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Quadratic Files API

Create, list, fetch, and import files.

Quadratic Files API is one of 14 APIs that Quadratic publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Files. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and authentication docs.

This API exposes 5 operations across 4 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 0.26.9.

Requests are made against the base URL https://developer-api.quadratichq.com.

5 operations 4 paths 9 schemas 2 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
0.26.9
Base URL
https://developer-api.quadratichq.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Quadratic
License
Apache-2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Quadratic Files API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (API token (qdx_live_… or qdx_test_…)) (bearer_auth).

  • bearer_auth — API tokens are minted from the Quadratic UI under Team Settings → API Tokens. Send as Authorization: Bearer .

Paths & Operations 5

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 2 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Files 5

Create, list, fetch, and import files.

GET
/v1/files
Lists files visible to the caller across every team they belong to.
listFiles → 200401500
POST
/v1/files
Creates a new blank file. If teamuuid is omitted the file is created in the team the caller's API token is scoped to.
createFile body → 201400401500
POST
/v1/files/import
REST-only convenience endpoint that creates a new blank file and imports the given bytes into it in a single request.
importNewFile body → 201400401502
GET
/v1/files/{file_id}
Fetches metadata for a single file by UUID.
getFile 1 param → 200401404
POST
/v1/files/{file_id}/import
Imports bytes into an existing file. The file is updated in place; the response is the worker's import summary.
importIntoFile 1 param body → 200400401502

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ImportNewFileRequest (5 properties), CreateFileResponse (5 properties), ImportNewFileResponse (4 properties), ImportIntoFileRequest (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ImportNewFileRequest
object
5 properties 2 required
ErrorDetail
object
3 properties 2 required
FileSummary
object
Lightweight file row returned by GET /v1/files.
3 properties 2 required
CreateFileRequest
object
2 properties 1 required
ImportIntoFileRequest
object
4 properties 2 required
ErrorBody
object
Canonical error envelope returned by every non-2xx response.
1 property 1 required
ImportNewFileResponse
object
4 properties 4 required
FileDetail
object
Single file metadata returned by GET /v1/files/{fileid}.
4 properties 2 required
CreateFileResponse
object
5 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

quadratic-files-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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