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IBM Cloud REST API

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IBM Cloud is an enterprise-grade cloud platform offering IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions with integrated AI capabilities through Watson, comprehensive data services, and robust security features. Developers use IBM Cloud for building hybrid cloud applications, deploying AI/ML workloads, managing containerized applications with Red Hat OpenShift, and leveraging enterprise-grade databases and analytics tools.

Base URL https://api.cloud.ibm.com/v1

API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	`/resource_instances`	List all resource instances in your IBM Cloud account
POST	`/resource_instances`	Create a new resource instance for a service
GET	`/resource_instances/{id}`	Get details of a specific resource instance
PATCH	`/resource_instances/{id}`	Update a resource instance configuration
DELETE	`/resource_instances/{id}`	Delete a resource instance
GET	`/resource_groups`	List all resource groups in your account
POST	`/resource_groups`	Create a new resource group for organizing resources
GET	`/users`	List all users in your IBM Cloud account
POST	`/users/{user_id}/policy`	Assign access policies to a user
GET	`/catalog/search`	Search the IBM Cloud catalog for available services
GET	`/regions`	List all available IBM Cloud regions and zones
POST	`/kubernetes/clusters`	Create a new Kubernetes cluster
GET	`/kubernetes/clusters/{cluster_id}`	Get details of a specific Kubernetes cluster
GET	`/vpc/instances`	List all virtual server instances in VPC
POST	`/vpc/instances`	Create a new virtual server instance in VPC

Code Examples

curl -X GET 'https://api.cloud.ibm.com/v1/resource_instances' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_IBM_CLOUD_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

const response = await fetch('https://api.cloud.ibm.com/v1/resource_instances', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_IBM_CLOUD_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
});

const instances = await response.json();
console.log(instances);

import requests

headers = {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_IBM_CLOUD_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.get(
    'https://api.cloud.ibm.com/v1/resource_instances',
    headers=headers
)

instances = response.json()
print(instances)

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