API

Port's API is a generic interface to model your software catalog, ingest data, invoke actions, query scorecards and more.

💡 Common Port API usage

Since Port API is a generic interface, anything that can be done with Port is possible through the API, for example:

• Update the software catalog using a script;
• Import your existing asset inventory from a CSV file;
• Integrate Port with your custom CI/CD;
• Report the status of a running CI job;
• Update the software catalog about a new build version for a microservice;
• Get existing data from your software catalog.

Get API Token

In order to interact with the API you will need an API token.

Getting an API token involves 2 steps:

1. Finding your Port API credentials;
2. Making an API request to generate a valid token.

Find your Port credentials

To find your Port API credentials go to Port, click on the Credentials button at the bottom left corner and you will be able to view and copy your CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET:

Generate an API token

Here are some code examples showing how to generate an API token in various programming languages:

Python

# Dependencies to install:
# $ python -m pip install requests

import requests

CLIENT_ID = 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID'
CLIENT_SECRET = 'YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET'

API_URL = 'https://api.getport.io/v1'

credentials = {'clientId': CLIENT_ID, 'clientSecret': CLIENT_SECRET}

token_response = requests.post(f'{API_URL}/auth/access_token', json=credentials)

access_token = token_response.json()['accessToken']

# You can now use the value in access_token when making further requests

Javascript

// Dependencies to install:
// $ npm install axios --save

const axios = require("axios").default;

const CLIENT_ID = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID";
const CLIENT_SECRET = "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET";

const API_URL = "https://api.getport.io/v1";

const response = await axios.post(`${API_URL}/auth/access_token`, {
  clientId: CLIENT_ID,
  clientSecret: CLIENT_SECRET,
});

const accessToken = response.data.accessToken;

// You can now use the value in accessToken when making further requests

cURL

# Dependencies to install:
# For apt:
# $ sudo apt-get install jq
# For yum:
# $ sudo yum install jq

access_token=$(curl --location --request POST 'https://api.getport.io/v1/auth/access_token' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "clientId": "CLIENT_ID",
    "clientSecret": "CLIENT_SECRET"
}' | jq '.accessToken' | sed 's/"//g')

# The token will be available in the access_token variable

Ingest data via API

Since Port is API-first it is possible to create and update entities using simple REST calls from any platform you use.

Setup

To use Port's REST API you need to perform the following steps:

1. Find your Port credentials;
2. Save them as secrets or in some other same manner such that you can reference them in your code or CI/CD flow;
3. Make sure you have an HTTP-capable client.
   1. For example: cURL, python with the requests package, nodejs with fetch/axios, etc.

Usage

Since you are using Port's REST API directly, any method that the API provides is at your disposal.

We will focus on three specific use cases:

• Get catalog entities - available by making HTTP GET requests to https://api.getport.io/v1/blueprints/{blueprint_identifier}/entities/{entity_identifier}, receives the identifier of an existing entity and retrieves it for use in your CI;
• Create/Update catalog entities - available by making HTTP POST requests to https://api.getport.io/v1/blueprints/{blueprint_identifier}/entities/, receives the identifier and other properties of a new entity or an entity that needs to be updated;
• Delete catalog entities - available by making HTTP DELETE requests to https://api.getport.io/v1/blueprints/{blueprint_identifier}/entities/{entity_identifier}, receives the identifier of an existing entity and deletes it.

Get

Python

# Dependencies to install:
# $ python -m pip install requests

import requests

CLIENT_ID = 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID'
CLIENT_SECRET = 'YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET'

API_URL = 'https://api.getport.io/v1'

credentials = {'clientId': CLIENT_ID, 'clientSecret': CLIENT_SECRET}

token_response = requests.post(f'{API_URL}/auth/access_token', json=credentials)

access_token = token_response.json()['accessToken']

# You can now use the value in access_token when making further requests

headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {access_token}'
}

blueprint_id = 'MY_BLUEPRINT'
entity_id = 'MY_ENTITY_IDENTIFIER'

response = requests.get(f'{API_URL}/blueprints/{blueprint_id}/entities/{entity_id}', headers=headers)

