Dapr

aid: dapr
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dapr/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
  - aid: dapr:state-management
    name: Dapr State Management API
    tags:
      - Distributed Systems
      - Key Value
      - State Management
    humanURL: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/state_api/
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/state_api/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/dapr-state-management-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-schema/state-item.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/building-blocks/state-management/
        type: Reference
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/sdks/
        type: Client Libraries
    description: >-
      The Dapr State Management API provides key/value-based state management
      capabilities for distributed applications. It supports saving, retrieving,
      deleting, and performing bulk and transactional operations on application
      state using pluggable state stores.
  - aid: dapr:pubsub
    name: Dapr Pub/Sub API
    tags:
      - CloudEvents
      - Events
      - Messaging
      - Pub/Sub
    humanURL: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/pubsub_api/
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/pubsub_api/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/dapr-pubsub-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: asyncapi/dapr-pubsub-asyncapi.yml
        type: AsyncAPI
      - url: json-schema/cloud-event.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/building-blocks/pubsub/
        type: Reference
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/sdks/
        type: Client Libraries
    description: >-
      The Dapr Pub/Sub API enables publish and subscribe messaging between
      applications. It supports publishing events to topics, bulk publishing,
      and discovering topic subscriptions using the CloudEvents 1.0 specification.
  - aid: dapr:service-invocation
    name: Dapr Service Invocation API
    tags:
      - Microservices
      - Service Discovery
      - Service Invocation
    humanURL: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/service_invocation_api/
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/service_invocation_api/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/dapr-service-invocation-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/building-blocks/service-invocation/
        type: Reference
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/sdks/
        type: Client Libraries
    description: >-
      The Dapr Service Invocation API enables applications to communicate with
      each other through well-known endpoints using HTTP methods. Dapr acts as
      a reverse proxy with built-in service discovery, distributed tracing,
      and error handling.
  - aid: dapr:bindings
    name: Dapr Bindings API
    tags:
      - Bindings
      - Event-Driven
      - Integrations
    humanURL: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/bindings_api/
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/bindings_api/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/dapr-bindings-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-schema/binding.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/building-blocks/bindings/
        type: Reference
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/sdks/
        type: Client Libraries
    description: >-
      The Dapr Bindings API enables applications to trigger and invoke external
      resources through output bindings, and receive events from external
      resources through input bindings. Supported bindings include Kafka,
      RabbitMQ, Azure Event Hubs, AWS SQS, GCP Storage, and more.
  - aid: dapr:secrets
    name: Dapr Secrets API
    tags:
      - Key Management
      - Secrets
      - Security
    humanURL: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/secrets_api/
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/secrets_api/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/dapr-secrets-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-schema/secret.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/building-blocks/secrets/
        type: Reference
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/sdks/
        type: Client Libraries
    description: >-
      The Dapr Secrets API provides a consistent way to retrieve application
      secrets from various secret stores, including Hashicorp Vault, AWS
      Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, GCP Secret Manager, and Kubernetes
      Secrets.
  - aid: dapr:actors
    name: Dapr Actors API
    tags:
      - Actors
      - Distributed Systems
      - Virtual Actors
    humanURL: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/actors_api/
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/actors_api/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/dapr-actors-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-schema/actor.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/building-blocks/actors/
        type: Reference
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/sdks/
        type: Client Libraries
    description: >-
      The Dapr Actors API provides virtual actor capabilities for distributed
      applications, including actor method invocation, state management, timers,
      and reminders with guaranteed single-threaded execution and message ordering.
  - aid: dapr:workflow
    name: Dapr Workflow API
    tags:
      - Distributed Systems
      - Orchestration
      - Workflows
    humanURL: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/workflow_api/
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/workflow_api/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/dapr-workflow-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-schema/workflow.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/building-blocks/workflow/
        type: Reference
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/sdks/
        type: Client Libraries
    description: >-
      The Dapr Workflow API provides the ability to manage workflow instances,
      including starting, getting status, pausing, resuming, terminating,
      purging, and raising events to workflows.
  - aid: dapr:configuration
    name: Dapr Configuration API
    tags:
      - Configuration
      - Distributed Systems
      - Subscriptions
    humanURL: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/configuration_api/
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/configuration_api/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/dapr-configuration-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-schema/configuration-item.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/building-blocks/configuration/
        type: Reference
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/sdks/
        type: Client Libraries
    description: >-
      The Dapr Configuration API enables applications to retrieve and subscribe
      to configuration items from supported configuration stores, allowing
      applications to react to configuration changes in real time.
  - aid: dapr:distributed-lock
    name: Dapr Distributed Lock API
    tags:
      - Concurrency
      - Coordination
      - Distributed Lock
    humanURL: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/distributed_lock_api/
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/distributed_lock_api/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/dapr-distributed-lock-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/building-blocks/distributed-lock/
        type: Reference
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/sdks/
        type: Client Libraries
    description: >-
      The Dapr Distributed Lock API enables applications to acquire and release
      locks on shared resources, ensuring mutual exclusion across multiple
      application instances using a lease-based locking mechanism.
