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Adobe Photoshop Document Operations API

Create, modify, and inspect PSD documents including layer editing, adjustments, and metadata retrieval.

Adobe Photoshop Document Operations API is one of 16 APIs that Adobe Photoshop publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Document Operations. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an AsyncAPI specification, an API reference, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://image.adobe.io.

4 operations 4 paths 10 schemas 4 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://image.adobe.io
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Adobe Photoshop Document Operations API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (BearerAuth). An API key is passed in the header as x-api-key (ApiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • BearerAuth — OAuth Server-to-Server access token obtained from Adobe IMS at https://ims-na1.adobelogin.com/ims/token/v3 using clientcredentials grant type.
  • ApiKeyAuth — Your Adobe Developer Console Client ID.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Document Operations 4

Create, modify, and inspect PSD documents including layer editing, adjustments, and metadata retrieval.

POST
/pie/psdService/documentManifest
Adobe Photoshop Get PSD Document Manifest
getDocumentManifest body → 202400401403429500
POST
/pie/psdService/documentOperations
Adobe Photoshop Edit a PSD Document
modifyDocument body → 202400401403409429500
POST
/pie/psdService/documentCreate
Adobe Photoshop Create a New PSD Document
createDocument body → 202400401403429500
POST
/pie/psdService/artboardCreate
Adobe Photoshop Create Artboards from PSD Inputs
createArtboard body → 202400401403429500

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are LayerOperation (13 properties), StorageOutput (5 properties), TextContent (4 properties), ErrorResponse (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

StorageInput
object
2 properties 2 required
StorageOutput
object
5 properties 3 required
ErrorResponse
object
4 properties
DocumentOperationsRequest
object
3 properties 2 required
TextContent
object
4 properties
DocumentCreateRequest
object
2 properties 2 required
DocumentManifestRequest
object
2 properties 1 required
ArtboardCreateRequest
object
2 properties 2 required
LayerOperation
object
13 properties
LayerBounds
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

adobe-photoshop-document-operations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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