# response.json() contains the content of the resulting entity

Javascript

// Dependencies to install:
// $ npm install axios --save

const axios = require("axios").default;

const CLIENT_ID = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID";
const CLIENT_SECRET = "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET";

const API_URL = "https://api.getport.io/v1";

const response = await axios.post(`${API_URL}/auth/access_token`, {
  clientId: CLIENT_ID,
  clientSecret: CLIENT_SECRET,
});

const accessToken = response.data.accessToken;

// You can now use the value in accessToken when making further requests

const blueprintId = "MY_BLUEPRINT";
const entityId = "MY_ENTITY_IDENTIFIER";

const config = {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
  },
};

const getResponse = await axios.get(
  `${API_URL}/blueprints/${blueprintId}/entities/${entityId}`,
  config
);

// getResponse.data contains the content of the resulting entity

cURL

# Dependencies to install:
# for brew:
# brew install jq
# For apt:
# $ sudo apt-get install jq
# For yum:
# $ sudo yum install jq

access_token=$(curl --location --request POST 'https://api.getport.io/v1/auth/access_token' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "clientId": "CLIENT_ID",
    "clientSecret": "CLIENT_SECRET"
}' | jq '.accessToken' | sed 's/"//g')

# The token will be available in the access_token variable

blueprint_id='MY_BLUEPRINT'
entity_id='MY_ENTITY_IDENTIFIER'

curl --location --request GET "https://api.getport.io/v1/blueprints/${blueprint_id}/entities/${entity_id}" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer $access_token" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json"

# The output of the command contains the content of the resulting entity

Create

A basic create request will create a new entity if one with the provided identifier doesn't exist yet, and will fail with a 409 CONFLICT status code otherwise.

A basic create request is noted by providing no query parameters, or providing the upsert query parameter with its value set to false.

Python

# Dependencies to install:
# $ python -m pip install requests

import requests

CLIENT_ID = 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID'
CLIENT_SECRET = 'YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET'

API_URL = 'https://api.getport.io/v1'

credentials = {'clientId': CLIENT_ID, 'clientSecret': CLIENT_SECRET}

token_response = requests.post(f'{API_URL}/auth/access_token', json=credentials)

access_token = token_response.json()['accessToken']

# You can now use the value in access_token when making further requests

headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {access_token}'
}

blueprint_id = 'MY_BLUEPRINT'

entity = {
  'identifier': 'MY_ENTITY_IDENTIFIER',
  'title': 'MY TITLE',
  'properties': {
    'MY_STRING_PROP': 'MY VALUE',
    'MY_BOOLEAN_PROP': False
  },
  'relations': {}
}

response = requests.post(f'{API_URL}/blueprints/{blueprint_id}/entities', json=entity, headers=headers)

# response.json() contains the content of the resulting entity

Javascript

// Dependencies to install:
// $ npm install axios --save

const axios = require("axios").default;

const CLIENT_ID = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID";
const CLIENT_SECRET = "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET";

const API_URL = "https://api.getport.io/v1";

const response = await axios.post(`${API_URL}/auth/access_token`, {
  clientId: CLIENT_ID,
  clientSecret: CLIENT_SECRET,
});

const accessToken = response.data.accessToken;

// You can now use the value in accessToken when making further requests

const blueprintId = "MY_BLUEPRINT";

const config = {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
  },
};

const entity = {
  identifier: "MY_ENTITY_IDENTIFIER",
  title: "MY TITLE",
  properties: {
    MY_STRING_PROP: "MY VALUE",
    MY_BOOLEAN_PROP: false,
  },
  relations: {},
};

const postResponse = await axios.post(
  `${API_URL}/blueprints/${blueprintId}/entities`,
  entity,
  config
);

// postResponse.data contains the content of the resulting entity

cURL

# Dependencies to install:
# For apt:
# $ sudo apt-get install jq
# For yum:
# $ sudo yum install jq

access_token=$(curl --location --request POST 'https://api.getport.io/v1/auth/access_token' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "clientId": "CLIENT_ID",
    "clientSecret": "CLIENT_SECRET"
}' | jq '.accessToken' | sed 's/"//g')

