Outline Collections API
`Collections` represent grouping of documents in the knowledge base, theyoffer a way to structure information in a nested hierarchy and a levelat which read and write permissions can be granted to individual users orgroups of users.
Outline Collections API is one of 18 APIs that Outline publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Collection. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a GitHub repository.
This API exposes 14 operations across 14 paths, and defines 15 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 0.1.0.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://app.getoutline.com/api, https://{domain}/api.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
Outline Collections API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (BearerAuth).
It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 2 scopes.
By default, every request must be authenticated.
Paths & Operations 14
Across 14 paths, the API surfaces 14 operations — 14 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Collections represent grouping of documents in the knowledge base, they offer a way to structure information in a nested hierarchy and a level at which read and write permissions…
Schemas 15
The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Collection (20 properties), FileOperation (12 properties), User (12 properties), Group (9 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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