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Adobe Lightroom XMP API

Read and write external develop XMP sidecar files

Adobe Lightroom XMP API is one of 12 APIs that Adobe Lightroom publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include XMP. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, and a changelog.

This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://lr.adobe.io/v2.

2 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 GET1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2
Server
https://lr.adobe.io/v2
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Adobe Lightroom XMP API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 1 scope. An API key is passed in the header as X-Api-Key (apiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 2

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

XMP 2

Read and write external develop XMP sidecar files

GET
/catalogs/{catalog_id}/assets/{asset_id}/xmp/develop
Adobe Lightroom Get Develop Settings Xmp
getDevelopXmp 3 params → 200401404
PUT
/catalogs/{catalog_id}/assets/{asset_id}/xmp/develop
Adobe Lightroom Upload Develop Settings Xmp
putDevelopXmp 3 params body → 200201401404

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is ErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ErrorResponse
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

lightroom-xmp-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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