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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.

14 operations 14 paths 15 schemas 14 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
0.1.0
Base URL
https://app.getoutline.com/api
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

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 14

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…

POST
/collections.info
Retrieve a collection
collectionsInfo body → 200401403404429
POST
/collections.documents
Retrieve a collections document structure
collectionsDocuments body → 200401403404429
POST
/collections.list
List all collections
collectionsList body → 200401403429
POST
/collections.create
Create a collection
collectionsCreate body → 200400401403429
POST
/collections.update
Update a collection
collectionsUpdate body → 200400401403404429
POST
/collections.add_user
Add a collection user
collectionsAddUser body → 200400401403404429
POST
/collections.remove_user
Remove a collection user
collectionsRemoveUser body → 200400401403404429
POST
/collections.memberships
List all collection memberships
collectionsMemberships body → 200400401403429
POST
/collections.add_group
Add a group to a collection
collectionsAddGroup body → 200400401403404429
POST
/collections.remove_group
Remove a collection group
collectionsRemoveGroup body → 200400401403404429
POST
/collections.group_memberships
List all collection group members
collectionsGroupMemberships body → 200400401403429
POST
/collections.delete
Delete a collection
collectionsDelete body → 200401403404429
POST
/collections.export
Export a collection
collectionsExport body → 200401403404429
POST
/collections.export_all
Export all collections
collectionsExportAll body → 200401403404429

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.

Collection
object
20 properties
User
object
12 properties
UserRole
string
Pagination
object
2 properties
Membership
object
8 properties
CollectionGroupMembership
object
6 properties
Error
object
5 properties
Permission
string
FileOperation
object
12 properties
Policy
object
2 properties
NavigationNode
object
4 properties
Ability
A single permission granted by a policy
Group
object
9 properties
CollectionStatus
string
Sorting
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

outline-collections-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Outline publishes across the network.

Outline AccessRequests API
Outline Attachments API
Outline Auth API
Outline Comments API
Outline DataAttributes API
Outline Documents API
Outline Events API
Outline FileOperations API
Outline Groups API
Outline OAuthAuthentications API
Outline OAuthClients API
Outline Revisions API
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