website/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/api-resource.md

title	id	date	full_link	short_description	aka	tags
API resource	api-resource	2025-02-09	/docs/reference/using-api/api-concepts/#standard-api-terminology	A Kubernetes entity, representing an endpoint on the Kubernetes API server.	Resource	architecture

An entity in the Kubernetes type system, corresponding to an endpoint on the {{< glossary_tooltip text="Kubernetes API" term_id="kubernetes-api" >}}. A resource typically represents an {{< glossary_tooltip text="object" term_id="object" >}}. Some resources represent an operation on other objects, such as a permission check.

Each resource represents an HTTP endpoint (URI) on the Kubernetes API server, defining the schema for the objects or operations on that resource.