Bird Realtime Apps API
Realtime app management.
Bird Realtime Apps API is one of 65 APIs that Bird publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.
Tagged areas include realtime-apps. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and an AsyncAPI specification.
This API exposes 9 operations across 5 paths, and defines 22 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.
Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://{region}.platform.bird.com, https://platform.bird.com, http://localhost:8080.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 4
Bird Realtime Apps API declares
4 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth).
An API key is passed in the cookie as bird_session (CookieAuth).
An API key is passed in the header as X-Realtime-Key (RealtimeKey).
An API key is passed in the header as X-Realtime-Secret (RealtimeSecret).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
BearerAuth— Pass the API key as a bearer token in the Authorization header. Keys use the format bk{region}. The prefix identifies the region and selects the API endpoint.…CookieAuth— Session cookie set after signing in to the Bird dashboard. The cookie value is an opaque session token; no session data is stored in the cookie itself.RealtimeKey— The Realtime app key. Together with X-Realtime-Secret, it authenticates a request to the Realtime API in addition to the workspace credential. Both values come…RealtimeSecret— The Realtime app secret paired with X-Realtime-Key. The API returns the secret only when the key is created and does not store it. Create a new key and revoke…
Paths & Operations 9
Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 1 PATCH, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Realtime app management.
Schemas 22
The contract defines 22 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ErrorBody (11 properties), RealtimeAppUpdate (6 properties), NextAction (5 properties), RealtimeAppConfig (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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