  - aid: dapr:cryptography
    name: Dapr Cryptography API
    tags:
      - Cryptography
      - Encryption
      - Security
    humanURL: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/cryptography_api/
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/cryptography_api/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/dapr-cryptography-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/building-blocks/cryptography/
        type: Reference
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/sdks/
        type: Client Libraries
    description: >-
      The Dapr Cryptography API enables applications to perform cryptographic
      operations such as encrypting and decrypting data using configured
      cryptography components, without exposing cryptographic keys to the
      application.
  - aid: dapr:jobs
    name: Dapr Jobs API
    tags:
      - Cron
      - Jobs
      - Scheduling
    humanURL: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/jobs_api/
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/jobs_api/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/dapr-jobs-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-schema/job.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/building-blocks/jobs/
        type: Reference
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/sdks/
        type: Client Libraries
    description: >-
      The Dapr Jobs API enables applications to schedule, retrieve, and delete
      jobs for future execution at specific times or intervals using cron
      expressions or duration specifications.
  - aid: dapr:health
    name: Dapr Health API
    tags:
      - Health
      - Kubernetes
      - Monitoring
    humanURL: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/health_api/
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/health_api/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/dapr-health-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/operations/observability/healthchecks/
        type: Reference
    description: >-
      The Dapr Health API provides health check endpoints for the Dapr sidecar,
      usable with container orchestrators like Kubernetes for readiness and
      liveness probes.
  - aid: dapr:metadata
    name: Dapr Metadata API
    tags:
      - Metadata
      - Observability
      - Runtime
    humanURL: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/metadata_api/
    properties:
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/metadata_api/
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/dapr-metadata-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-schema/metadata.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: https://docs.dapr.io/operations/observability/
        type: Reference
    description: >-
      The Dapr Metadata API provides information about the Dapr sidecar,
      including application connection details, registered components, active
      subscriptions, and HTTP endpoints. It also allows setting custom metadata
      attributes.
name: Dapr
tags:
  - Distributed Systems
  - Microservices
  - Platform
  - Pub/Sub
  - State Management
  - Workflows
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
common:
  - url: https://dapr.io/
    name: Website
    type: Website
    description: Official Dapr project website.
  - url: https://docs.dapr.io/
    name: Documentation
    type: Documentation
    description: Official Dapr documentation covering all building blocks, operations, and SDKs.
  - url: https://docs.dapr.io/getting-started/
    name: Getting Started
    type: Getting Started
    description: Guides for getting started with Dapr including installation and quickstarts.
  - url: https://blog.dapr.io/
    name: Blog
    type: Blog
    description: Dapr project blog with release announcements and technical articles.
  - url: https://github.com/dapr
    name: GitHub Organization
    type: GitHub Organization
    description: Dapr GitHub organization containing all project repositories.
  - url: https://github.com/dapr/dapr
    name: GitHub Repository
    type: GitHubRepository
    description: Main Dapr runtime source code repository.
  - url: https://docs.dapr.io/sdks/
    name: SDKs
    type: SDKs
    description: Dapr SDK implementations for Go, Python, Java, .NET, JavaScript, PHP, and Rust.
  - url: https://discord.gg/ptHhX6jc34
    name: Discord
    type: Community
    description: Dapr community Discord server for discussions, support, and announcements.
  - url: https://github.com/dapr/dapr/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
    name: Change Log
    type: Change Log
    description: Release notes and version history for the Dapr runtime.
  - url: https://github.com/dapr/dapr/security/policy
    name: Security
    type: Security
    description: Security disclosure policy for the Dapr project.
  - url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/dapr
    name: Stack Overflow
    type: Stack Overflow
    description: Dapr-tagged questions and answers on Stack Overflow.
  - url: json-ld/dapr-context.jsonld
    name: JSON-LD Context
    type: JSON-LD
    description: JSON-LD context file for Dapr API data models.
  - url: vocabulary/dapr-vocabulary.yml
    name: Vocabulary
    type: Vocabulary
    description: Shared vocabulary across Dapr building blocks.
  - url: rules/dapr-rules.yml
    name: Rules
    type: Rules
    description: Spectral rules for validating Dapr OpenAPI definitions.
  - url: capabilities/dapr-capabilities.yml
    name: Capabilities
    type: Capabilities
    description: Capability summary across Dapr building block APIs.
created: '2025-01-08'
modified: '2026-04-28'
xType: opensource
position: Consumer
description: >-
  Dapr (Distributed Application Runtime) is a portable, event-driven runtime
  that makes it easy for developers to build resilient, stateless, and stateful
  applications that run on the cloud and edge. It provides building block APIs
  for state management, pub/sub messaging, service invocation, bindings,
  actors, workflows, secrets, configuration, distributed locks, cryptography,
  jobs scheduling, health checks, and metadata.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]
specificationVersion: '0.19'