diff --git a/src/renderer/api/__test__/parseAPI.test.ts b/src/renderer/api/__test__/parseAPI.test.ts
index adfb325789..abb9a9573d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/__test__/parseAPI.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/__test__/parseAPI.test.ts
@@ -45,10 +45,62 @@ const tests: ParseAPITest[] = [
       namespace: undefined,
     },
   },
+  {
+    url: "/api/v1/namespaces",
+    expected: {
+      apiBase: "/api/v1/namespaces",
+      apiPrefix: "/api",
+      apiGroup: "",
+      apiVersion: "v1",
+      apiVersionWithGroup: "v1",
+      resource: "namespaces",
+      name: undefined,
+      namespace: undefined,
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    url: "/api/v1/secrets",
+    expected: {
+      apiBase: "/api/v1/secrets",
+      apiPrefix: "/api",
+      apiGroup: "",
+      apiVersion: "v1",
+      apiVersionWithGroup: "v1",
+      resource: "secrets",
+      name: undefined,
+      namespace: undefined,
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    url: "/api/v1/nodes/minikube",
+    expected: {
+      apiBase: "/api/v1/nodes",
+      apiPrefix: "/api",
+      apiGroup: "",
+      apiVersion: "v1",
+      apiVersionWithGroup: "v1",
+      resource: "nodes",
+      name: "minikube",
+      namespace: undefined,
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    url: "/api/foo-bar/nodes/minikube",
+    expected: {
+      apiBase: "/api/foo-bar/nodes",
+      apiPrefix: "/api",
+      apiGroup: "",
+      apiVersion: "foo-bar",
+      apiVersionWithGroup: "foo-bar",
+      resource: "nodes",
+      name: "minikube",
+      namespace: undefined,
+    },
+  },
 ];
 
 jest.mock('../kube-watch-api.ts', () => 'KubeWatchApi');
-describe("parseAPI unit tests", () => {
+describe("parseApi unit tests", () => {
   for (const i in tests) {
     const { url: tUrl, expected:tExpect} = tests[i];
     test(`test #${parseInt(i)+1}`, () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/api-manager.ts b/src/renderer/api/api-manager.ts
index afe4755019..22735c3c09 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/api-manager.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/api-manager.ts
@@ -19,23 +19,17 @@ export class ApiManager {
   private views = observable.map<KubeApi, ApiComponents>();
 
   getApi(pathOrCallback: string | ((api: KubeApi) => boolean)) {
-    const apis = this.apis;
     if (typeof pathOrCallback === "string") {
-      let api = apis.get(pathOrCallback);
-      if (!api) {
-        const { apiBase } = KubeApi.parseApi(pathOrCallback);
-        api = apis.get(apiBase);
-      }
-      return api;
-    }
-    else {
-      return Array.from(apis.values()).find(pathOrCallback);
+      return this.apis.get(pathOrCallback) || this.apis.get(KubeApi.parseApi(pathOrCallback).apiBase);
     }
+
+    return Array.from(this.apis.values()).find(pathOrCallback);
   }
 
   registerApi(apiBase: string, api: KubeApi) {
-    if (this.apis.has(apiBase)) return;
-    this.apis.set(apiBase, api);
+    if (!this.apis.has(apiBase)) {
+      this.apis.set(apiBase, api);
+    }
   }
 
   protected resolveApi(api: string | KubeApi): KubeApi {
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/kube-api.ts b/src/renderer/api/kube-api.ts
index 3cff112e9a..235e6ec3c5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/kube-api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/kube-api.ts
@@ -42,21 +42,65 @@ export interface IKubeApiLinkBase extends IKubeApiLinkRef {
 export class KubeApi<T extends KubeObject = any> {
   static parseApi(apiPath = ""): IKubeApiLinkBase {
     apiPath = new URL(apiPath, location.origin).pathname;
+
     const [, prefix, ...parts] = apiPath.split("/");
     const apiPrefix = `/${prefix}`;
 
-    const [left, right, found] = splitArray(parts, "namespaces");
+    const [left, right, namespaced] = splitArray(parts, "namespaces");
     let apiGroup, apiVersion, namespace, resource, name;
-    if (found) {
-      if (left.length == 0) {
-        throw new Error(`invalid apiPath: ${apiPath}`)
+
+    if (namespaced) {
+      switch (right.length) {
+        case 0:
+          resource = "namespaces"; // special case this due to `split` removing namespaces
+          break;
+        case 1:
+          resource = right[0];
+          break;
+        default:
+          [namespace, resource, name] = right;
+          break;
       }
+
       apiVersion = left.pop();
       apiGroup = left.join("/");
-      [namespace, resource = "namespaces", name] = right; // fix: "resource" is empty when "/api/v1/namespaces"
     } else {
-      [apiGroup, apiVersion, resource] = left;
+      switch (left.length) {
+        case 2:
+          resource = left.pop();
+        case 1:
+          apiVersion = left.pop();
+          apiGroup = "";
+          break;
+        default:
+          /**
+           * Given that
+           *  - `apiVersion` is `GROUP/VERSION` and
+           *  - `VERSION` is `DNS_LABEL` which is /^[a-z0-9]((-[a-z0-9])|[a-z0-9])*$/i
+           *     where length <= 63
+           *  - `GROUP` is /^D(\.D)*$/ where D is `DNS_LABEL` and length <= 253
+           *
+           * There is no well defined selection from an array of items that were
+           * seperated by '/'
+           *
+           * Solution is to create a huristic. Namely:
+           * 1. if '.' in left[0] then apiGroup <- left[0]
+           * 2. if left[1] matches /^v[0-9]/ then apiGroup, apiVersion <- left[0], left[1]
+           * 3. otherwise assume apiVersion <- left[0]
+           * 4. always resource, name <- left[(0 or 1)+1..]
+           */
+          if (left[0].includes('.') || left[1].match(/^v[0-9]/)) {
+            [apiGroup, apiVersion] = left;
+            resource = left.slice(2).join("/")
+          } else {
+            apiGroup = "";
+            apiVersion = left[0];
+            [resource, name] = left.slice(1)
+          }
+          break;
+      }
     }
+
     const apiVersionWithGroup = [apiGroup, apiVersion].filter(v => v).join("/");
     const apiBase = [apiPrefix, apiGroup, apiVersion, resource].filter(v => v).join("/");
 
@@ -154,7 +198,7 @@ export class KubeApi<T extends KubeObject = any> {
     if (KubeObject.isJsonApiData(data)) {
       return new KubeObjectConstructor(data);
     }
-    
+
     // process items list response
     if (KubeObject.isJsonApiDataList(data)) {
       const { apiVersion, items, metadata } = data;
@@ -166,12 +210,12 @@ export class KubeApi<T extends KubeObject = any> {
         ...item,
       }))
     }
-    
+
     // custom apis might return array for list response, e.g. users, groups, etc.
     if (Array.isArray(data)) {
       return data.map(data => new KubeObjectConstructor(data));
     }
-    
+
     return data;
   }
 
@@ -189,7 +233,7 @@ export class KubeApi<T extends KubeObject = any> {
 
   async create({ name = "", namespace = "default" } = {}, data?: Partial<T>): Promise<T> {
     const apiUrl = this.getUrl({ namespace });
-    
+
     return this.request
       .post(apiUrl, {
         data: merge({