---
title: REST API Reference
sidebarTitle: REST API
description: Complete endpoint reference for the IronClaw Web Gateway API
---

The IronClaw Web Gateway exposes a REST API for all agent operations. All endpoints require bearer token authentication.

## Authentication

```http
Authorization: Bearer <GATEWAY_AUTH_TOKEN>
```

The token is set via the `GATEWAY_AUTH_TOKEN` environment variable. An unauthenticated request returns `401 Unauthorized`.

## Base URL

```
http://localhost:3000
```

For remote deployments, replace with your reverse proxy domain (e.g., `https://ironclaw.yourdomain.com`).

---

## Status

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| `GET` | `/api/status` | Agent status, version, uptime, active job count |
| `GET` | `/api/health` | Liveness check — returns `200 OK` if the gateway is up |
| `GET` | `/api/gateway/status` | Gateway connection status and channel details |

### GET /api/status

```bash
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" http://localhost:3000/api/status | jq .
```

```json
{
  "status": "running",
  "version": "0.13.0",
  "uptime_secs": 86400,
  "active_jobs": 2,
  "llm_backend": "nearai",
  "database_backend": "libsql",
  "sandbox_enabled": true
}
```

---

## Chat

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| `POST` | `/api/chat/send` | Submit a message; returns a streaming response or job ID |
| `POST` | `/api/chat/approval` | Approve or deny a pending tool execution |
| `POST` | `/api/chat/auth-token` | Complete OAuth token flow |
| `POST` | `/api/chat/auth-cancel` | Cancel pending OAuth flow |
| `GET` | `/api/chat/events` | SSE stream of chat events (job updates, messages) |
| `GET` | `/api/chat/ws` | WebSocket endpoint for real-time chat |
| `GET` | `/api/chat/history` | Get message history for a session |
| `GET` | `/api/chat/threads` | List all conversation threads |
| `POST` | `/api/chat/thread/new` | Create a new conversation thread |

### POST /api/chat/send

```bash
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"message": "Summarize the last 3 jobs", "session_id": "default"}' \
  http://localhost:3000/api/chat/send
```

**Request body:**

```json
{
  "message": "string (required)",
  "session_id": "string (optional, defaults to 'default')",
  "stream": false
}
```

**Response:**

```json
{
  "job_id": "job_01j9abc123",
  "session_id": "default",
  "status": "pending",
  "message": "Job created. Connect to /api/jobs/job_01j9abc123 for updates."
}
```

### GET /api/chat/threads

```bash
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  http://localhost:3000/api/chat/threads | jq .
```

**Response:**

```json
{
  "threads": [
    {
      "id": "default",
      "name": "Default",
      "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2024-01-15T12:30:00Z",
      "message_count": 42
    }
  ]
}
```

### POST /api/chat/approval

```bash
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"job_id": "job_01j9abc123", "approved": true}' \
  http://localhost:3000/api/chat/approval
```

---

## Jobs

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| `GET` | `/api/jobs` | List jobs (supports `?status=`, `?limit=`, `?offset=`) |
| `GET` | `/api/jobs/summary` | Get job statistics summary |
| `GET` | `/api/jobs/:id` | Get job details and current state |
| `POST` | `/api/jobs/:id/cancel` | Cancel a running job |
| `POST` | `/api/jobs/:id/restart` | Restart a completed or failed job |
| `POST` | `/api/jobs/:id/prompt` | Send a follow-up prompt to a running job |
| `GET` | `/api/jobs/:id/events` | Get job event history |
| `GET` | `/api/jobs/:id/files/list` | List files in the job's sandbox |
| `GET` | `/api/jobs/:id/files/read` | Read a file from the job's sandbox |

### GET /api/jobs

```bash
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "http://localhost:3000/api/jobs?status=running&limit=10" | jq .
```

**Query parameters:**

| Parameter | Type | Description |
|-----------|------|-------------|
| `status` | string | Filter by: `pending`, `running`, `completed`, `failed`, `cancelled` |
| `limit` | integer | Max results (default: 20, max: 100) |
| `offset` | integer | Pagination offset |
| `session_id` | string | Filter by session |

**Response:**

```json
{
  "jobs": [
    {
      "id": "job_01j9abc123",
      "session_id": "default",
      "status": "running",
      "intent": "summarize recent activity",
      "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:05Z",
      "tool_calls": 3,
      "tokens_used": 1200
    }
  ],
  "total": 47,
  "limit": 10,
  "offset": 0
}
```

### GET /api/jobs/summary

```bash
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  http://localhost:3000/api/jobs/summary | jq .
```

