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Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries API

Read and manage Creative Cloud Libraries, their elements, representations, bookmarks, and public library shares on behalf of a Creative Cloud user.

Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries API is one of 34 APIs that Adobe publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Assets, Creative Cloud, and Libraries. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 27 operations across 16 paths, organized into 3 resource areas, and defines 60 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 0.1.

Requests are made against the base URL https://cc-libraries.adobe.io.

27 operations 16 paths 60 schemas 6 DELETE8 GET2 HEAD1 PATCH6 POST4 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 2.0
API Version
0.1
Base URL
https://cc-libraries.adobe.io
Resource Areas
3

Paths & Operations 27

Across 16 paths, the API surfaces 27 operations — 6 DELETE, 8 GET, 2 HEAD, 1 PATCH, 6 POST, 4 PUT. They span 3 resource areas: Library Service, Library Service - Bookmarks, Library Service - Public. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Library Service 19

App-facing APIs for Adobe CC Libraries.

GET
/api/v1/libraries
Retrieve libraries for a user
getLibraries 9 params → 200400401403406500503
POST
/api/v1/libraries
Create a library
createLibraries 5 params → 200201202400401403406500
GET
/api/v1/libraries/{libraryId}
Retrieve a specific library
getLibrary 7 params → 200400401403406500503
HEAD
/api/v1/libraries/{libraryId}
Retrieve a specific library
headLibrary 4 params → 200400401403406500503
DELETE
/api/v1/libraries/{libraryId}
Delete a specific library
deleteLibrary 4 params → 204400401403406500503
PATCH
/api/v1/libraries/{libraryId}
Apply multiple operations to a single library serially.
patchLibrary 7 params → 200201202400401403404406
POST
/api/v1/libraries/{libraryId}/archive
Restore Archived Elements
unArchiveLibraryElements 6 params → 200202400401403406500503
DELETE
/api/v1/libraries/{libraryId}/archive
Permanently delete archived elements
deleteLibraryElements 5 params → 200202204400401403406500
DELETE
/api/v1/libraries/{libraryId}/archive/{elementId}
Permanently delete an archived element
deleteLibraryElement 5 params → 200202204400401403406500
GET
/api/v1/libraries/{libraryId}/elements
Retrieve the elements within a library
getLibraryElements 11 params → 200400401403406500503
POST
/api/v1/libraries/{libraryId}/elements
Create, copy, or move elements
postLibraryElements 6 params → 200201202400401403404406
DELETE
/api/v1/libraries/{libraryId}/elements
Move a library's elements to the archive
archiveLibraryElements 5 params → 200202204400401403406500
PUT
/api/v1/libraries/{libraryId}/elements/metadata
Update a specific library's element
updateLibraryElements 5 params → 204400401403406500503
GET
/api/v1/libraries/{libraryId}/elements/{elementId}
Retrieve a specific library's element
getLibraryElement 7 params → 200400401403406500503
DELETE
/api/v1/libraries/{libraryId}/elements/{elementId}
Move a library's element to the archive
archiveLibraryElement 5 params → 200202204400401403406500
PUT
/api/v1/libraries/{libraryId}/elements/{elementId}/representations
Add/Update/Delete element representations in existing library
putLibraryElementRepresentations 7 params → 200202400401403404406412
PUT
/api/v1/libraries/{libraryId}/metadata
Update a specific library
updateLibrary 5 params → 200202204400401403406500
POST
/api/v1/libraries/{libraryId}/representations/content
Upload an asset to a library
postLibraryComponent 7 params → 200202400401403404406412
POST
/api/v1/search
Search for Libraries and Library Elements
search 4 params → 200400401403500503
Library Service - Bookmarks 4

App-facing APIs specifically for Adobe CC Library Bookmarks.

