path: root/docs/dev/openapi.yml

openapi: 3.0.1

info:
  title: HedgeDoc
  description: HedgeDoc is an open source collaborative note editor. Several tasks of HedgeDoc can be automated through this API.
  version: 1.7.0
  contact:
    name: HedgeDoc on GitHub
    url: https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc
  license:
    name: AGPLv3
    url: https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc/blob/master/LICENSE

externalDocs:
  url: https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc/blob/master/docs/dev/api.md


paths:

  /new:
    get:
      tags:
        - note
      summary: Creates a new note.
      description: A random id will be assigned and the content will equal to the template (blank by default). After note creation a redirect is issued to the created note.
      responses:
        default:
          description: Redirect to the new note
    post:
      tags:
        - note
      summary: Imports some markdown data into a new note.
      description: A random id will be assigned and the content will equal to the body of the received HTTP-request.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        description: The content of the note to be imported as markdown
        content:
          'text/markdown':
            example: '# Some header'
      responses:
        default:
          description: Redirect to the imported note

  /new/{alias}:
    post:
      tags:
        - note
      summary: Imports some markdown data into a new note with a given alias.
      description: 'This endpoint equals to the above one except that the alias from the url will be assigned to the note if [FreeURL-mode](../configuration-env-vars.md#users-and-privileges) is enabled.'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        description: The content of the note to be imported as markdown
        content:
          'text/markdown':
            example: '# Some heading'
      responses:
        default:
          description: Redirect to the imported note
      parameters:
        -
          name: alias
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The alias for the note-id under which the note will be saved
          content:
            'text/plain':
              example: my-note

  /{note}/download:
    get:
      tags:
        - note
      summary: Returns the raw markdown content of a note.
      responses:
        200:
          description: The raw markdown content of the note
          content:
            'text/markdown':
              example: '# Some heading'
        404:
          description: Note does not exist
      parameters:
        -
          name: note
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The note which should be downloaded
          content:
            'text/plain':
              example: my-note

  /{note}/publish:
    get:
      tags:
        - note
      summary: Redirects to the published version of the note.
      responses:
        default:
          description: Redirect to the published version of the note
        404:
          description: Note does not exist
      parameters:
        - name: note
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The note which should be published
          content:
            'text/plain':
              example: my-note

  /{note}/slide:
    get:
      tags:
        - note
      summary: Redirects to the slide-presentation of the note.
      description: This is only useful on notes which are designed to be slides.
      responses:
        default:
          description: Redirect to the slide version of the note
        404:
          description: Note does not exist
      parameters:
        - name: note
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The note which should be shown as slide
          content:
            'text/plain':
              example: my-note

  /{note}/info:
    get:
      tags:
        - note
      summary: Returns metadata about the note.
      description: This includes the title and description of the note as well as the creation date and viewcount.
      responses:
        200:
          description: Metadata about the note
          content:
            'text/json':
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  title:
                    type: string
                    description: The title of the note
                    default: Untitled
                  description:
                    type: string
                    description: The description of the note or the first words from the note
                  viewcount:
                    type: integer
                    minimum: 0
                    description: How often the published version of the note was viewed
                  createtime:
                    type: string
                    description: The timestamp when the note was created in ISO 8601 format.
                  updatetime:
                    type: string
                    description: The timestamp when the note was last updated in ISO 8601 format.
        404:
          description: Note does not exist
      parameters:
        - name: note
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The note for which the info should be shown
          content:
            'text/plain':
              example: my-note

  /{note}/revision:
    get:
      tags:
        - note
      summary: Returns a list of the available note revisions.
      description: The list is returned as a JSON object with an array of revision-id and length associations. The revision-id equals to the timestamp when the revision was saved.
      responses:
        200:
          description: Revisions of the note
          content:
            'text/json':
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  revision:
                    type: array
                    description: Array that holds all revision-info objects
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        time:
                          type: integer
                          description: UNIX-timestamp of when the revision was saved. Is also the revision-id.
                        length:
                          type: integer
                          description: Length of the document to the timepoint the revision was saved
        404:
          description: Note does not exist
      parameters:
        - name: note
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The note for which revisions should be shown
          content:
            'text/plain':
              example: my-note

  /{note}/revision/{revision-id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - note
      summary: Returns the revision of the note with some metadata.
      description: The revision is returned as a JSON object with the content of the note and the authorship.
      responses:
        200:
          description: Revision of the note for the given timestamp
          content:
            'text/json':
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  content:
                    type: string
                    description: The raw markdown content of the note revision
                  authorship:
                    type: array
                    description: Data which gives insights about who worked on the note
                    items:
                      type: integer
                      description: Unique user ids and additional data
                  patch:
                    type: array
                    description: Data which gives insight about what changed in comparison to former revisions
                    items:
                      type: string
        404:
          description: Note does not exist
      parameters:
        - name: note
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The note for which the revision should be shown
          content:
            'text/plain':
              example: my-note
        - name: revision-id
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The id (timestamp) of the revision to fetch
          content:
            'text/plain':
              example: 1570921051959

