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+# Index server REST APIs
+This documentation explains how to use the index server REST APIs
+
+## Gets registry index file
+Gets the registry index file content from HTTP response
+### HTTP request
+```
+GET http://{registry host}/index
+```
+### Request parameters
+| Parameter | Description |
+| --------- | ----------- |
+| registry host | the URL/ingress that exposes registry service |
+### Request body
+The request body must be empty.
+### Request example
+```
+curl http://devfile-registry.192.168.1.1.nip.io/index
+```
+### Response example
+```json
+[
+  {
+    "name": "java-maven",
+    "displayName": "Maven Java",
+    "description": "Upstream Maven and OpenJDK 11",
+    "tags": [
+      "Java",
+      "Maven"
+    ],
+    "projectType": "maven",
+    "language": "java",
+    "links": {
+      "self": "devfile-catalog/java-maven:latest"
+    },
+    "resources": [
+      "devfile.yaml",
+      "archive.tar"
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "java-openliberty",
+    "displayName": "Open Liberty",
+    "description": "Open Liberty microservice in Java",
+    "projectType": "docker",
+    "language": "java",
+    "links": {
+      "self": "devfile-catalog/java-openliberty:latest"
+    },
+    "resources": [
+      "devfile.yaml",
+      "archive.tar"
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "java-quarkus",
+    "displayName": "Quarkus Java",
+    "description": "Upstream Quarkus with Java+GraalVM",
+    "tags": [
+      "Java",
+      "Quarkus"
+    ],
+    "projectType": "quarkus",
+    "language": "java",
+    "links": {
+      "self": "devfile-catalog/java-quarkus:latest"
+    },
+    "resources": [
+      "devfile.yaml",
+      "archive.tar"
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "java-springboot",
+    "displayName": "Spring Boot®",
+    "description": "Spring Boot® using Java",
+    "tags": [
+      "Java",
+      "Spring"
+    ],
+    "projectType": "spring",
+    "language": "java",
+    "links": {
+      "self": "devfile-catalog/java-springboot:latest"
+    },
+    "resources": [
+      "devfile.yaml",
+      "archive.tar"
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "java-vertx",
+    "displayName": "Vert.x Java",
+    "description": "Upstream Vert.x using Java",
+    "tags": [
+      "Java",
+      "Vert.x"
+    ],
+    "projectType": "vertx",
+    "language": "java",
+    "links": {
+      "self": "devfile-catalog/java-vertx:latest"
+    },
+    "resources": [
+      "devfile.yaml",
+      "archive.tar"
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "nodejs",
+    "displayName": "NodeJS Runtime",
+    "description": "Stack with NodeJS 12",
+    "tags": [
+      "NodeJS",
+      "Express",
+      "ubi8"
+    ],
+    "projectType": "nodejs",
+    "language": "nodejs",
+    "links": {
+      "self": "devfile-catalog/nodejs:latest"
+    },
+    "resources": [
+      "devfile.yaml",
+      "archive.tar"
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "python",
+    "displayName": "Python",
+    "description": "Python Stack with Python 3.7",
+    "tags": [
+      "Python",
+      "pip"
+    ],
+    "projectType": "python",
+    "language": "python",
+    "links": {
+      "self": "devfile-catalog/python:latest"
+    },
+    "resources": [
+      "devfile.yaml",
+      "archive.tar"
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "python-django",
+    "displayName": "Django",
+    "description": "Python3.7 with Django",
+    "tags": [
+      "Python",
+      "pip",
+      "Django"
+    ],
+    "projectType": "django",
+    "language": "python",
+    "links": {
+      "self": "devfile-catalog/python-django:latest"
+    },
+    "resources": [
+      "devfile.yaml",
+      "archive.tar"
+    ]
+  }
+]
+```
+
+## Gets registry stack devfile
+Gets the specific registry stack devfile content from HTTP response
+
+Note: this REST API only returns the content of `devfile.yaml`, it won't return other resources in the stack
+### HTTP request
+```
+GET http://{registry host}/devfiles/{stack}
+```
+### Request parameters
+| Parameter | Description |
+| ----------| ----------- |
+| registry host | the URL/ingress that exposes registry service |
+| stack | registry stack name |
+### Request body
+The request body must be empty.
+### Request example
+```
+curl http://devfile-registry.192.168.1.1.nip.io/devfiles/nodejs
+```
+### Response example
+```yaml
+schemaVersion: 2.0.0
+metadata:
+  name: nodejs
+  version: 1.0.0
+starterProjects:
+  - name: nodejs-starter
+    git:
+      remotes:
+        origin: "https://github.com/odo-devfiles/nodejs-ex.git"
+components:
+  - name: runtime
+    container:
+      image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/nodejs-12:1-45
+      memoryLimit: 1024Mi
+      mountSources: true
+      sourceMapping: /project
+      endpoints:
+        - name: http-3000
+          targetPort: 3000
+commands:
+  - id: install
+    exec:
+      component: runtime
+      commandLine: npm install
+      workingDir: /project
+      group:
+        kind: build
+        isDefault: true
+  - id: run
+    exec:
+      component: runtime
+      commandLine: npm start
+      workingDir: /project
+      group:
+        kind: run
+        isDefault: true
+  - id: debug
+    exec:
+      component: runtime
+      commandLine: npm run debug
+      workingDir: /project
+      group:
+        kind: debug
+        isDefault: true
+  - id: test
+    exec:
+      component: runtime
+      commandLine: npm test
+      workingDir: /project
+      group:
+        kind: test
+        isDefault: true
+```
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