GET
/api/v1/libraries/bookmarks
Retrieves all bookmarks for a user
getBookmarks 3 params → 200400401403404406500503
POST
/api/v1/libraries/bookmarks
Add bookmarks for user, one or multiple
addLibraryBookmarks 4 params → 200201400401403404406500
PUT
/api/v1/libraries/bookmarks/{bookmarkId}
Update an existing bookmark by ID
putLibraryBookmark 5 params → 200400401403404406500503
DELETE
/api/v1/libraries/bookmarks/{bookmarkId}
Remove a bookmark
removeLibraryBookmark 4 params → 204400401403404406500503
Library Service - Public 4

App-facing APIs specifically for Adobe CC Public Libraries.

GET
/api/v1/public/libraries/{libraryId}
Retrieve a specific library
getPublicLibrary 10 params → 200400401403406500503
HEAD
/api/v1/public/libraries/{libraryId}
Check the presence and fetch headers of a public library
headPublicLibrary 7 params → 200400401403406500503
GET
/api/v1/public/libraries/{libraryId}/elements
Retrieve a specific library's list of elements
getPublicLibraryElements 15 params → 200400401403406500503
GET
/api/v1/public/libraries/{libraryId}/elements/{elementId}
Retrieve a public library's element
getPublicLibraryElement 11 params → 200400401403406500503

Schemas 60

The contract defines 60 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DbLibraryInfo (31 properties), JsonNode (21 properties), DbLibraryElementRepresentationData (21 properties), MelvilleHypermediaLibraryElementLinks (20 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AddClientTokenPayload
object
2 properties
ArchiveDeleteElementListPayload
object
1 property
AsyncAcceptedResponse
object
3 properties
AsyncMonitorResponseDTO
object
4 properties
AsyncResponsePayload
object
2 properties
BatchPayload
object
1 property
BatchPayloadElement
object
3 properties
BatchResponse
object
2 properties
BookmarksPayload
object
1 property
ClientDeviceInfoPayload
object
3 properties
ClientTokenInfo
object
1 property
Contact
object
3 properties
CreateLibraryPayload
object
3 properties
DbLibraryBookmark
object
9 properties 1 required
DbLibraryBookmarks
object
2 properties
DbLibraryCollaborationData
object
9 properties
DbLibraryCollaboratorData
object
6 properties
DbLibraryDetail
object
8 properties
DbLibraryElementData
object
18 properties
DbLibraryElementDetailData
object
4 properties
DbLibraryElementDetailsCreatedModifiedData
object
5 properties
DbLibraryElementRenditionData
object
2 properties
DbLibraryElementRepresentationData
object
21 properties
DbLibraryGroup
object
7 properties 2 required
DbLibraryInfo
object
31 properties
DbLibraryInvitationData
object
7 properties
DbLibraryRenditionData
object
3 properties
EffectiveACL
object
2 properties
ElementListPayload
object
3 properties 1 required
ElementListPayloadElement
object
3 properties 1 required
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties
ExternalDocs
object
2 properties
Info
object
6 properties
JsonNode
object
21 properties
LibrariesInfo
object
4 properties
LibraryElementsInfo
object
4 properties
License
object
2 properties
Link
object
7 properties
LinksSpec
object
2 properties
MelvilleHypermediaLibraryElementLinks
object
20 properties
MelvilleHypermediaLibraryLinks
object
20 properties
MelvilleHypermediaLink
object
4 properties
MelvilleHypermediaListLinks
object
2 properties
MelvilleHypermediaRepresentationLinks
object
20 properties
Model
object
7 properties
Operation
object
12 properties
PageSpec
object
6 properties
Parameter
object
8 properties
Path
object
8 properties
PostLibraryElementsPayload
object
9 properties 3 required
Property
object
10 properties
Response
object
4 properties
SecurityRequirement
object
1 property
SecuritySchemeDefinition
object
2 properties
Swagger
object
15 properties
Tag
object
3 properties
USSSearchPayload
object
20 properties
USSSearchResponse
object
3 properties
UpdateLibraryPayload
object
1 property
Xml
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

adobe-cc-libraries-api-openapi.json Raw ↑

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