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Create an interface

POST
/interfaces
curl --request POST \
--url https://example.com/api/v1/interfaces \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{ "component": "example", "interface_type": "example", "node": "example", "params": "example" }'

Creates an interface owned by a component (or a server-hosted one, which needs an all-scoped grant). The create scope cascades through the owning component. Gated by interface:create.

Media type application/json
object
$schema

A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.

string format: uri
component

Owning component, by name or id; omit for a server-hosted interface (needs an all-scoped grant)

string
interface_type
required

An interface_type name (the protocol); the interface is named by it, unique within the component

string
>= 1 characters
node

Node placement, by name or id

string
params

Endpoint/target settings (jsonb)

Created

Media type application/json
object
$schema

A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.

string format: uri
component

The owning component name; absent for a server-hosted interface

string
component_id

The owning component’s id; the stable form of component

string
id
required

The interface’s surrogate id (the address)

string
interface_type
required

The interface_type name (the protocol)

string
interface_type_id
required

The interface_type’s uuid, the stable form of interface_type

string
name
required

The friendly name, unique within the owning component

string
node

The node placement name, if assigned

string
node_id

The placed node’s id; the stable form of node

string
params

The endpoint/target settings (jsonb)

Example
{
"$schema": "/api/v1/schemas/InterfaceBody.json"
}

Error

Media type application/problem+json
object
$schema

A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.

string format: uri
detail

A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.

string
errors

Optional list of individual error details

Array<object> | null
object
location

Where the error occurred, e.g. ‘body.items[3].tags’ or ‘path.thing-id’

string
message

Error message text

string
value

The value at the given location

instance

A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.

string format: uri
status

HTTP status code

integer format: int64
title

A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. This value should not change between occurrences of the error.

string
type

A URI reference to human-readable documentation for the error.

string format: uri
default: about:blank
Example
{
"$schema": "/api/v1/schemas/ErrorModel.json",
"detail": "Property foo is required but is missing.",
"instance": "https://example.com/error-log/abc123",
"status": 400,
"title": "Bad Request",
"type": "about:blank"
}