  /{note}/gist:
    get:
      tags:
        - note
      summary: Creates a new GitHub Gist with the note's content.
      description: 'If [GitHub integration](https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc/blob/master/docs/configuration-env-vars.md#github-login) is configured, the user will be redirected to GitHub and a new Gist with the content of the note will be created.'
      responses:
        default:
          description: Redirect to the created gist (or the GitHub authentication before)
        404:
          description: Note does not exist
      parameters:
        - name: note
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The note which should be pasted to GitHub gist
          content:
            'text/plain':
              example: my-note

  /me:
    get:
      tags:
        - user
      summary: Returns the profile data of the current logged-in user.
      description: The data is returned as a JSON object containing the user-id, the user's name and a url to the profile picture. Requires an active session of the user.
      responses:
        200:
          description: If the user is logged-in, the user data otherwise `{"status":"forbidden"}`
          content:
            'text/json':
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    description: ok if everything works as expected, forbidden is the user is not logged-in
                  id:
                    type: string
                    description: Unique id of the user
                  name:
                    type: string
                    description: The user's display name
                  photo:
                    type: string
                    description: An url to the online stored user profile photo

  /me/export:
    get:
      tags:
        - user
      summary: Exports a zip-archive with all notes of the current user.
      responses:
        default:
          description: The zip-archive with all notes

  /history:
    get:
      tags:
        - user
      summary: Returns a list of the last viewed notes.
      description: The list is returned as a JSON object with an array containing for each entry it's id, title, tags, last visit time and pinned status.
      responses:
        200:
          description: The list of recently viewed notes and pinned notes
          content:
            'text/json':
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  history:
                    type: array
                    description: The array that contains history objects
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type: string
                          description: The id or alias of the note
                        text:
                          type: string
                          description: The title of the note
                        time:
                          type: integer
                          description: The UNIX-timestamp when the note was last accessed by the user
                        tags:
                          type: array
                          description: The tags that were added by the user to the note
                          items:
                            type: string
                        pinned:
                          type: boolean
                          description: Whether the user has pinned this note
    post:
      tags:
        - user
      summary: Replace user's history with a new one.
      description: The body must be form-encoded and contain a field `history` with a JSON-encoded array like its returned from the server when exporting the history.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          'application/x-www-form-urlencoded':
            example: 'history=[{"id":"example","text":"Untitled","time":1556275442010,"tags":[],"pinned":false}]'
      responses:
        200:
          description: History replaced
    delete:
      tags:
        - user
      summary: Deletes the user's history.
      responses:
        200:
          description: User's history deleted

  /history/{note}:
    post:
      tags:
        - user
      summary: Toggles the pinned status in the history for a note.
      description: The body must be form-encoded and contain a field `pinned` that is either `true` or `false`.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          'application/x-www-form-urlencoded':
            example: 'pinned=false'
      responses:
        200:
          description: Pinned state toggled
      parameters:
        - name: note
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The note for which the pinned state should be toggled
          content:
            'text/plain':
              example: my-note
    delete:
      tags:
        - user
      summary: Deletes a note from the user's history.
      responses:
        200:
          description: Pinned state toggled
      parameters:
        - name: note
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The note for which the pinned state should be toggled
          content:
            'text/plain':
              example: my-note

  /status:
    get:
      tags:
        - server
      summary: Returns the current status of the HedgeDoc instance.
      description: The data is returned as a JSON object containing the number of notes stored on the server, (distinct) online users and more.
      responses:
        200:
          description: The server info
          content:
            'text/json':
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  onlineNotes:
                    type: integer
                    description: How many notes are edited at the moment
                  onlineUsers:
                    type: integer
                    description: How many users are online at the moment
                  distinctOnlineUsers:
                    type: integer
                    description: How many distinct users (different machines) are online at the moment
                  notesCount:
                    type: integer
                    description: How many notes are stored on the server
                  registeredUsers:
                    type: integer
                    description: How many users are registered on the server
                  onlineRegisteredUsers:
                    type: integer
                    description: How many of the online users are registered on the server
                  distinctOnlineRegisteredUsers:
                    type: integer
                    description: How many of the distinct online users are registered on the server
                  isConnectionBusy:
                    type: boolean
                  connectionSocketQueueLength:
                    type: integer
                  isDisconnectBusy:
                    type: boolean
                  disconnectSocketQueueLength:
                    type: integer

tags:
  - name: note
    description: These endpoints create notes, return information about them or export them.
  - name: user
    description: These endpoints return information about the current logged-in user and it's note history. If no user is logged-in, the most of this requests will fail with either a HTTP 403 or a JSON object containing `{"status":"forbidden"}`.
  - name: server
    description: These endpoints return information about the running HedgeDoc instance.