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Vanilla Forums Categories API

The Categories API from Vanilla Forums — 6 operation(s) for categories.

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Vanilla Forums Categories API is one of 58 APIs that Vanilla Forums publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 10 operations across 6 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://open.vanillaforums.com/api/v2.

10 operations 6 paths 8 schemas 1 DELETE5 GET2 PATCH1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://open.vanillaforums.com/api/v2
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 10

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 1 DELETE, 5 GET, 2 PATCH, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Categories 10
GET
/categories
List categories.
20 params → 200
POST
/categories
Add a category.
body → 201
GET
/categories/search
Search categories.
9 params → 200
DELETE
/categories/{id}
Delete a category.
1 param → 204
GET
/categories/{id}
Get a category.
3 params → 200
PATCH
/categories/{id}
Update a category.
1 param body → 200
GET
/categories/{id}/edit
Get a category for editing.
2 params → 200
PUT
/categories/{id}/follow
1 param body → 200
GET
/categories/{id}/preferences/{userID}
List a user's category preferences.
3 params → 200
PATCH
/categories/{id}/preferences/{userID}
Set a user's category preferences.
2 params body → 200

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CategorySchema (19 properties), CategoryPost (11 properties), PostFragment (8 properties), CategoryPreferences (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

RangeExpression
string
Specify a range or CSV of values.
CategoryPreferences
object
6 properties
UserFragment
CategoryPost
object
11 properties 2 required
PostFragment
object
8 properties 4 required
DiscussionPermissions
object
Permissions for the current user related to discussions. Applied when expanded..
CategorySchema
object
19 properties 15 required
SrcSet
object
An image's srcset for various sizes.
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

vanilla-forums-categories-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
vanilla-forums:vanilla-forums-categories-api
Base URL
https://open.vanillaforums.com/api/v2
Docs
https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/1842-api-v2-endpoints
Provider
Vanilla Forums
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