Public API
To help you integrate Coder into your automated workflows, we've documented our API.
Documentation
Please note that the API is under active development; expect breaking changes as we finalize the endpoints.
Authentication
Use of the API requires authentication with a session token. You can generate one using the Coder CLI:
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If you haven't already, authenticate your CLI with your workspace.
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Run
coder tokens create <TOKEN_NAME>
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Save the token that's returned to use in your HTTP headers:
curl \ -X GET "https://apidocs.coder.com/api/" \ -H "accept: application/json" \ -H "Session-Token: Bk...nt"
Examples
These are example Coder API calls for common tasks. Note that the site-manager role is required to be perform specific actions and without it, API results will be limited to a user's member role.
Assign your Access URL, Session-Token and other resources like images and workspaces to variables for easier substitution in the curl commands.
export ACCESS_URL "https://coder.acme.com"
export API_KEY="MUdzI3UMvF-Qlwovt-----0CL0kTbADQl"
export API_ROUTE="api/v0"
export IMAGE_ID="622b3f6e-dd6fd08-----ba38c73c9639"
Example: get active SSH users in 1 week increments in August
For a full list of categories and filters, see Usage metrics.
# Currently in the private API
API_ROUTE=api/private curl --request GET \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/metrics/activity?\
start=2022-08-01T00:00:00.000000Z&end=2022-08-31T00:00:00.000000Z\
&category=tunnel\
&interval=1 week" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY"
Example: get audit logs for a workspace and resource type
curl --request GET \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/audit?\
limit=10\
&resource_id=$WS_ID_PHP\
&resource_type=environment" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY"
Example: get audit logs for workspace created in a Unix seconds period
curl --request GET \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/audit?\
range_start=1646092800\
&range_end=1646697600\
&resource_type=environment\
&action=create" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY"
Example: generate a session token for a user
curl --request POST \
--url $ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/api-keys/613e75c4-faef2f87-----376e1f229b6 \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY" \
--data '{
"name": "my-session-token"
}'
Example: get the workspaces created by a user
curl --request GET \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/workspaces?users=$USER_ID" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY"
Example: get the workspaces built with a specific image
curl --request GET \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/images/$IMAGE_ID" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY"
Example: get info about an image tag and workspaces built with it
Change
latest
to your tag name
curl --request GET \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/images/$IMAGE_ID/tags/latest" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY"
Example: get the workspaces in a specific organization
curl --request GET \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/workspaces?orgs=$ORG_ID" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY"
Example: get the images authorized in a specific organization
curl --request GET \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/images/?org=$ORG_ID&workspaces=false" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY"
Example: update image tags from a registry
curl --request POST \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/images/$IMAGE_ID" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY" \
--data "{}"
Example: update the compute resources baseline for an image
curl --request PATCH \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/images/$IMAGE_ID" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY" \
--data "{
\"default_memory_gb\": 8,
\"description\": \"3/26/22 increased RAM from 4 to 8 GB\"
}"
Example: import a container image
curl --request POST \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/images" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "{
\"default_cpu_cores\": 4,
\"default_disk_gb\": 4,
\"default_memory_gb\": 10,
\"description\": \"IntelliJ 2020.3.4\",
\"org_id\": \"$ORG_ID\",
\"registry_id\": \"$REG_ID\",
\"repository\": \"marktmilligan/intellij-ultimate\",
\"tag\": \"2020.3.4\"
}"
Example: deprecate an image (and its tags)
curl --request PATCH \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/images/$IMAGE_ID" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY" \
--data "{
\"deprecated\": true
}"
Example: Restart/rebuild a workspace
curl --request PATCH \
--url $ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/workspaces/$WS_ID \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY" \
--data "{}"
Example: How to create a user
curl --request POST \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/users" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "{
\"email\": \"bob@acme.com\",
\"login_type\": \"built-in\",
\"name\": \"Bob Barker\",
\"password\": \"password\",
\"temporary_password\": true,
\"username\": \"bbarker\",
\"organizations\": [\"default\",\"$ORG_ID\"]
}"
Example: Get a user's public SSH key
curl --request GET \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/users/$USER_ID/sshkey" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY"
Example: Create a dev URL
curl --request POST \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/workspaces/$WS_ID_PHP/devurls" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "{
\"access\": \"PRIVATE\",
\"name\": \"phpapp4\",
\"port\": 1029,
\"scheme\": \"http\"
}"
Example: Update a dev URL including access control level
curl --request PUT \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/workspaces/$WS_ID_PHP/devurls/$DU_ID_PHP" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "{
\"access\": \"AUTHED\",
\"name\": \"phpapp4\",
\"port\": 1029,
\"scheme\": \"http\"
}"
Example: List dev URLs
curl --request GET \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/workspaces/$WS_ID_PHP/devurls" \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY"
Example: Delete a dev URL
curl --request DELETE \
--url "$ACCESS_URL/$API_ROUTE/workspaces/$WS_ID_PHP/devurls/$DU_ID_PHP \
--header "Session-Token: $API_KEY" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "{
}"