Outline Documents API
`Documents` are what everything else revolves around. A document representsa single page of information and always returns the latest version of thecontent. Documents are stored in [Markdown](https://spec.commonmark.org/)formatting.
Outline Documents API is one of 18 APIs that Outline publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Documents. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a GitHub repository.
This API exposes 30 operations across 30 paths, and defines 19 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 Documents 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 30
Across 30 paths, the API surfaces 30 operations — 30 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Documents are what everything else revolves around. A document represents a single page of information and always returns the latest version of the content. Documents are stored i…
Schemas 19
The contract defines 19 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Document (23 properties), Collection (20 properties), Template (15 properties), User (12 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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