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Atlassian Policies API

Manage organization-level policies.

Atlassian Policies API is one of 183 APIs that Atlassian publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 17 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Policies. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 17 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.atlassian.com.

3 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 2 GET1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Server
https://api.atlassian.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Atlassian Policies API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (API Key) (bearerAuth). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 7 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Use an Atlassian API key as a Bearer token. Create API keys at https://admin.atlassian.com.
  • oauth2 — OAuth 2.0 authorization for Atlassian Cloud APIs.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Policies 3

Manage organization-level policies.

GET
/v1/orgs/{orgId}/policies
Atlassian Get Organization Policies
getOrganizationPolicies 3 params → 200401404429
GET
/v1/orgs/{orgId}/policies/{policyId}
Atlassian Get Policy by Id
getPolicyById 2 params → 200401404429
PUT
/v1/orgs/{orgId}/policies/{policyId}
Atlassian Update a Policy
updatePolicy 2 params body → 200400401404429

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Policy (8 properties), ErrorResponse (3 properties), PolicyUpdateRequest (3 properties), PaginationLinks (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PaginationLinks
object
Links for cursor-based pagination.
3 properties
PolicyUpdateRequest
object
Request body for updating a policy.
3 properties
Policy
object
Represents an organization-level policy that defines rules and controls for security, authentication, and governance.
8 properties
PolicyPage
object
A paginated list of policies.
2 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Standard error response.
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

atlassian-policies-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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