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WP Engine Archive API

The Archive API from WP Engine — 1 operation(s) for archive.

WP Engine Archive API is one of 17 APIs that WP Engine publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 12 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.17.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.wpengineapi.com/v1.

1 operations 1 paths 12 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.17.0
Base URL
https://api.wpengineapi.com/v1
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

WP Engine Archive API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth).

  • basicAuth — API username and password from Portal's API Access page: https://my.wpengine.com/apiaccess

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Archive 1
GET
/installs/{install_id}/archives
List archives for a WordPress installation
listArchives 4 params → 200400401403404429500503

Schemas 12

The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Archive (9 properties), ResourceError (5 properties), BadRequestErrorResponse (3 properties), NotFoundErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TooManyRequestsOperation
Too many requests
ForbiddenErrorResponse
object
2 properties 1 required
PreviousPage
stringnull
Path to the previous page of results
Archive
object
9 properties 3 required
ResultsCount
integer
The total number of results
BadRequestErrorResponse
object
3 properties 1 required
ServiceUnavailableOperation
Service unavailable
NextPage
stringnull
Path to the next page of results
InternalServerErrorResponse
object
1 property 1 required
NotFoundErrorResponse
object
2 properties 1 required
ResourceError
object
5 properties 5 required
AuthenticationErrorResponse
object
2 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wpengine-archive-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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