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Terrain Discovery Environment API Sharing API

Data sharing and permissions

Terrain Discovery Environment API Sharing API is one of 9 APIs that Terrain Discovery Environment API publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Sharing. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2026.04.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://de.cyverse.org/terrain.

2 operations 2 paths 3 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2026.04
Base URL
https://de.cyverse.org/terrain
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Terrain Discovery Environment API Sharing API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (KeycloakBearer). An API key is passed in the header as X-Iplant-De-Jwt (JwtHeader). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • KeycloakBearer — Bearer JWT token obtained from Keycloak via /terrain/token/keycloak
  • JwtHeader — Signed JWT token passed in the X-Iplant-De-Jwt header

Paths & Operations 2

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

Sharing 2

Data sharing and permissions

POST
/secured/filesystem/share
Share Data with Users
ShareDataWithUsers body → 200
POST
/secured/filesystem/unshare
Unshare Data
UnshareData body → 200

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ShareResponse (1 property), UnshareRequest (1 property), ShareRequest (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ShareRequest
object
1 property
UnshareRequest
object
1 property
ShareResponse
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

terrain-discovery-environment-api-sharing-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Terrain Discovery Environment API publishes across the network.

Terrain Discovery Environment API Analyses API
Terrain Discovery Environment API Apps API
Terrain Discovery Environment API Authentication API
Terrain Discovery Environment API Filesystem API
Terrain Discovery Environment API Identifiers API
Terrain Discovery Environment API Metadata API
Terrain Discovery Environment API Notifications API
Terrain Discovery Environment API Search API