Accelerate Development with Sonatype APIs
Automate Your Software Supply Chain with APIs
Accelerate your development workflows and strengthen your software supply chain by integrating with Sonatype APIs.
Expand the Power of the Sonatype Platform
Unlock new efficiencies and greater control by connecting your tools directly into Sonatype solutions. Our APIs enable seamless integration, automation, and visibility across your SDLC. Whether you need to automate component evaluations, enforce policy compliance, or extract SBOM data, our APIs make it easy to plug Sonatype into your existing processes.
Nexus Repository APIs
Automate repository configuration, artifact management, and security policy enforcement.
Repository Firewall APIs
Configure quarantine behavior for policy violations and access security metrics and analytics with Firewall APIs.
Lifecycle APIs
Evaluate components and AI models against enterprise policies and automate governance at scale.
SBOM Manager APIs
Ingest, manage, and share software bill of materials (SBOMs) across your ecosystem.
REST APIs That Work as Hard as You Do
Take control with RESTful APIs across the Sonatype Platform — designed to be developer-friendly, flexible, and robust.
Nexus Repository
Programmatically manage repositories, components, user access, and server configurations to streamline your workflows. These APIs support automation of artifact uploads, repository creation, and cleanup policies — helping teams enforce consistency and reduce manual overhead.
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Lifecycle
Use Lifecycle’s REST APIs to automate the evaluation of components against enterprise policies across builds, applications, and stages. Retrieve detailed reports, scan results, and policy actions to integrate security and compliance directly into your CI/CD pipelines. These APIs help bring governance into every phase of the SDLC.
Repository Firewall
Configure how Firewall responds to policy violations by setting quarantine rules and repository connections via API. Use available endpoints to retrieve metrics and analytics that give visibility into policy enforcement trends and component risk data. These APIs support configuration and observability, while core protection features remain event-driven within the platform.
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SBOM Manager
The SBOM Manager API enables organizations to ingest, store, query, and share SBOMs at scale. With full RESTful access, you can automate SBOM analysis, search component metadata, and export data to support audits or regulatory compliance. These APIs help teams maintain visibility and control over software supply chain contents.
Customization and Automation Features in Nexus Repository
Scripting API
Automate complex repository workflows using Groovy-based scripting.
Bundle Development
Create custom capabilities for Nexus Repository using plug-in bundles.
Webhooks
Trigger external events and integrations when repository actions occur.
URI
Support artifact retrieval using customizable HTTP endpoints.
Integrations and Language Support
From CI/CD tools to IDEs, Sonatype integrates with the technologies developers use every day.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is API and REST API?
An application programming interface (API) allows software systems to communicate. A REST API is a type of API that follows standard HTTP methods to expose functionality, making it simple to integrate with web-based tools.
How does a REST API work?
REST APIs use HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE to allow clients to access or manipulate resources on a server. Each endpoint corresponds to a specific function or data set.
How to test the REST API?
You can use tools like Postman or cURL to send HTTP requests to the API endpoints. Authentication may be required, and documentation for each product provides example requests and responses.
What is a Webhook vs. API?
APIs are used to pull or push data between systems when requested, while webhooks automatically send data to another service when a specific event occurs — offering real-time communication without polling.