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Cognite Symbols API

The Symbols API from Cognite — 4 operation(s) for symbols.

Cognite Symbols API is one of 90 APIs that Cognite publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 5 operations across 4 paths, and defines 12 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}.

5 operations 4 paths 12 schemas 1 GET4 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v1
Base URL
https://api.cognitedata.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, OAuth 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 5

Cognite Symbols API declares 5 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (OpenID Connect or OAuth2 token) (oidc-token). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2-client-credentials) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 1 scope. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2-auth-code) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 1 scope. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2-open-industrial-data) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 1 scope. It supports OpenID Connect (org-oidc-token) discovered at https://auth.cognite.com/.well-known/openid-configuration. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oidc-token — Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to acce…
  • oauth2-client-credentials — Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to acce…
  • oauth2-auth-code — Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to acce…
  • oauth2-open-industrial-data — Auth flow for Open Industrial Data. Get your client secret from https://hub.cognite.com/open-industrial-data-211.
  • org-oidc-token — Access token issued by the Cognite authorization server, and valid for the target organization. The token must be an OpenID Connect token, and it can be obtain…

Paths & Operations 5

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 GET, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Symbols 5
GET
/diagram-parsing/symbols
List symbols
listSymbols 2 params → 200400
POST
/diagram-parsing/symbols
Create symbols
createSymbols body → 200400
POST
/diagram-parsing/symbols/byids
Retrieve symbols
multiGetSymbols body → 200400
POST
/diagram-parsing/symbols/delete
Delete symbols
deleteSymbols body → 200400
POST
/diagram-parsing/symbols/update
Update symbols
updateSymbols body → 200400

Schemas 12

The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SymbolDto (5 properties), Error (4 properties), SymbolCreateDraft (3 properties), SymbolUpdateItem (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SymbolDto
object
5 properties 5 required
SymbolCreateDraft
object
3 properties 3 required
EpochTimestamp
integer
The number of milliseconds since 00:00:00 Thursday, 1 January 1970, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), minus leap seconds.
Error
object
Cognite API error.
4 properties 2 required
CreateSymbolsRequest
object
List of symbols to create
1 property 1 required
UpdateSymbolsRequest
object
List of symbols to update
1 property 1 required
DmsId
object
A DMS Identifier using the space and externalId
2 properties 2 required
ExternalIdsRequest
object
1 property 1 required
SymbolUpdateDraft
object
1 property
CogniteExternalId
string
The external ID provided by the client. Must be unique for the resource type.
SymbolUpdateItem
object
2 properties 2 required
NextCursorV3
string
The cursor value used to return (paginate to) the next page of results, when more data is available.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cognite-symbols-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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