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Adding or modifying HTTP REST API endpoints in Golem services. Use when creating new endpoints, changing existing API routes, or updating request/response types for the Golem REST API.

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Modifying HTTP Endpoints

Framework

Golem uses Poem with poem-openapi for REST API endpoints. Endpoints are defined as methods on API structs annotated with #[OpenApi] and #[oai].

Where Endpoints Live

  • Worker service: golem-worker-service/src/api/ — worker lifecycle, invocation, oplog
  • Registry service: golem-registry-service/src/api/ — components, environments, deployments, plugins, accounts

Each service has an api/mod.rs that defines an Apis type tuple and a make_open_api_service function combining all API structs.

Adding a New Endpoint

1. Define the endpoint method

Add a method to the appropriate API struct (e.g., WorkerApi, ComponentsApi):

#[oai(
    path = "/:component_id/workers/:worker_name/my-action",
    method = "post",
    operation_id = "my_action"
)]
async fn my_action(
    &self,
    component_id: Path<ComponentId>,
    worker_name: Path<String>,
    request: Json<MyRequest>,
    token: GolemSecurityScheme,
) -> Result<Json<MyResponse>> {
    // ...
}

2. If adding a new API struct

  1. Create a new file in the service's api/ directory
  2. Define a struct and impl block with #[OpenApi(prefix_path = "/v1/...", tag = ApiTags::...)]
  3. Add it to the Apis type tuple in api/mod.rs
  4. Instantiate it in make_open_api_service

3. Request/response types

  • Define types in golem-common/src/model/ with poem_openapi::Object derive
  • If the type is used in the generated client, add it to the type mapping in golem-client/build.rs

After Modifying Endpoints

After any endpoint change, you must regenerate and rebuild:

Step 1: Regenerate OpenAPI specs

cargo make generate-openapi

This builds the services, dumps their OpenAPI YAML, merges them, stores the result in openapi/, and regenerates the public REST API reference under docs/src/content/rest-api/*.mdx (used by the learn.golem.cloud site). Commit both the updated openapi/*.yaml and the updated docs/src/content/rest-api/*.mdx — CI's check-openapi task will fail otherwise.

If the in-tree YAML is already up to date and you just need to refresh the docs (e.g., after editing docs/openapi/gen-openapi.ts itself), use cargo make generate-docs-openapi to skip the service rebuild.

Step 2: Clean and rebuild golem-client

The golem-client crate auto-generates its code from the OpenAPI spec at build time via build.rs. After regenerating the specs:

cargo clean -p golem-client
cargo build -p golem-client

The clean step is necessary because the build script uses rerun-if-changed on the YAML file, but cargo may cache stale generated code.

Step 3: If new types are used in the client

Add type mappings in golem-client/build.rs to the gen() call's type replacement list. This maps OpenAPI schema names to existing Rust types from golem-common or golem-wasm.

Step 4: Build and verify

cargo make build

Then run the appropriate tests:

  • HTTP API tests: cargo make api-tests-http
  • gRPC API tests: cargo make api-tests-grpc

Checklist

  1. Endpoint method added with #[oai] annotation
  2. New API struct registered in api/mod.rs Apis tuple and make_open_api_service (if applicable)
  3. Request/response types defined in golem-common with poem_openapi::Object
  4. Type mappings added in golem-client/build.rs (if applicable)
  5. cargo make generate-openapi run — staged changes include both openapi/*.yaml and docs/src/content/rest-api/*.mdx
  6. cargo clean -p golem-client && cargo build -p golem-client run
  7. cargo make build succeeds
  8. cargo make fix run before PR