# Clash API - sing-box
The universal proxy platform.
Author: nekohasekai

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# Clash API

Changes in sing-box 1.10.0

access_control_allow_origin
access_control_allow_private_network

Changes in sing-box 1.8.0

store_mode
store_selected
store_fakeip
cache_file
cache_id

### Structure

StructureExample (online)Example (download)

    {
      "external_controller": "127.0.0.1:9090",
      "external_ui": "",
      "external_ui_download_url": "",
      "external_ui_download_detour": "",
      "secret": "",
      "default_mode": "",
      "access_control_allow_origin": [],
      "access_control_allow_private_network": false,

      // Deprecated

      "store_mode": false,
      "store_selected": false,
      "store_fakeip": false,
      "cache_file": "",
      "cache_id": ""
    }

Since sing-box 1.10.0

    {
      "external_controller": "127.0.0.1:9090",
      "access_control_allow_origin": [
        "http://127.0.0.1",
        "http://yacd.haishan.me"
      ],
      "access_control_allow_private_network": true
    }

Since sing-box 1.10.0

    {
      "external_controller": "0.0.0.0:9090",
      "external_ui": "dashboard"
      // "external_ui_download_detour": "direct"
    }

You can ignore the JSON Array [] tag when the content is only one item

### Fields

#### external_controller

RESTful web API listening address. Clash API will be disabled if empty.

#### external_ui

A relative path to the configuration directory or an absolute path to a directory in which you put some static web resource. sing-box will then serve it at `http://{{external-controller}}/ui`.

#### external_ui_download_url

ZIP download URL for the external UI, will be used if the specified `external_ui` directory is empty.

`https://github.com/MetaCubeX/Yacd-meta/archive/gh-pages.zip` will be used if empty.

#### external_ui_download_detour

The tag of the outbound to download the external UI.

Default outbound will be used if empty.

#### secret

Secret for the RESTful API (optional) Authenticate by spedifying HTTP header `Authorization: Bearer ${secret}` ALWAYS set a secret if RESTful API is listening on 0.0.0.0

#### default_mode

Default mode in clash, `Rule` will be used if empty.

This setting has no direct effect, but can be used in routing and DNS rules via the `clash_mode` rule item.

#### access_control_allow_origin

Since sing-box 1.10.0

CORS allowed origins, `*` will be used if empty.

To access the Clash API on a private network from a public website, you must explicitly specify it in `access_control_allow_origin` instead of using `*`.

#### access_control_allow_private_network

Since sing-box 1.10.0

Allow access from private network.

To access the Clash API on a private network from a public website, `access_control_allow_private_network` must be enabled.

#### store_mode

Deprecated in sing-box 1.8.0

`store_mode` is deprecated in Clash API and enabled by default if `cache_file.enabled`.

Store Clash mode in cache file.

#### store_selected

Deprecated in sing-box 1.8.0

`store_selected` is deprecated in Clash API and enabled by default if `cache_file.enabled`.

The tag must be set for target outbounds.

Store selected outbound for the `Selector` outbound in cache file.

#### store_fakeip

Deprecated in sing-box 1.8.0

`store_selected` is deprecated in Clash API and migrated to `cache_file.store_fakeip`.

Store fakeip in cache file.

#### cache_file

Deprecated in sing-box 1.8.0

`cache_file` is deprecated in Clash API and migrated to `cache_file.enabled` and `cache_file.path`.

Cache file path, `cache.db` will be used if empty.

#### cache_id

Deprecated in sing-box 1.8.0

`cache_id` is deprecated in Clash API and migrated to `cache_file.cache_id`.

Identifier in cache file.

If not empty, configuration specified data will use a separate store keyed by it.