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Quadratic History API

Undo, redo, and atomic batches of actions.

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

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

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 5 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.

3 operations 3 paths 5 schemas 3 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 History 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 3

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

History 3

Undo, redo, and atomic batches of actions.

POST
/v1/files/{file_id}/batch
Executes a batch of actions sequentially, stopping on the first error. Mirrors the MCP batch semantics. The response is an array of {action, result} objects up to and including the failed action.
batch 1 param body → 200400401502
POST
/v1/files/{file_id}/redo
Re-applies the last count operations that were undone.
redo 1 param body → 200401502
POST
/v1/files/{file_id}/undo
Reverts the last count operations on a file.
undo 1 param body → 200401502

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ErrorDetail (3 properties), BatchItem (2 properties), ErrorBody (1 property), UndoRedoRequest (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ErrorDetail
object
3 properties 2 required
BatchRequest
object
1 property 1 required
BatchItem
object
2 properties 1 required
UndoRedoRequest
object
1 property
ErrorBody
object
Canonical error envelope returned by every non-2xx response.
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

quadratic-history-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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