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<div class="section" id="rest-api-reference">
<h1>REST API Reference<a class="headerlink" href="#rest-api-reference" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>Airflow exposes an REST API. It is available through the webserver. Endpoints are
available at <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/api/experimental/</span></code>.</p>
<div class="admonition warning">
<p class="admonition-title">Warning</p>
<p>The API structure is not stable. We expect the endpoint definitions to change.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="endpoints">
<h2>Endpoints<a class="headerlink" href="#endpoints" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<dl class="post">
<dt id="post--api-experimental-dags--DAG_ID--dag_runs">
<code class="sig-name descname">POST </code><code class="sig-name descname">/api/experimental/dags/&lt;DAG_ID&gt;/dag_runs</code><a class="headerlink" href="#post--api-experimental-dags--DAG_ID--dag_runs" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a dag_run for a given dag id.</p>
<p><strong>Trigger DAG with config, example:</strong></p>
<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>curl -X POST <span class="se">\</span>
http://localhost:8080/api/experimental/dags/&lt;DAG_ID&gt;/dag_runs <span class="se">\</span>
-H <span class="s1">&#39;Cache-Control: no-cache&#39;</span> <span class="se">\</span>
-H <span class="s1">&#39;Content-Type: application/json&#39;</span> <span class="se">\</span>
-d <span class="s1">&#39;{&quot;conf&quot;:&quot;{\&quot;key\&quot;:\&quot;value\&quot;}&quot;}&#39;</span>
</pre></div>
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</dd></dl>
<dl class="get">
<dt id="get--api-experimental-dags--DAG_ID--dag_runs">
<code class="sig-name descname">GET </code><code class="sig-name descname">/api/experimental/dags/&lt;DAG_ID&gt;/dag_runs</code><a class="headerlink" href="#get--api-experimental-dags--DAG_ID--dag_runs" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns a list of Dag Runs for a specific DAG ID.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="get">
<dt id="get--api-experimental-dags--string-dag_id--dag_runs--string-execution_date-">
<code class="sig-name descname">GET </code><code class="sig-name descname">/api/experimental/dags/&lt;string:dag_id&gt;/dag_runs/&lt;string:execution_date&gt;</code><a class="headerlink" href="#get--api-experimental-dags--string-dag_id--dag_runs--string-execution_date-" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns a JSON with a dag_run’s public instance variables. The format for the &lt;string:execution_date&gt; is expected to be “YYYY-mm-DDTHH:MM:SS”, for example: “2016-11-16T11:34:15”.</p>
</dd></dl>
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<dt id="get--api-experimental-test">
<code class="sig-name descname">GET </code><code class="sig-name descname">/api/experimental/test</code><a class="headerlink" href="#get--api-experimental-test" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>To check REST API server correct work. Return status ‘OK’.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="get">
<dt id="get--api-experimental-dags--DAG_ID--tasks--TASK_ID-">
<code class="sig-name descname">GET </code><code class="sig-name descname">/api/experimental/dags/&lt;DAG_ID&gt;/tasks/&lt;TASK_ID&gt;</code><a class="headerlink" href="#get--api-experimental-dags--DAG_ID--tasks--TASK_ID-" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns info for a task.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="get">
<dt id="get--api-experimental-dags--DAG_ID--dag_runs--string-execution_date--tasks--TASK_ID-">
<code class="sig-name descname">GET </code><code class="sig-name descname">/api/experimental/dags/&lt;DAG_ID&gt;/dag_runs/&lt;string:execution_date&gt;/tasks/&lt;TASK_ID&gt;</code><a class="headerlink" href="#get--api-experimental-dags--DAG_ID--dag_runs--string-execution_date--tasks--TASK_ID-" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns a JSON with a task instance’s public instance variables. The format for the &lt;string:execution_date&gt; is expected to be “YYYY-mm-DDTHH:MM:SS”, for example: “2016-11-16T11:34:15”.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="get">
<dt id="get--api-experimental-dags--DAG_ID--paused--string-paused-">
<code class="sig-name descname">GET </code><code class="sig-name descname">/api/experimental/dags/&lt;DAG_ID&gt;/paused/&lt;string:paused&gt;</code><a class="headerlink" href="#get--api-experimental-dags--DAG_ID--paused--string-paused-" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>‘&lt;string:paused&gt;’ must be a ‘true’ to pause a DAG and ‘false’ to unpause.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="get">
<dt id="get--api-experimental-latest_runs">
<code class="sig-name descname">GET </code><code class="sig-name descname">/api/experimental/latest_runs</code><a class="headerlink" href="#get--api-experimental-latest_runs" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the latest DagRun for each DAG formatted for the UI.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="get">
<dt id="get--api-experimental-pools">
<code class="sig-name descname">GET </code><code class="sig-name descname">/api/experimental/pools</code><a class="headerlink" href="#get--api-experimental-pools" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Get all pools.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="get">
<dt id="get--api-experimental-pools--string-name-">
<code class="sig-name descname">GET </code><code class="sig-name descname">/api/experimental/pools/&lt;string:name&gt;</code><a class="headerlink" href="#get--api-experimental-pools--string-name-" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Get pool by a given name.</p>
</dd></dl>
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<dt id="post--api-experimental-pools">
<code class="sig-name descname">POST </code><code class="sig-name descname">/api/experimental/pools</code><a class="headerlink" href="#post--api-experimental-pools" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a pool.</p>
</dd></dl>
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<dt id="delete--api-experimental-pools--string-name-">
<code class="sig-name descname">DELETE </code><code class="sig-name descname">/api/experimental/pools/&lt;string:name&gt;</code><a class="headerlink" href="#delete--api-experimental-pools--string-name-" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Delete pool.</p>
</dd></dl>
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<h2>CLI<a class="headerlink" href="#cli" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>For some functions the cli can use the API. To configure the CLI to use the API when available
configure as follows:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">[</span>cli<span class="o">]</span>
<span class="nv">api_client</span> <span class="o">=</span> airflow.api.client.json_client
<span class="nv">endpoint_url</span> <span class="o">=</span> http://&lt;WEBSERVER&gt;:&lt;PORT&gt;
</pre></div>
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<div class="section" id="authentication">
<h2>Authentication<a class="headerlink" href="#authentication" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Authentication for the API is handled separately to the Web Authentication. The default is to not
require any authentication on the API – i.e. wide open by default. This is not recommended if your
Airflow webserver is publicly accessible, and you should probably use the deny all backend:</p>
<div class="highlight-ini notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">[api]</span>
<span class="na">auth_backend</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">airflow.api.auth.backend.deny_all</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>Two “real” methods for authentication are currently supported for the API.</p>
<p>To enabled Password authentication, set the following in the configuration:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">[</span>api<span class="o">]</span>
<span class="nv">auth_backend</span> <span class="o">=</span> airflow.contrib.auth.backends.password_auth
</pre></div>
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<p>It’s usage is similar to the Password Authentication used for the Web interface.</p>
<p>To enable Kerberos authentication, set the following in the configuration:</p>
<div class="highlight-ini notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">[api]</span>
<span class="na">auth_backend</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">airflow.api.auth.backend.kerberos_auth</span>
<span class="k">[kerberos]</span>
<span class="na">keytab</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&lt;KEYTAB&gt;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The Kerberos service is configured as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">airflow/fully.qualified.domainname&#64;REALM</span></code>. Make sure this
principal exists in the keytab file.</p>
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