Tyk Classic API Definition Object

Last updated: Jan 9, 2024 3 minutes read.

Tyk stores API configurations as JSON objects called API Definitions. If you are using Tyk Dashboard to manage Tyk, then these are stored in either Postgres or MongoDB, as specified in the database settings. On the other hand, if you are using Tyk OSS, these configurations are stored as files in the /apps directory of the Gateway which is located at the default path /opt/tyk-gateway.

An API Definition has many settings and middlewares that influence the way incoming requests are processed.

Below, you will find an example of a Tyk Classic API Definition.

{
  "id": "5a4f1c029764510001dbc3f1",
  "name": "Sales Demo API",
  "slug": "sales-demo-api",
  "api_id": "6b6c9fc301614e607c591e4af785c465",
  "org_id": "580defdbe1d21e0001c67e5c",
  "use_keyless": false,
  "use_oauth2": false,
  "use_openid": false,
  "openid_options": {
    "providers": [],
    "segregate_by_client": false
  },
  "oauth_meta": {
    "allowed_access_types": [],
    "allowed_authorize_types": [],
    "auth_login_redirect": ""
  },
  "auth": {
    "use_param": false,
    "param_name": "",
    "use_cookie": false,
    "cookie_name": "",
    "auth_header_name": "Authorization",
    "use_certificate": false
  },
  "use_basic_auth": false,
  "use_mutual_tls_auth": false,
  "client_certificates": [],
  "upstream_certificates": {},
  "enable_jwt": false,
  "use_standard_auth": true,
  "enable_coprocess_auth": false,
  "jwt_signing_method": "",
  "jwt_source": "",
  "jwt_identity_base_field": "",
  "jwt_client_base_field": "",
  "jwt_policy_field_name": "",
  "notifications": {
    "shared_secret": "",
    "oauth_on_keychange_url": ""
  },
  "enable_signature_checking": false,
  "hmac_allowed_clock_skew": -1,
  "base_identity_provided_by": "",
  "definition": {
    "location": "header",
    "key": "x-api-version"
  },
  "version_data": {
    "not_versioned": true,
    "versions": {
      "Default": {
          "name": "Default",
          "expires": "",
          "paths": {
            "ignored": [],
            "white_list": [],
            "black_list": []
          },
          "use_extended_paths": true,
          "extended_paths": {},
          "global_headers": {},
          "global_headers_remove": [],
          "ignore_endpoint_case": false,
          "global_size_limit": 0,
          "override_target": ""
      }
    }
  },
  "uptime_tests": {
    "check_list": [],
    "config": {
      "expire_utime_after": 0,
      "service_discovery": {
        "use_discovery_service": false,
        "query_endpoint": "",
        "use_nested_query": false,
        "parent_data_path": "",
        "data_path": "",
        "port_data_path": "",
        "target_path": "",
        "use_target_list": false,
        "cache_timeout": 60,
        "endpoint_returns_list": false
      },
      "recheck_wait": 0
    }
  },
  "proxy": {
    "preserve_host_header": false,
    "listen_path": "/6b6c9fc301614e607c591e4af785c465/",
    "target_url": "http://httpbin.org/",
    "strip_listen_path": true,
    "enable_load_balancing": false,
    "target_list": [],
    "check_host_against_uptime_tests": false,
    "service_discovery": {
      "use_discovery_service": false,
      "query_endpoint": "",
      "use_nested_query": false,
      "parent_data_path": "",
      "data_path": "",
      "port_data_path": "",
      "target_path": "",
      "use_target_list": false,
      "cache_timeout": 0,
      "endpoint_returns_list": false
    },
    "transport": {
      "proxy_url": "http(s)://proxy.url:1234",
      "ssl_min_version": int,
      "ssl_ciphers": ["string"],
      "ssl_insecure_skip_verify": bool
    }
  },
  "disable_rate_limit": false,
  "disable_quota": false,
  "custom_middleware": {
    "pre": [],
    "post": [],
    "post_key_auth": [],
    "auth_check": {
      "name": "",
      "path": "",
      "require_session": false
    },
    "response": [],
    "driver": "",
    "id_extractor": {
      "extract_from": "",
      "extract_with": "",
      "extractor_config": {}
    }
  },
  "custom_middleware_bundle": "",
  "cache_options": {
    "cache_timeout": 60,
    "enable_cache": true,
    "cache_all_safe_requests": false,
    "cache_response_codes": [],
    "enable_upstream_cache_control": false
  },
  "session_lifetime": 0,
  "active": true,
  "auth_provider": {
    "name": "",
    "storage_engine": "",
    "meta": {}
  },
  "session_provider": {
    "name": "",
    "storage_engine": "",
    "meta": {}
  },
  "event_handlers": {
    "events": {}
  },
  "enable_batch_request_support": false,
  "enable_ip_whitelisting": false,
  "allowed_ips": [],
  "dont_set_quota_on_create": false,
  "expire_analytics_after": 0,
  "response_processors": [],
  "CORS": {
    "enable": false,
    "allowed_origins": [],
    "allowed_methods": [],
    "allowed_headers": [],
    "exposed_headers": [],
    "allow_credentials": false,
    "max_age": 24,
    "options_passthrough": false,
    "debug": false
  },
  "domain": "",
  "do_not_track": false,
  "tags": [],
  "enable_context_vars": false,
  "config_data": {},
  "tag_headers": [],
  "global_rate_limit": {
    "rate": 0,
    "per": 0
  },
  "strip_auth_data": false
}

Tyk Classic API Definition Object

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