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HERE Blob API

Upload and retrieve large volumes of data

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

HERE Blob API is one of 139 APIs that HERE publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 9 operations across 4 paths, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.8.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://use.apilookup.for.a.base.url/.

9 operations 4 paths 10 schemas 2 DELETE2 GET1 HEAD2 POST2 PUT

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.8
Base URL
https://account.api.here.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

HERE Blob API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (Bearer). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • Bearer — A token obtained from a separate endpoint using client credentials and an OAuth 1.0a HMAC-SHA256 signed request. For more information on how to get a bearer to…

Paths & Operations 9

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 2 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 HEAD, 2 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Blob 9

Upload and retrieve large volumes of data

GET
/layers/{layerId}/data/{dataHandle}
Gets a blob
BlobAPIV1GetBlob 6 params → 200204206307400401403404
PUT
/layers/{layerId}/data/{dataHandle}
Publishes a data blob
BlobAPIV1PutBlob 7 params body → 200401403404409
DELETE
/layers/{layerId}/data/{dataHandle}
Deletes a data blob from an index layer
BlobAPIV1DeleteBlob 3 params → 202401403
HEAD
/layers/{layerId}/data/{dataHandle}
Checks if a data handle exists
BlobAPIV1CheckBlobExists 4 params → 200401403404
POST
/layers/{layerId}/data/{dataHandle}/multiparts
Starts a multipart upload of a blob and returns URLs for the next multipart…
BlobAPIV1StartMultipartUpload 3 params body → 200401403404409
GET
/layers/{layerId}/data/{dataHandle}/multiparts/{multiPartToken}
Gets the status of a multipart upload
BlobAPIV1GetMultipartUploadStatus 4 params → 200401403404
PUT
/layers/{layerId}/data/{dataHandle}/multiparts/{multiPartToken}
Completes a multipart upload
BlobAPIV1CompleteMultipartUpload 4 params body → 204401403404409
DELETE
/layers/{layerId}/data/{dataHandle}/multiparts/{multiPartToken}
Cancels a multipart upload
BlobAPIV1CancelMultipartUpload 4 params → 204401403404
POST
/layers/{layerId}/data/{dataHandle}/multiparts/{multiPartToken}/parts
Uploads a part
BlobAPIV1UploadPart 8 params body → 200401403404

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BlobInitResponseLinks (4 properties), BlobInitResponseCancelLink (2 properties), BlobInitResponseStatusLink (2 properties), BlobInitResponseUploadPartLink (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

BlobInitResponseUploadPartLink
object
Describes a link for the upload part of multipart upload operation.
2 properties
MultipartUploadStatus
object
Describes a status of the multipart upload.
1 property
BlobInitResponseStatusLink
object
Describes a link for multipart upload status operation.
2 properties
BlobInitResponseCancelLink
object
Describes a link for multipart upload cancel operation.
2 properties
MultipartCompleteRequest
object
1 property
BlobInitResponseCompleteLink
object
Describes a link for the multipart upload complete operation.
2 properties
MultipartCompletePart
object
2 properties 2 required
BlobInitResponse
object
Describes a set of links for the multipart upload operations.
1 property
MultipartUploadMetadata
object
2 properties 1 required
BlobInitResponseLinks
object
Describes a set of link for checking the uploading parts, getting status, finalizing, etc. of the multipart upload.
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

here-blob-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
here:here-blob-api
Base URL
https://account.api.here.com
Docs
https://docs.here.com/identity-and-access-management/reference
Provider
HERE
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