Exploring API calls using OpenAPI Docs (aka Swagger) in Vault UI

Vault is shipped with internal documentation generated in accordance to OpenAPI specs (aka Swagger).

The OpenAPI Docs provide for a panel view into the available API methods with some examples which can be accessed via Vault-UI console using the keyword api.

Follow the steps outlined below to access the panel to obtain an example KV secrets read / write :

1. Login to vault UI using credentials which has appropriate policies to write KV secrets
2. Open WebUI console from top right corner of screen
3. Type "api" in cli to open api endpoint explorer window
4. Open the endpoint for  writing secrets , put in the desired path and values as below
5. Once executed we should get a code 200 OK response
   
6. You can read the KV values at that path using below endpoint and supplying correct path