diff --git a/doc/openapi/components/schemas/config/node_obj.yaml b/doc/openapi/components/schemas/config/node_obj.yaml
index 34d90cb7d..a10b44f81 100644
--- a/doc/openapi/components/schemas/config/node_obj.yaml
+++ b/doc/openapi/components/schemas/config/node_obj.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ properties:
 discriminator:
   propertyName: type
   mapping:
+    api: nodes/_api.yaml
     amqp: nodes/_amqp.yaml
     can: nodes/_can.yaml
     comedi: nodes/_comedi.yaml
diff --git a/doc/openapi/components/schemas/config/nodes/_api.yaml b/doc/openapi/components/schemas/config/nodes/_api.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5b6347b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/openapi/components/schemas/config/nodes/_api.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+allOf:
+- $ref: ../node_obj.yaml
+- $ref: api.yaml
diff --git a/doc/openapi/components/schemas/config/nodes/api.yaml b/doc/openapi/components/schemas/config/nodes/api.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43f8db0db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/openapi/components/schemas/config/nodes/api.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema
+---
+
+allOf:
+- type: object
+  additionalProperties: true
+  description: |
+    Additional properties can be retrieved via Rest API call:
+
+		```bash
+    curl http://localhost:80/api/v2/universal/api_node_name/config
+    ```
+- $ref: ../node.yaml
diff --git a/etc/examples/nodes/api.conf b/etc/examples/nodes/api.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59b9174d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/examples/nodes/api.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+nodes = {
+	api_node = {
+		type = "api"
+
+		// Additional configuration can be retrieved via Rest API call:
+		//     curl http://localhost:80/api/v2/universal/api_node/config
+		my_setting = "my_value"
+		a = {
+			b = false
+		}
+	}
+}