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Apple CloudKit

Apple CloudKit Changes API

The Changes API from Apple CloudKit — 2 operation(s) for changes.

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Apple CloudKit Changes API is one of 10 APIs that Apple CloudKit publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Changes. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.apple-cloudkit.com/database/1/{container}/{environment}/{database}.

2 operations 2 paths 0 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.apple-cloudkit.com/database/1
Authentication
API Key, API Key
Contact
Apple CloudKit
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Apple CloudKit Changes API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as ckAPIToken (cloudKitApiToken). An API key is passed in the header as X-Apple-CloudKit-Request-SignatureV1 (serverToServer). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • cloudKitApiToken — CloudKit API token issued from the CloudKit dashboard, appended to the request URL as ckAPIToken. Required for end-user authenticated access via web auth token…
  • serverToServer — Server-to-server authentication uses ECDSA-signed requests with X-Apple-CloudKit-Request-KeyID, X-Apple-CloudKit-Request-ISO8601Date, and X-Apple-CloudKit-Requ…

Paths & Operations 2

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

Changes 2
POST
/changes/database
Fetch database changes
databaseChanges → 200
POST
/changes/zone
Fetch record zone changes
zoneRecordChanges → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cloudkit-changes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
cloudkit:cloudkit-changes-api
Base URL
https://api.apple-cloudkit.com/database/1
Docs
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/DataManagement/Conceptual/CloudKitWebServicesReference/index.html
Provider
Apple CloudKit
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