**Response:**

```json
{
  "total": 47,
  "by_status": {
    "pending": 2,
    "running": 3,
    "completed": 35,
    "failed": 5,
    "cancelled": 2
  }
}
```

### POST /api/jobs/:id/cancel

```bash
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  http://localhost:3000/api/jobs/job_01j9abc123/cancel
```

### POST /api/jobs/:id/restart

```bash
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  http://localhost:3000/api/jobs/job_01j9abc123/restart
```

### POST /api/jobs/:id/prompt

```bash
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"message": "Also check the tests directory"}' \
  http://localhost:3000/api/jobs/job_01j9abc123/prompt
```

### GET /api/jobs/:id/files/list

```bash
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  http://localhost:3000/api/jobs/job_01j9abc123/files/list | jq .
```

**Response:**

```json
{
  "files": [
    {"path": "/workspace/main.rs", "size": 1234, "is_dir": false},
    {"path": "/workspace/src", "size": 0, "is_dir": true}
  ]
}
```

### GET /api/jobs/:id/files/read

```bash
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "http://localhost:3000/api/jobs/job_01j9abc123/files/read?path=/workspace/main.rs" | jq .
```

---

## Memory

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| `GET` | `/api/memory/search` | Hybrid search (FTS + vector) across workspace memory |
| `GET` | `/api/memory/tree` | Browse the workspace file tree |
| `GET` | `/api/memory/list` | List memory documents with pagination |
| `GET` | `/api/memory/read` | Read a memory document by path |
| `POST` | `/api/memory/write` | Write a new memory document |
| `GET` | `/api/memory/:path` | Read a memory document by path (alternative) |
| `PUT` | `/api/memory/:path` | Write or update a memory document |
| `DELETE` | `/api/memory/:path` | Delete a memory document |

### GET /api/memory/search

```bash
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "http://localhost:3000/api/memory/search?q=deployment+notes&limit=5" | jq .
```

**Query parameters:**

| Parameter | Type | Description |
|-----------|------|-------------|
| `q` | string | Search query (required) |
| `limit` | integer | Max results (default: 10) |
| `semantic` | boolean | Include semantic/vector results (default: true, requires embeddings) |

### GET /api/memory/tree

```bash
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "http://localhost:3000/api/memory/tree?path=/" | jq .
```

### POST /api/memory/write

```bash
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"path": "context/notes.md", "content": "# Notes\n\nSome notes here."}' \
  http://localhost:3000/api/memory/write
```

### PUT /api/memory/:path

```bash
curl -s -X PUT \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"content": "# Deploy Notes\n\nDeployed v0.13 on 2024-01-15.", "tags": ["deploy", "notes"]}' \
  http://localhost:3000/api/memory/context/deploy-notes.md
```

---

## Routines

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| `GET` | `/api/routines` | List all routines |
| `GET` | `/api/routines/summary` | Get routine statistics summary |
| `POST` | `/api/routines` | Create a new routine |
| `GET` | `/api/routines/:id` | Get a routine by ID |
| `PUT` | `/api/routines/:id` | Update a routine |
| `DELETE` | `/api/routines/:id` | Delete a routine |
| `POST` | `/api/routines/:id/trigger` | Manually trigger a routine |
| `POST` | `/api/routines/:id/toggle` | Enable or disable a routine |
| `GET` | `/api/routines/:id/runs` | Get execution history for a routine |

### POST /api/routines

```bash
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "daily-digest",
    "trigger": {"type": "cron", "schedule": "0 9 * * *"},
    "action": {"type": "message", "content": "Generate a daily summary of yesterday'"'"'s activity."},
    "enabled": true
  }' \
  http://localhost:3000/api/routines
```

### POST /api/routines/:id/trigger

```bash
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  http://localhost:3000/api/routines/routine_01j9abc123/trigger
```

### POST /api/routines/:id/toggle

```bash
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"enabled": false}' \
  http://localhost:3000/api/routines/routine_01j9abc123/toggle
```

---

## Skills

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| `GET` | `/api/skills` | List all discovered skills with trust level and activation status |
| `POST` | `/api/skills/install` | Install a skill from ClawHub or a local path |
| `DELETE` | `/api/skills/:name` | Remove an installed skill |
| `GET` | `/api/skills/search` | Search the ClawHub registry |

### GET /api/skills/search

```bash
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "http://localhost:3000/api/skills/search?q=git+workflow" | jq .
```

