Admins Reference

List Admins

Endpoint

/admins

Response

HTTP 200 OK

{
  "data": [{
    "created_at": 1556638385,
    "id": "665b4070-541f-48bf-82c1-53030babaa81",
    "updated_at": 1556638385,
    "status": 4,
    "username": "test-admin",
    "email": "test@test.com",
    "rbac_token_enabled": true
  }, {
    "created_at": 1556563122,
    "id": "a93ff120-9e6c-4198-b47e-f779104c7eac",
    "updated_at": 1556563122,
    "status": 0,
    "username": "kong_admin",
    "rbac_token_enabled": false
  }],
  "next": null
}

The status field in the response indicates if the admin has accepted their invitation:

Code	Status
0	Approved
1	Pending
2	Rejected
3	Revoked
4	Invited
5	Unverified

Invite an Admin

Endpoint

/admins

Attribute	Description
`email`	The Admin’s email address
`username`	The Admin’s username
`custom_id` optional	The Admin’s custom ID
`rbac_token_enabled`	Allows the Admin to use and reset their RBAC token; `true` by default

Response

HTTP 200 OK

{
  "admin": {
    "created_at": 1556638641,
    "id": "8f0a742f-07f3-49e0-90d7-4fc7eea7e6a4",
    "updated_at": 1556638641,
    "status": 4,
    "username": "test-case-3",
    "email": "test3@test.com",
    "rbac_token_enabled": true
  }
}

Register an Admin’s Credentials

Endpoint

/admins/register

Attribute	Description
`token`	The authentication token
`username`	The Admin’s username
`email`	The Admin’s email address
`password`	The Admin’s new password

Response

HTTP 201 Created

Send a Password-Reset Email to an Admin

Endpoint

/admins/password_resets

Attribute	Description
`email`	The Admin’s email address

Response

HTTP 201 Created

Reset an Admin’s Password

Endpoint

/admins/password_resets

Attribute	Description
`email`	The Admin’s email address
`password`	The Admin’s new password
`token`	The authentication token

Response

HTTP 200 OK

Retrieve an Admin

Endpoint

/admins/{name_or_id}

Attribute	Description
`name_or_id`	The Admin’s username or ID
`generate_register_url` optional	`true` returns a unique registration URL for the Admin

Notes:

generate_register_url will only generate a URL if the Admin’s invitation status is 4 (“invited”).
generate_register_url will override the previous registration URL for the particular Admin each time it is requested.

Response

HTTP 200 OK

{
  "created_at": 1556638385,
  "id": "665b4070-541f-48bf-82c1-53030babaa81",
  "updated_at": 1556638385,
  "status": 4,
  "username": "test-admin",
  "email": "test@test.com",
  "rbac_token_enabled": true
}

Update an Admin

Endpoint

/admins/{name_or_id}

Attribute	Description
`name_or_id`	The Admin’s current username or custom ID
`email` optional	The Admin’s new email address
`username` optional	The Admin’s new username
`custom_id` optional	The Admin’s new custom ID
`rbac_token_enabled`	Allows the Admin to use and reset their RBAC token; `true` by default

Response

HTTP 200 OK

{
  "created_at": 1556638385,
  "id": "665b4070-541f-48bf-82c1-53030babaa81",
  "updated_at": 1556639017,
  "status": 4,
  "username": "test-renamed",
  "email": "test@test.com"
  "rbac_token_enabled": true
}

Delete an Admin

Endpoint

/admins/{name_or_id}

Attribute	Description
`name_or_id`	The Admin’s username or ID

Response

HTTP 204 No Content

List an Admin’s Roles

Endpoint

/admins/{name_or_id}/roles

Attribute	Description
`name_or_id`	The Admin’s username or ID

Response

HTTP 200 OK

{
  "roles": [{
    "comment": "Read access to all endpoints, across all workspaces",
    "created_at": 1556563122,
    "id": "7574eb1d-c9fa-46a9-bd3a-3f1b4b196287",
    "name": "read-only",
    "is_default": false
  }, {
    "comment": "Full access to all endpoints, across all workspaces—except RBAC Admin API",
    "created_at": 1556563122,
    "id": "7fdea5c8-2bfa-4aa9-9c21-7bb9e607186d",
    "name": "admin",
    "is_default": false
  }]
}

Create or Update an Admin’s Roles

Endpoint

/admins/{name_or_id}/roles

Attribute	Description
`name_or_id`	The Admin’s current username or ID
`roles`	(comma separated) string of names of Roles to create or update for an Admin

Response

HTTP 201 OK

{
  "roles": [{
    "comment": "Read access to all endpoints, across all workspaces",
    "created_at": 1556563122,
    "id": "7574eb1d-c9fa-46a9-bd3a-3f1b4b196287",
    "name": "read-only",
    "is_default": false
  }, {
    "comment": "Full access to all endpoints, across all workspaces—except RBAC Admin API",
    "created_at": 1556563122,
    "id": "7fdea5c8-2bfa-4aa9-9c21-7bb9e607186d",
    "name": "admin",
    "is_default": false
  }, {
    "comment": "Full access to all endpoints, across all workspaces",
    "created_at": 1556563122,
    "id": "99bd8d18-f5b6-410e-aefe-d75f4252f13c",
    "name": "super-admin",
    "is_default": false
  }]
}

Delete an Admin’s Role

Endpoint

/admins/{name_or_id}/roles

Attribute	Description
`name_or_id`	The Admin’s current username or custom ID
`roles`	(comma separated) string of names of Roles to remove from an Admin

Response

HTTP 204 No Content

List an Admin’s Workspaces

Endpoint

/admins/{name_or_id}/workspaces

Attribute	Description
`name_or_id`	The Admin’s username or ID

Response

HTTP 200 OK

[{
  "created_at": 1556563122,
  "config": {
    "portal": true,
    "portal_auto_approve": true
  },
  "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
  "name": "default",
  "meta": {}
}, {
  "created_at": 1556570807,
  "config": {
    "portal": true
  },
  "id": "57b3ce24-6d29-427f-af13-15bd60430e56",
  "name": "sdfgsdfg",
  "meta": {
    "color": "#3894f0"
  }
}]