphere Compliance API** — Compliance and configuration drift detection
- **IBM WebSphere Config API** — Server configuration API
- **IBM WebSphere Configuration API** — Server configuration management
- **IBM WebSphere Controller API** — Collective controller operations
- **IBM WebSphere Features API** — Liberty feature management
- **IBM WebSphere File Transfer API** — File upload and download operations
- **IBM WebSphere Fixes API** — Fix management and automated patching
- **IBM WebSphere Health API** — MicroProfile Health Check API
- **IBM WebSphere Hosts API** — Host management
- **IBM WebSphere Logging API** — Log access and configuration
- **IBM WebSphere MBeans API** — JMX MBean operations and attribute access
- **IBM WebSphere Members API** — Collective member management
- **IBM WebSphere Messages API** — Message operations - send and receive
- **IBM WebSphere Metrics API** — MicroProfile Metrics API
- **IBM WebSphere Monitoring API** — Performance monitoring and health checks
- **IBM WebSphere Nodes API** — Node management operations
- **IBM WebSphere Notifications API** — Alert and notification management
- **IBM WebSphere OpenAPI API** — MicroProfile OpenAPI documentation endpoints
- **IBM WebSphere Queue Manager API** — Queue manager administration
- **IBM WebSphere Queues API** — Queue administration and management
- **IBM WebSphere Repositories API** — Shared configuration repository management
- **IBM WebSphere Resources API** — Resource management including data sources and JMS
- **IBM WebSphere Scaling API** — Scaling policy and auto-scaling management
- **IBM WebSphere Security API** — Security configuration and management
- **IBM WebSphere Server API** — Server runtime management
- **IBM WebSphere Servers API** — Server configuration and management
- **IBM WebSphere Subscriptions API** — Subscription management
- **IBM WebSphere Topics API** — Topic administration for publish/subscribe
- **IBM WebSphere Vulnerabilities API** — Security vulnerability tracking and remediation

## Agentic access (1)

- **Websphere Agentic Access** — 154 operations · 67 acting · 8 human-in-the-loop

## Security (3)

- **Websphere Authentication** — apiKey/http · 3 schemes
- **Websphere Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Websphere Vulnerability Disclosure** — Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Websphere Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (6)

- **Enterprise Application Hosting and Deployment**
- **Microservices Architecture with Liberty**
- **Message-Driven Integration with IBM MQ**
- **Automated Compliance and Security Patching**
- **Batch Processing and Job Management**
- **Centralized Multi-Server Administration**

## Tags

Application Server, Cloud-Native, Enterprise Java, J2EE, Microservices, Middleware

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/websphere/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.