### POST /api/skills/install

```bash
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "git-workflow", "source": "clawhub"}' \
  http://localhost:3000/api/skills/install
```

---

## Extensions

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| `GET` | `/api/extensions` | List installed extensions (MCP servers, WASM modules) |
| `GET` | `/api/extensions/tools` | List tools provided by extensions |
| `GET` | `/api/extensions/registry` | List available extensions from registry |
| `POST` | `/api/extensions/install` | Install an extension from URL or registry |
| `POST` | `/api/extensions/:id/auth` | Configure authentication for an extension |
| `POST` | `/api/extensions/:id/activate` | Activate an installed extension |
| `DELETE` | `/api/extensions/:id` | Uninstall an extension |

### GET /api/extensions/registry

```bash
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  http://localhost:3000/api/extensions/registry | jq .
```

### GET /api/extensions/tools

```bash
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  http://localhost:3000/api/extensions/tools | jq .
```

---

## Secrets

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| `GET` | `/api/secrets` | List secret names (values are never returned) |
| `POST` | `/api/secrets` | Store a new secret (AES-256-GCM encrypted at rest) |
| `DELETE` | `/api/secrets/:name` | Delete a stored secret |

### POST /api/secrets

```bash
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "github_token", "value": "ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxx", "description": "GitHub PAT for CI"}' \
  http://localhost:3000/api/secrets
```

**Response:**

```json
{
  "name": "github_token",
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:00:00Z"
}
```

<Note>
Secret values are write-only. The `GET /api/secrets` endpoint returns only secret names and metadata, never the plaintext values. Values are encrypted with AES-256-GCM before storage.
</Note>

---

## Settings

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| `GET` | `/api/settings` | Get all user settings as a key-value map |
| `GET` | `/api/settings/:key` | Get a specific setting |
| `PUT` | `/api/settings` | Update one or more settings |
| `GET` | `/api/settings/export` | Export all settings as JSON |
| `POST` | `/api/settings/import` | Import settings from JSON |

### PUT /api/settings

```bash
curl -s -X PUT \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"heartbeat_enabled": "true", "max_parallel_jobs": "3"}' \
  http://localhost:3000/api/settings
```

### GET /api/settings/export

```bash
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  http://localhost:3000/api/settings/export > settings.json
```

### POST /api/settings/import

```bash
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @settings.json \
  http://localhost:3000/api/settings/import
```

---

## Logs

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| `GET` | `/api/logs/events` | SSE stream of live log events |
| `GET` | `/api/logs/level` | Get current log level |
| `PUT` | `/api/logs/level` | Set log level dynamically |

### GET /api/logs/events

```bash
curl -N \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Accept: text/event-stream" \
  http://localhost:3000/api/logs/events
```

### PUT /api/logs/level

```bash
curl -s -X PUT \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"level": "debug"}' \
  http://localhost:3000/api/logs/level
```

---

## Channels

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| `GET` | `/api/channels` | List all configured channels and their enabled status |
| `GET` | `/api/channels/:id/status` | Connection status for a specific channel |

---

## Pairing

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| `GET` | `/api/pairing/:channel` | List pairing codes for a channel type |
| `POST` | `/api/pairing/:channel` | Create a new pairing code |

### GET /api/pairing/:channel

```bash
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  http://localhost:3000/api/pairing/telegram | jq .
```

---

## OAuth

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| `GET` | `/oauth/callback` | OAuth callback handler for channel authentication |

---

## OpenAI Compatibility

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| `GET` | `/v1/models` | List available models |
| `POST` | `/v1/chat/completions` | OpenAI-compatible chat completions |

### GET /v1/models

```bash
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  http://localhost:3000/v1/models | jq .
```

### POST /v1/chat/completions

```bash
curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
  }' \
  http://localhost:3000/v1/chat/completions
```

---

## Error Codes

| Status | Code | Description |
|--------|------|-------------|
| `400` | Bad Request | Malformed request body or missing required fields |
| `401` | Unauthorized | Missing or invalid `Authorization` header |
| `404` | Not Found | The requested resource does not exist |
| `409` | Conflict | Resource already exists (e.g., duplicate secret name) |
| `422` | Unprocessable Entity | Request is well-formed but semantically invalid |
| `429` | Too Many Requests | Rate limit exceeded |
| `500` | Internal Server Error | Unexpected server error — check logs |
| `503` | Service Unavailable | Agent is initializing or shutting down |

**Error response body:**

```json
{
  "error": "not_found",
  "message": "Job 'job_01j9abc123' does not exist",
  "request_id": "req_7f3a9b"
}
```

---

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