difference between admin api & dashboard

[caibirdme]

Hi, I want to know the difference between apisix admin api and apisix-dashboard. If I need to add route dynamically, which way should I choose? Calling admin API directly or calling dashboard api？

[starsz]

Hi, @caibirdme
Both are OK.
But better to use Apache APISIX admin API. Since its doc is more rich and stable.
The doc of Admin API : https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/admin-api

The Apache APISIX Dashboard is designed to make it as easy as possible for users to operate Apache APISIX through a frontend interface : refer: https://github.com/apache/apisix-dashboard#whats-apache-apisix-dashboard

[caibirdme]

Thx, and I want to know is there any available SDK that I can use?

[starsz]

Maybe you can refer the apisix client in Apache APISIX-Ingress-Controller.

Refer: https://github.com/apache/apisix-ingress-controller/blob/master/pkg/apisix/apisix.go

[leslie-tsang]

Hello there, Admin API is the build-in REST API of APISIX, Normally, It's recommended to use Admin API instead of apisix-dashboard according to your scenario. Both connect directly to the etcd, then distribute the change to the APISIX cluster.

I want to know the difference between apisix admin api and apisix-dashboard

Admin API do the jsonschema check via a plugin-defined schema, apisix-dashboard do the jsonschema check with schema.json

Thx, and I want to know is there any available SDK that I can use?

Not supported yet.