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3. Conventions

Tower uses a standard REST API, rooted at /api/ on the server. The API is versioned for compatibility reasons, and currently api/v2/ is the latest available version. You can see information about what API versions are available by querying /api/.

/api/v1/ has been discontinued as of Ansible Tower version 3.6. Refer to previous versions of the api for details on v1.

You may have to specify the content/type on POST or PUT requests accordingly.

  • PUT: Update a specific resource (by an identifier) or a collection of resources. PUT can also be used to create a specific resource if the resource identifier is know before-hand.

  • POST: Create a new resource. Also acts as a catch-all verb for operations that do not fit into the other categories.

All URIs not ending with "/" receive a 301 redirect.

Note

Formatting of extra_vars attached to Job Template records is preserved. YAML is returned as YAML with formatting and comments preserved, and JSON is returned as JSON.