Clair v1 API
Error Handling
Description
Every route can optionally provide an Error
property on the response object.
The HTTP status code of the response should indicate what type of failure occurred and how the client should reaction.
Client Retry Behavior
Code |
Name |
Retry Behavior |
400 |
Bad Request |
The body of the request invalid. The request either must be changed before being retried or depends on another request being processed before it. |
404 |
Not Found |
The requested resource could not be found. The request must be changed before being retried. |
422 |
Unprocessable Entity |
The request body is valid, but unsupported. This request should never be retried. |
500 |
Internal Server Error |
The server encountered an error while processing the request. This request should be retried without change. |
Example Response
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
Server: clair
{
"Error": {
"Message": "example error message"
}
}
Layers
POST /layers
Description
The POST route for the Layers resource performs the indexing of a Layer from the provided path and displays the provided Layer with an updated IndexByVersion
property.
This request blocks for the entire duration of the downloading and indexing of the layer.
Example Request
POST http://localhost:6060/v1/layers HTTP/1.1
{
"Layer": {
"Name": "523ef1d23f222195488575f52a39c729c76a8c5630c9a194139cb246fb212da6",
"Path": "/mnt/layers/523ef1d23f222195488575f52a39c729c76a8c5630c9a194139cb246fb212da6/layer.tar",
"ParentName": "140f9bdfeb9784cf8730e9dab5dd12fbd704151cf555ac8cae650451794e5ac2",
"Format": "Docker"
}
}
Example Response
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
Server: clair
{
"Layer": {
"Name": "523ef1d23f222195488575f52a39c729c76a8c5630c9a194139cb246fb212da6",
"Path": "/mnt/layers/523ef1d23f222195488575f52a39c729c76a8c5630c9a194139cb246fb212da6/layer.tar",
"ParentName": "140f9bdfeb9784cf8730e9dab5dd12fbd704151cf555ac8cae650451794e5ac2",
"Format": "Docker",
"IndexedByVersion": 1
}
}
GET /layers/:name
Description
The GET route for the Layers resource displays a Layer and optionally all of its features and vulnerabilities.
Query Parameters
Name |
Type |
Required |
Description |
features |
bool |
optional |
Displays the list of features indexed in this layer and all of its parents. |
vulnerabilities |
bool |
optional |
Displays the list of vulnerabilities along with the features described above. |
Example Request
GET http://localhost:6060/v1/layers/17675ec01494d651e1ccf81dc9cf63959ebfeed4f978fddb1666b6ead008ed52?features&vulnerabilities HTTP/1.1
Example Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
Server: clair
{
"Layer": {
"Name": "17675ec01494d651e1ccf81dc9cf63959ebfeed4f978fddb1666b6ead008ed52",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"ParentName": "140f9bdfeb9784cf8730e9dab5dd12fbd704151cf555ac8cae650451794e5ac2",
"IndexedByVersion": 1,
"Features": [
{
"Name": "coreutils",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Version": "8.23-4",
"Vulnerabilities": [
{
"Name": "CVE-2014-9471",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Description": "The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the \"--date=TZ=\"123\"345\" @1\" string to the touch or date command.",
"Link": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9471",
"Severity": "Low",
"FixedBy": "9.23-5"
}
]
}
]
}
}
DELETE /layers/:name
Description
The DELETE route for the Layers resource removes a Layer and all of its children from the database.
Example Request
DELETE http://localhost:6060/v1/layers/17675ec01494d651e1ccf81dc9cf63959ebfeed4f978fddb1666b6ead008ed52 HTTP/1.1
Example Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: clair
Namespaces
GET /namespaces
Description
The GET route for the Namespaces resource displays a list of namespaces currently being managed.
Example Request
GET http://localhost:6060/v1/namespaces HTTP/1.1
Example Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
Server: clair
{
"Namespaces": [
{ "Name": "debian:8" },
{ "Name": "debian:9" }
]
}
Vulnerabilities
GET /namespaces/:nsName
/vulnerabilities
Description
The GET route for the Vulnerabilities resource displays the vulnerabilities data for a given namespace.
