Hootsuite Vai Rest API
If you want to send the replies asynchronously or manipulate the conversation in your fulfillment code, you'll need tocall the Virtual Agent REST API. The [REST API authentication](#tag/rest-api-authentication) section contains more details on how to authenticate your client.
Hootsuite Vai Rest API is one of 21 APIs that Hootsuite publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v1.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://platform.hootsuite.com.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 4
Hootsuite Vai Rest API declares
4 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearer-token).
It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basic-auth).
It supports OAuth 2.0 (Oauth2ClientCredentials) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 1 scope.
An API key is passed in the header as X-Hootsuite-Signature (SharedSecret).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
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.
If you want to send the replies asynchronously or manipulate the conversation in your fulfillment code, you'll need to call the Virtual Agent REST API. The [REST API authenticatio…
Schemas 2
The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ConversationManipulation (8 properties), Message (2 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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