# The token will be available in the access_token variable

blueprint_id='MY_BLUEPRINT'

curl --location --request POST "https://api.getport.io/v1/blueprints/${blueprint_id}/entities" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer $access_token" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data-raw '{
    "identifier": "MY_ENTITY_IDENTIFIER",
    "title": "MY ENTITY TITLE",
    "properties": {
            "MY_STRING_PROP": "MY VALUE",
            "MY_BOOLEAN_PROP": false
    }
}'

# The output of the command contains the content of the resulting blueprint

Create/Update

A create/update request will create a new entity if one with the provided identifier doesn't exist yet, and will only update the values of fields provided in the request, if an entity with the identifier already exists.

A create/update request is noted by providing the query parameter: upsert=true&merge=true.

Python

# Dependencies to install:
# $ python -m pip install requests

import requests

CLIENT_ID = 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID'
CLIENT_SECRET = 'YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET'

API_URL = 'https://api.getport.io/v1'

credentials = {'clientId': CLIENT_ID, 'clientSecret': CLIENT_SECRET}

token_response = requests.post(f'{API_URL}/auth/access_token', json=credentials)

access_token = token_response.json()['accessToken']

# You can now use the value in access_token when making further requests

headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {access_token}'
}

blueprint_id = 'MY_BLUEPRINT'

entity = {
  'identifier': 'MY_ENTITY_IDENTIFIER',
  'title': 'MY TITLE',
  'properties': {
    'MY_STRING_PROP': 'MY VALUE',
    'MY_BOOLEAN_PROP': False
  },
  'relations': {}
}

# Note the ?upsert=true&merge=true query parameters
response = requests.post(f'{API_URL}/blueprints/{blueprint_id}/entities?upsert=true&merge=true', json=entity, headers=headers)

# response.json() contains the content of the resulting entity

Javascript

// Dependencies to install:
// $ npm install axios --save

const axios = require("axios").default;

const CLIENT_ID = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID";
const CLIENT_SECRET = "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET";

const API_URL = "https://api.getport.io/v1";

const response = await axios.post(`${API_URL}/auth/access_token`, {
  clientId: CLIENT_ID,
  clientSecret: CLIENT_SECRET,
});

const accessToken = response.data.accessToken;

// You can now use the value in accessToken when making further requests

const blueprintId = "MY_BLUEPRINT";

const config = {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
  },
};

const entity = {
  identifier: "MY_ENTITY_IDENTIFIER",
  title: "MY TITLE",
  properties: {
    MY_STRING_PROP: "MY VALUE",
    MY_BOOLEAN_PROP: false,
  },
  relations: {},
};

// Note the ?upsert=true&merge=true query parameters
const postResponse = await axios.post(
  `${API_URL}/blueprints/${blueprintId}/entities?upsert=true&merge=true`,
  entity,
  config
);

// postResponse.data contains the content of the resulting entity

cURL

# Dependencies to install:
# For apt:
# $ sudo apt-get install jq
# For yum:
# $ sudo yum install jq

access_token=$(curl --location --request POST 'https://api.getport.io/v1/auth/access_token' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "clientId": "CLIENT_ID",
    "clientSecret": "CLIENT_SECRET"
}' | jq '.accessToken' | sed 's/"//g')

# The token will be available in the access_token variable

blueprint_id='MY_BLUEPRINT'

# Note the ?upsert=true&merge=true query parameters
curl --location --request POST "https://api.getport.io/v1/blueprints/${blueprint_id}/entities?upsert=true&merge=true" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer $access_token" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data-raw '{
    "identifier": "MY_ENTITY_IDENTIFIER",
    "title": "MY ENTITY TITLE",
    "properties": {
            "MY_STRING_PROP": "MY VALUE",
            "MY_BOOLEAN_PROP": false
    }
}'

# The output of the command contains the content of the resulting blueprint

Create/Override

A create/override request will create a new entity if one with the provided identifier doesn't exist yet, and will override all existing values if an entity with the identifier already exists, keeping only the values of fields provided in the request.