Query Parameters
Name |
Type |
Required |
Description |
limit |
int |
required |
Limits the amount of the vunlerabilities data for a given namespace. |
page |
int |
required |
Displays the specific page of the vunlerabilities data for a given namespace. |
Example Request
GET http://localhost:6060/v1/namespaces/debian%3A8/vulnerabilities?limit=2 HTTP/1.1
Example Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
Server: clair
{
"Vulnerabilities": [
{
"Name": "CVE-1999-1332",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Description": "gzexe in the gzip package on Red Hat Linux 5.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.",
"Link": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-1999-1332",
"Severity": "Low"
},
{
"Name": "CVE-1999-1572",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Description": "cpio on FreeBSD 2.1.0, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, and possibly other operating systems, uses a 0 umask when creating files using the -O (archive) or -F options, which creates the files with mode 0666 and allows local users to read or overwrite those files.",
"Link": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-1999-1572",
"Severity": "Low",
"Metadata": {
"NVD": {
"CVSSv2": {
"Score": 2.1,
"Vectors": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N"
}
}
}
}
],
"NextPage":"gAAAAABW1ABiOlm6KMDKYFE022bEy_IFJdm4ExxTNuJZMN0Eycn0Sut2tOH9bDB4EWGy5s6xwATUHiG-6JXXaU5U32sBs6_DmA=="
}
POST /namespaces/:name
/vulnerabilities
Description
The POST route for the Vulnerabilities resource creates a new Vulnerability.
Example Request
POST http://localhost:6060/v1/namespaces/debian%3A8/vulnerabilities HTTP/1.1
{
"Vulnerability": {
"Name": "CVE-2014-9471",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Link": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9471",
"Description": "The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the \"--date=TZ=\"123\"345\" @1\" string to the touch or date command.",
"Severity": "Low",
"Metadata": {
"NVD": {
"CVSSv2": {
"Score": 7.5,
"Vectors": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P"
}
}
},
"FixedIn": [
{
"Name": "coreutils",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Version": "8.23-1"
}
]
}
}
Example Response
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
Server: clair
{
"Vulnerability": {
"Name": "CVE-2014-9471",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Link": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9471",
"Description": "The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the \"--date=TZ=\"123\"345\" @1\" string to the touch or date command.",
"Severity": "Low",
"Metadata": {
"NVD": {
"CVSSv2": {
"Score": 7.5,
"Vectors": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P"
}
}
},
"FixedIn": [
{
"Name": "coreutils",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Version": "8.23-1"
}
]
}
}
GET /namespaces/:nsName
/vulnerabilities/:vulnName
Description
The GET route for the Vulnerabilities resource displays the current data for a given vulnerability and optionally the features that fix it.
Query Parameters
Name |
Type |
Required |
Description |
fixedIn |
bool |
optional |
Displays the list of features that fix this vulnerability. |
Example Request
GET http://localhost:6060/v1/namespaces/debian%3A8/vulnerabilities/CVE-2014-9471?fixedIn HTTP/1.1
Example Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
Server: clair
{
"Vulnerability": {
"Name": "CVE-2014-9471",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Link": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9471",
"Description": "The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the \"--date=TZ=\"123\"345\" @1\" string to the touch or date command.",
"Severity": "Low",
"Metadata": {
"NVD": {
"CVSSv2": {
"Score": 7.5,
"Vectors": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P"
}
}
},
"FixedIn": [
{
"Name": "coreutils",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Version": "8.23-1"
}
]
}
}
PUT /namespaces/:nsName
/vulnerabilities/:vulnName
Description
The PUT route for the Vulnerabilities resource updates a given Vulnerability.
The "FixedIn" property of the Vulnerability must be empty or missing.
Fixes should be managed by the Fixes resource.
If this vulnerability was inserted by a Fetcher, changes may be lost when the Fetcher updates.
Example Request
PUT http://localhost:6060/v1/namespaces/debian%3A8/vulnerabilities/CVE-2014-9471
{
"Vulnerability": {
"Name": "CVE-2014-9471",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Link": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9471",
"Description": "The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the \"--date=TZ=\"123\"345\" @1\" string to the touch or date command.",
"Severity": "Low",
"Metadata": {
"NVD": {
"CVSSv2": {
"Score": 7.5,
"Vectors": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P"
}
}
}
}
}
Example Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: clair
{
"Vulnerability": {
"Name": "CVE-2014-9471",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Link": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9471",
"Description": "The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the \"--date=TZ=\"123\"345\" @1\" string to the touch or date command.",
"Severity": "Low",
"Metadata": {
"NVD": {
"CVSSv2": {
"Score": 7.5,
"Vectors": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P"
}
}
}
}
}
DELETE /namespaces/:nsName
/vulnerabilities/:vulnName
Description
The DELETE route for the Vulnerabilities resource deletes a given Vulnerability.
If this vulnerability was inserted by a Fetcher, it may be re-inserted when the Fetcher updates.
