drupal Files API
JSON:API endpoints for file entities and file upload operations.
drupal Files API is one of 9 APIs that Drupal publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.
Tagged areas include File. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 1 JSON Schema.
This API exposes 5 operations across 3 paths, and defines 13 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.1.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://example.com/jsonapi.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 3
drupal Files API declares
3 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth).
An API key is passed in the cookie as SESS (cookieAuth).
It supports OAuth 2.0 (oAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 2 scopes.
By default, every request must be authenticated.
basicAuth— HTTP Basic Authentication using Drupal username and password.cookieAuth— Cookie-based session authentication obtained via Drupal login.oAuth2— OAuth 2.0 via the Simple OAuth module.
Paths & Operations 5
Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 2 DELETE, 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
JSON:API endpoints for file entities and file upload operations.
Schemas 13
The contract defines 13 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are File (11 properties), JsonApiCollectionLinks (5 properties), JsonApiCollection (5 properties), JsonApiResourceObject (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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