Instance API

Automating app releases with UI Bakery Instance API

Enabling the Instance API

To enable the Instance API, you will need to provide an authentication token via an environment variable:

UI_BAKERY_INSTANCE_API_TOKEN=YOUR_TOKEN

Making Requests to the UI Bakery SCIM API

The UI Bakery Instance API available on the following URL, where UI_BAKERY_INSTANCE is your domain.

http(s)://UI_BAKERY_INSTANCE/api/instance/**

To authenticate your requests, include the Authorization: Bearer TOKEN header with the value provided in the UI_BAKERY_INSTANCE_API_TOKEN environment variable

Reference

App methods:

Pull branch in app

POST https://UI_BAKERY_INSTANCE/api/instance/app/{app_id}/pull

Pull latest commits for specified app/branch

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
appId*	String	UI Bakery app id

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Description
uib_branch*	String	Branch name

200: OK Returns the last pulled commit

{
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "Branch pulled",
    "result": {
        "lastCommit": {
            "hash": "359ad61432a481497b96c3c8hb4ad751f68bfd19",
            "message": "feat(home): update user table"
        }
    }
}

Relese app

POST https://UI_BAKERY_INSTANCE/api/instance/app/{app_id}/release

Releasing the app to specified environments: If both "prod" and "staging" are false, the release becomes a "Draft"; if no "branch" parameter is provided, the main branch is used by default.

If version is not specified, the last valid version will be patched.

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
appId*	String	UI Bakery app id

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
version	String	Release version
description	String	Release description
prod*	Boolean	Should release be created for Prod environment
staging*	Boolean	Should release be created for Staging environment
branch	String	From what branch release should be created

200: OK Returns the last 10 releases

{
    "status": "CREATED",
    "message": "App released",
    "result": {
        "releases": [
            {
                "id": "4UMYn3VOnm",
                "version": "0.11.1",
                "description": "",
                "createdBy": "Organization Admin",
                "createdAt": "2024-01-01T15:07:50.000+00:00",
                "prod": true,
                "staging": false,
                "dev": null,
                "branch": "main",
                "commitHash": "363ae61431a481497v96c3c87b4ad751f68bfd19",
                "commitMessage": "Update main.yml"
          }
        ]
}     

Example integrations

Automate GitHub releases

Automate GitLab releases

Automate Bitbucket releases