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Adobe Photoshop Smart Objects API

Replace and manage embedded Smart Object layers within PSD documents.

Adobe Photoshop Smart Objects 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 Smart Objects. 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 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 5 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.

1 operations 1 paths 5 schemas 1 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 Smart Objects 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 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Smart Objects 1

Replace and manage embedded Smart Object layers within PSD documents.

POST
/pie/psdService/smartObject
Adobe Photoshop Replace Smart Object Content
replaceSmartObject body → 202400401403409429500

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are StorageOutput (5 properties), ErrorResponse (4 properties), SmartObjectRequest (3 properties), StorageInput (2 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
LayerBounds
object
1 property
SmartObjectRequest
object
3 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

adobe-photoshop-smart-objects-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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