Lightdash Content API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the cookie as connect.sid (session_cookie).
An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (api_key).
api_key — Value should be 'ApiKey '
Paths & Operations 10
Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 2 PATCH, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The contract defines 69 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SpaceContent (24 properties), ChartContent (19 properties), DataAppContent (18 properties), DashboardContent (16 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
PinnedItems
array
DeletedContentItem
ChartKind
string
ApiErrorPayload
object
The Error object is returned from the api any time there is an error. The message contains
2 properties2 required
AnyType
This AnyType is an alias for any The goal is to make it easier to identify any type in the codebase without having to eslint-disable all the time These are onl…
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