A create/override request is noted by providing the query parameter: upsert=true, while not including the merge parameter (or setting its value to false)

Python

# Dependencies to install:
# $ python -m pip install requests

import requests

CLIENT_ID = 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID'
CLIENT_SECRET = 'YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET'

API_URL = 'https://api.getport.io/v1'

credentials = {'clientId': CLIENT_ID, 'clientSecret': CLIENT_SECRET}

token_response = requests.post(f'{API_URL}/auth/access_token', json=credentials)

access_token = token_response.json()['accessToken']

# You can now use the value in access_token when making further requests

headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {access_token}'
}

blueprint_id = 'MY_BLUEPRINT'

entity = {
  'identifier': 'MY_ENTITY_IDENTIFIER',
  'title': 'MY TITLE',
  'properties': {
    'MY_STRING_PROP': 'MY VALUE',
    'MY_BOOLEAN_PROP': False
  },
  'relations': {}
}

# Note the ?upsert=true query parameter
response = requests.post(f'{API_URL}/blueprints/{blueprint_id}/entities?upsert=true', json=entity, headers=headers)

# response.json() contains the content of the resulting entity

Javascript

// Dependencies to install:
// $ npm install axios --save

const axios = require("axios").default;

const CLIENT_ID = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID";
const CLIENT_SECRET = "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET";

const API_URL = "https://api.getport.io/v1";

const response = await axios.post(`${API_URL}/auth/access_token`, {
  clientId: CLIENT_ID,
  clientSecret: CLIENT_SECRET,
});

const accessToken = response.data.accessToken;

// You can now use the value in accessToken when making further requests

const blueprintId = "MY_BLUEPRINT";

const config = {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
  },
};

const entity = {
  identifier: "MY_ENTITY_IDENTIFIER",
  title: "MY TITLE",
  properties: {
    MY_STRING_PROP: "MY VALUE",
    MY_BOOLEAN_PROP: false,
  },
  relations: {},
};

// Note the ?upsert=true query parameter
const postResponse = await axios.post(
  `${API_URL}/blueprints/${blueprintId}/entities?upsert=true`,
  entity,
  config
);

// postResponse.data contains the content of the resulting entity

cURL

# Dependencies to install:
# For apt:
# $ sudo apt-get install jq
# For yum:
# $ sudo yum install jq

access_token=$(curl --location --request POST 'https://api.getport.io/v1/auth/access_token' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "clientId": "CLIENT_ID",
    "clientSecret": "CLIENT_SECRET"
}' | jq '.accessToken' | sed 's/"//g')

# The token will be available in the access_token variable

blueprint_id='MY_BLUEPRINT'

# Note the ?upsert=true query parameter
curl --location --request POST "https://api.getport.io/v1/blueprints/${blueprint_id}/entities?upsert=true" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer $access_token" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data-raw '{
    "identifier": "MY_ENTITY_IDENTIFIER",
    "title": "MY ENTITY TITLE",
    "properties": {
            "MY_STRING_PROP": "MY VALUE",
            "MY_BOOLEAN_PROP": false
    }
}'

# The output of the command contains the content of the resulting blueprint

Delete

Python

# Dependencies to install:
# $ python -m pip install requests

import requests

CLIENT_ID = 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID'
CLIENT_SECRET = 'YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET'

API_URL = 'https://api.getport.io/v1'

credentials = {'clientId': CLIENT_ID, 'clientSecret': CLIENT_SECRET}

token_response = requests.post(f'{API_URL}/auth/access_token', json=credentials)

access_token = token_response.json()['accessToken']

# You can now use the value in access_token when making further requests

headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {access_token}'
}

blueprint_id = 'MY_BLUEPRINT'

entity_id = 'MY_ENTITY'

response = requests.delete(f'{API_URL}/blueprints/{blueprint_id}/entities/{entity_id}', headers=headers)

