Tunnel Group Backends

Create Tunnel Group Backend

Create a new TunnelGroup backend

Request

POST /backends/tunnel_group

Example Request

curl \
-X POST \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {API_KEY}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Ngrok-Version: 2" \
-d '{"description":"acme tunnel group","labels":{"baz":"qux","foo":"bar"},"metadata":"{\"environment\": \"staging\"}"}' \
https://api.ngrok.com/backends/tunnel_group

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
description	string	human-readable description of this backend. Optional
metadata	string	arbitrary user-defined machine-readable data of this backend. Optional
labels	Map<string, string>	labels to watch for tunnels on, e.g. app->foo, dc->bar

Response

Returns a 201 response on success

Example Response

{
	"created_at": "2024-05-23T20:36:22Z",
	"description": "acme tunnel group",
	"id": "bkdtg_2gsqMES1bwPmhLsiwtzuSnYne56",
	"labels": {
		"baz": "qux",
		"foo": "bar"
	},
	"metadata": "{\"environment\": \"staging\"}",
	"tunnels": [],
	"uri": "https://api.ngrok.com/backends/tunnel_group/bkdtg_2gsqMES1bwPmhLsiwtzuSnYne56"
}

Fields

Name	Type	Description
id	string	unique identifier for this TunnelGroup backend
uri	string	URI of the TunnelGroupBackend API resource
created_at	string	timestamp when the backend was created, RFC 3339 format
description	string	human-readable description of this backend. Optional
metadata	string	arbitrary user-defined machine-readable data of this backend. Optional
labels	Map<string, string>	labels to watch for tunnels on, e.g. app->foo, dc->bar
tunnels	Ref	tunnels matching this backend

Ref fields

Name	Type	Description
id	string	a resource identifier
uri	string	a uri for locating a resource

Delete Tunnel Group Backend

Delete a TunnelGroup backend by ID.

Request

DELETE /backends/tunnel_group/{id}

Example Request

curl \
-X DELETE \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {API_KEY}" \
-H "Ngrok-Version: 2" \
https://api.ngrok.com/backends/tunnel_group/bkdtg_2gsqMES1bwPmhLsiwtzuSnYne56

Response

Returns a 204 response with no body on success

Get Tunnel Group Backend

Get detailed information about a TunnelGroup backend by ID

Request

GET /backends/tunnel_group/{id}

Example Request

curl \
-X GET \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {API_KEY}" \
-H "Ngrok-Version: 2" \
https://api.ngrok.com/backends/tunnel_group/bkdtg_2gsqMES1bwPmhLsiwtzuSnYne56

Response

Returns a 200 response on success

Example Response

{
	"created_at": "2024-05-23T20:36:22Z",
	"description": "acme tunnel group",
	"id": "bkdtg_2gsqMES1bwPmhLsiwtzuSnYne56",
	"labels": {
		"baz": "qux",
		"foo": "bar"
	},
	"metadata": "{\"environment\": \"staging\"}",
	"tunnels": [],
	"uri": "https://api.ngrok.com/backends/tunnel_group/bkdtg_2gsqMES1bwPmhLsiwtzuSnYne56"
}

Fields

Name	Type	Description
id	string	unique identifier for this TunnelGroup backend
uri	string	URI of the TunnelGroupBackend API resource
created_at	string	timestamp when the backend was created, RFC 3339 format
description	string	human-readable description of this backend. Optional
metadata	string	arbitrary user-defined machine-readable data of this backend. Optional
labels	Map<string, string>	labels to watch for tunnels on, e.g. app->foo, dc->bar
tunnels	Ref	tunnels matching this backend

Ref fields

Name	Type	Description
id	string	a resource identifier
uri	string	a uri for locating a resource

List Tunnel Group Backends

List all TunnelGroup backends on this account

Request

GET /backends/tunnel_group

Example Request

curl \
-X GET \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {API_KEY}" \
-H "Ngrok-Version: 2" \
https://api.ngrok.com/backends/tunnel_group

Response

Returns a 200 response on success

Example Response

{
	"backends": [
		{
			"created_at": "2024-05-23T20:36:22Z",
			"description": "acme tunnel group",
			"id": "bkdtg_2gsqMES1bwPmhLsiwtzuSnYne56",
			"labels": {
				"baz": "qux",
				"foo": "bar"
			},
			"metadata": "{\"environment\": \"staging\"}",
			"tunnels": [],
			"uri": "https://api.ngrok.com/backends/tunnel_group/bkdtg_2gsqMES1bwPmhLsiwtzuSnYne56"
		}
	],
	"next_page_uri": null,
	"uri": "https://api.ngrok.com/backends/tunnel_group"
}

Fields

Name	Type	Description
backends	TunnelGroupBackend	the list of all TunnelGroup backends on this account
uri	string	URI of the TunnelGroup backends list API resource
next_page_uri	string	URI of the next page, or null if there is no next page

TunnelGroupBackend fields

Name	Type	Description
id	string	unique identifier for this TunnelGroup backend
uri	string	URI of the TunnelGroupBackend API resource
created_at	string	timestamp when the backend was created, RFC 3339 format
description	string	human-readable description of this backend. Optional
metadata	string	arbitrary user-defined machine-readable data of this backend. Optional
labels	Map<string, string>	labels to watch for tunnels on, e.g. app->foo, dc->bar
tunnels	Ref	tunnels matching this backend

Ref fields

Name	Type	Description
id	string	a resource identifier
uri	string	a uri for locating a resource

Update Tunnel Group Backend

Update TunnelGroup backend by ID

Request

PATCH /backends/tunnel_group/{id}

Example Request

curl \
-X PATCH \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {API_KEY}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Ngrok-Version: 2" \
-d '{"metadata":"{\"environment\": \"production\"}"}' \
https://api.ngrok.com/backends/tunnel_group/bkdtg_2gsqMES1bwPmhLsiwtzuSnYne56

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
id	string
description	string	human-readable description of this backend. Optional
metadata	string	arbitrary user-defined machine-readable data of this backend. Optional
labels	Map<string, string>	labels to watch for tunnels on, e.g. app->foo, dc->bar

Response

Returns a 200 response on success

Example Response

{
	"created_at": "2024-05-23T20:36:22Z",
	"description": "acme tunnel group",
	"id": "bkdtg_2gsqMES1bwPmhLsiwtzuSnYne56",
	"labels": {
		"baz": "qux",
		"foo": "bar"
	},
	"metadata": "{\"environment\": \"production\"}",
	"tunnels": [],
	"uri": "https://api.ngrok.com/backends/tunnel_group/bkdtg_2gsqMES1bwPmhLsiwtzuSnYne56"
}

Fields

Name	Type	Description
id	string	unique identifier for this TunnelGroup backend
uri	string	URI of the TunnelGroupBackend API resource
created_at	string	timestamp when the backend was created, RFC 3339 format
description	string	human-readable description of this backend. Optional
metadata	string	arbitrary user-defined machine-readable data of this backend. Optional
labels	Map<string, string>	labels to watch for tunnels on, e.g. app->foo, dc->bar
tunnels	Ref	tunnels matching this backend

Ref fields

Name	Type	Description
id	string	a resource identifier
uri	string	a uri for locating a resource