Posit Content API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (apiKey).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
apiKey — Prefix your API key with Key , e.g. Key ABC123.
Paths & Operations 24
Across 14 paths, the API surfaces 24 operations — 3 DELETE, 9 GET, 3 PATCH, 5 POST, 4 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Content 24
GET
/v1/content
List content items
getContents3 params→ 200400401403404500
POST
/v1/content
Create content item
createContentbody→ 200400401403404500
DELETE
/v1/content/{guid}
Delete content
deleteContent1 param→ 204400401404500
GET
/v1/content/{guid}
Get content details
getContent2 params→ 200400401404500
PATCH
/v1/content/{guid}
Update content
updateContent1 parambody→ 200400401403404500
POST
/v1/content/{guid}/access-test
Triggers a Public Access Content Verification test
The contract defines 31 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Content (57 properties), UpdateContentInput (32 properties), CreateContentInput (28 properties), VariantSearchResult (13 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
UpdateContentInput
object
The content fields that can be specified when updating a content item.
32 properties
Schedule
object
Base schedule information for a content item.
8 properties
OffsetPaging
object
Offset-based pagination metadata.
2 properties
VariantResults
Search results containing variants and pagination metadata.
ContentRenderInstructions
object
Instructions for rendering a content item.
1 property
ScheduleVariant
object
Variant information embedded in a schedule.
3 properties
ScheduleLastRun
object
Information about the last scheduled run.
8 properties
CreateContentInput
object
The content fields that can be specified when creating a content item.
28 properties
ContentOwner
object
Basic details about the owner of a content item.
4 properties
VariantSearchResult
object
A single variant in search results.
13 properties
ContentResults
Search results containing content items and pagination metadata.
RRuleSet
object
RFC 5545 recurrence rule components for a schedule.
3 properties
ContentSchedule
Schedule information with variant details for a content item.
ContentDeploymentInstructions
object
Optionally identifies the target deployment bundle.
2 properties
Tag
object
A tag used to organize content within Connect.
5 properties
OAuthIntegrationAssociationInput
object
An OAuth integration GUID to associate with a content item.
1 property
ContentDeploymentTask
object
Identifies the task that can be used to track the progress of a deployment operation.
1 property
OAuthIntegrationAssociationOutput
object
Represents an association between a content item and an OAuth integration.
8 properties
EnvironmentVariable
object
Defines an environment variable and its value.
2 properties
ContentPackages
array
Lists the packages installed for a content item.
EnvironmentVariables
array
List of environment variables with their values.
EnvironmentVariableNames
array
List of environment variable names, without values.
GitLocationOutput
object
Git location associated with a content item.
7 properties
Package
object
A package dependency record.
10 properties
Content
object
The content object models all the "things" you may deploy to Posit Connect. This includes Shiny applications, R Markdown documents, Jupyter notebooks, Plumber…
57 properties
APIError
object
The error object returned by the API on failure.
3 properties2 required
GitLocationInput
object
Git location associated with a content item.
4 properties
ContentBuildInstructions
object
Optionally identifies the target build bundle.
2 properties
ContentRenderTask
object
The result of requesting a content render, containing a task identifier.
1 property
AccessTestResult
object
The results of the public access content verification test.
5 properties
ContentBuildTask
object
Identifies the task that can be used to track the progress of a build operation.
1 property
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