# response.json() contains the content of the resulting entity

Javascript

// Dependencies to install:
// $ npm install axios --save

const axios = require("axios").default;

const CLIENT_ID = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID";
const CLIENT_SECRET = "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET";

const API_URL = "https://api.getport.io/v1";

const response = await axios.post(`${API_URL}/auth/access_token`, {
  clientId: CLIENT_ID,
  clientSecret: CLIENT_SECRET,
});

const accessToken = response.data.accessToken;

// You can now use the value in accessToken when making further requests

const blueprintId = "MY_BLUEPRINT";

const entityId = "MY_ENTITY";

const config = {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
  },
};

const deleteResponse = await axios.delete(
  `${API_URL}/blueprints/${blueprintId}/entities/${entityId}`,
  config
);

// deleteResponse.data contains the content of the resulting entity

cURL

# Dependencies to install:
# For apt:
# $ sudo apt-get install jq
# For yum:
# $ sudo yum install jq

access_token=$(curl --location --request POST 'https://api.getport.io/v1/auth/access_token' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "clientId": "CLIENT_ID",
    "clientSecret": "CLIENT_SECRET"
}' | jq '.accessToken' | sed 's/"//g')

# The token will be available in the access_token variable

blueprint_id='MY_BLUEPRINT'

entity_id='MY_ENTITY'

curl --location --request DELETE "https://api.getport.io/v1/blueprints/${blueprint_id}/entities/${entity_id}" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer $access_token"

# The output of the command contains the content of the resulting blueprint

Delete All

It is possible to delete all entities of a blueprint with a single request using a dedicated route.

limitations

The delete all route can be used if the blueprint meets the following conditions:

• The blueprint does not have required relations;
• There are fewer than 1000 entities for the blueprint.

Python

# Dependencies to install:
# $ python -m pip install requests

import requests

CLIENT_ID = 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID'
CLIENT_SECRET = 'YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET'

API_URL = 'https://api.getport.io/v1'

credentials = {'clientId': CLIENT_ID, 'clientSecret': CLIENT_SECRET}

token_response = requests.post(f'{API_URL}/auth/access_token', json=credentials)

access_token = token_response.json()['accessToken']

# You can now use the value in access_token when making further requests

headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {access_token}'
}

blueprint_id = 'MY_BLUEPRINT'

response = requests.delete(f'{API_URL}/blueprints/{blueprint_id}/all-entities', headers=headers)

# response.json() contains the content of the resulting entity

Javascript

// Dependencies to install:
// $ npm install axios --save

const axios = require("axios").default;

const CLIENT_ID = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID";
const CLIENT_SECRET = "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET";

const API_URL = "https://api.getport.io/v1";

const response = await axios.post(`${API_URL}/auth/access_token`, {
  clientId: CLIENT_ID,
  clientSecret: CLIENT_SECRET,
});

const accessToken = response.data.accessToken;

// You can now use the value in accessToken when making further requests

const blueprintId = "MY_BLUEPRINT";

const config = {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
  },
};

const deleteResponse = await axios.delete(
  `${API_URL}/blueprints/${blueprintId}/all-entities`,
  config
);

// deleteResponse.data contains the content of the resulting entity

cURL

# Dependencies to install:
# For apt:
# $ sudo apt-get install jq
# For yum:
# $ sudo yum install jq

access_token=$(curl --location --request POST 'https://api.getport.io/v1/auth/access_token' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "clientId": "CLIENT_ID",
    "clientSecret": "CLIENT_SECRET"
}' | jq '.accessToken' | sed 's/"//g')

# The token will be available in the access_token variable

blueprint_id='MY_BLUEPRINT'

curl --location --request DELETE "https://api.getport.io/v1/blueprints/${blueprint_id}/all-entities" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer $access_token"

# The output of the command contains the content of the resulting blueprint

tip

It is also possible to delete all entities using Port's web UI:

1. Go to the DevPortal Setup page;
2. Click on the "Delete All BLUEPRINT_NAME" button on the desired blueprint;
3. Follow the instructions.

Note: only users with the admin role can use Port's UI to perform the delete all operation.