Example Request
GET http://localhost:6060/v1/namespaces/debian%3A8/vulnerabilities/CVE-2014-9471 HTTP/1.1
Example Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: clair
Fixes
GET /namespaces/:nsName
/vulnerabilities/:vulnName
/fixes
Description
The GET route for the Fixes resource displays the list of Features that fix the given Vulnerability.
Example Request
GET http://localhost:6060/v1/namespaces/debian%3A8/vulnerabilities/CVE-2014-9471/fixes HTTP/1.1
Example Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
Server: clair
{
"Features": [
{
"Name": "coreutils",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Version": "8.23-1"
}
]
}
PUT /namespaces/:nsName
/vulnerabilities/:vulnName
/fixes/:featureName
Description
The PUT route for the Fixes resource updates a Feature that is the fix for a given Vulnerability.
Example Request
PUT http://localhost:6060/v1/namespaces/debian%3A8/vulnerabilities/CVE-2014-9471/fixes/coreutils HTTP/1.1
{
"Feature": {
"Name": "coreutils",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Version": "4.24-9"
}
}
Example Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: clair
{
"Feature": {
"Name": "coreutils",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Version": "4.24-9"
}
}
DELETE /namespaces/:nsName
/vulnerabilities/:vulnName
/fixes/:featureName
Description
The DELETE route for the Fixes resource removes a Feature as fix for the given Vulnerability.
Example Request
DELETE http://localhost:6060/v1/namespaces/debian%3A8/vulnerabilities/CVE-2014-9471/fixes/coreutils
Example Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: clair
Notifications
GET /notifications/:name
Description
The GET route for the Notifications resource displays a notification that a Vulnerability has been updated.
This route supports simultaneous pagination for both the Old
and New
Vulnerabilities' LayersIntroducingVulnerability
property which can be extremely long.
Query Parameters
Name |
Type |
Required |
Description |
page |
string |
optional |
Displays the specific page of the "LayersIntroducingVulnerability" property on New and Old vulnerabilities. |
limit |
int |
optional |
Limits the amount of results in the "LayersIntroducingVulnerability" property on New and Old vulnerabilities. |
Example Request
GET http://localhost:6060/v1/notifications/ec45ec87-bfc8-4129-a1c3-d2b82622175a?limit=2 HTTP/1.1
Example Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
Server: clair
{
"Notification": {
"Name": "ec45ec87-bfc8-4129-a1c3-d2b82622175a",
"Created": "1456247389",
"Notified": "1456246708",
"Limit": 2,
"Page": "gAAAAABWzJaC2JCH6Apr_R1f2EkjGdibnrKOobTcYXBWl6t0Cw6Q04ENGIymB6XlZ3Zi0bYt2c-2cXe43fvsJ7ECZhZz4P8C8F9efr_SR0HPiejzQTuG0qAzeO8klogFfFjSz2peBvgP",
"NextPage": "gAAAAABWzJaCTyr6QXP2aYsCwEZfWIkU2GkNplSMlTOhLJfiR3LorBv8QYgEIgyOvZRmHQEzJKvkI6TP2PkRczBkcD17GE89btaaKMqEX14yHDgyfQvdasW1tj3-5bBRt0esKi9ym5En",
"New": {
"Vulnerability": {
"Name": "CVE-TEST",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Description": "New CVE",
"Severity": "Low",
"FixedIn": [
{
"Name": "grep",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Version": "2.25"
}
]
},
"LayersIntroducingVulnerability": [
"3b59c795b34670618fbcace4dac7a27c5ecec156812c9e2c90d3f4be1916b12d.9673fdf7-b81a-4b3e-acf8-e551ef155449",
"523ef1d23f222195488575f52a39c729c76a8c5630c9a194139cb246fb212da6"
]
},
"Old": {
"Vulnerability": {
"Name": "CVE-TEST",
"NamespaceName": "debian:8",
"Description": "New CVE",
"Severity": "Low",
"FixedIn": []
},
"LayersIntroducingVulnerability": [
"3b59c795b34670618fbcace4dac7a27c5ecec156812c9e2c90d3f4be1916b12d.9673fdf7-b81a-4b3e-acf8-e551ef155449",
"523ef1d23f222195488575f52a39c729c76a8c5630c9a194139cb246fb212da6"
]
}
}
}
DELETE /notifications/:name
Description
The delete route for the Notifications resource marks a Notification as read.
If a notification is not marked as read, Clair will continue to notify the provided endpoints.
The time at which this Notification was marked as read can be seen in the Notified
property of the response GET route for Notification.
Example Request
DELETE http://localhost:6060/v1/notification/ec45ec87-bfc8-4129-a1c3-d2b82622175a HTTP/1.1
Example Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: clair