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Canonical Snaps API

The Snaps API from Canonical — 10 operation(s) for snaps.

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Canonical Snaps API is one of 122 APIs that Canonical publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Snaps. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 10 operations across 10 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.snapcraft.io.

10 operations 10 paths 5 schemas 5 GET5 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v2
Base URL
https://api.snapcraft.io
Contact
Canonical / Snapcraft
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 10

Across 10 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 5 GET, 5 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Snaps 10
GET
/v2/snaps/info/{name}
Get snap information
getV2SnapsInfoByName 5 params → 200404
GET
/v2/snaps/find
Find snaps
getV2SnapsFind 6 params → 200
POST
/v2/snaps/refresh
Refresh snaps
postV2SnapsRefresh 1 param body → 200
GET
/api/v1/snaps/search
Snaps search (legacy v1)
getApiV1SnapsSearch 2 params → 200
GET
/api/v1/snaps/names
List snap names (autocomplete; legacy v1)
getApiV1SnapsNames 1 param → 200
GET
/api/v1/snaps/sections
List store sections (legacy v1)
getApiV1SnapsSections → 200
POST
/api/v1/snaps/auth/nonces
Request a device nonce
postApiV1SnapsAuthNonces → 200
POST
/api/v1/snaps/auth/sessions
Create a device session
postApiV1SnapsAuthSessions → 200
POST
/api/v1/snaps/auth/devices
Register a device
postApiV1SnapsAuthDevices → 200
POST
/api/v1/snaps/auth/request-id
Get an authentication request id
postApiV1SnapsAuthRequestId → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SnapInfo (4 properties), RefreshRequest (2 properties), FindResults (1 property), RefreshResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Generic
object
RefreshRequest
object
2 properties
RefreshResponse
object
1 property
FindResults
object
1 property
SnapInfo
object
4 properties

Specification

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Source

canonical-snaps-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
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canonical:canonical-snaps-api
Base URL
https://api.snapcraft.io
Docs
https://api.snapcraft.io/docs/
Provider
Canonical
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