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WP Engine Site Transfer API

The Site Transfer API from WP Engine — 3 operation(s) for site transfer.

WP Engine Site Transfer 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 Site Transfer. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 5 operations across 3 paths, and defines 14 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 1.17.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://api.wpengineapi.com/v1.

5 operations 3 paths 14 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 2.0
API Version
1.17.0
Base URL
https://api.wpengineapi.com/v1
Authentication
basic
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

WP Engine Site Transfer API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It defines a basic scheme (basicAuth).

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

Paths & Operations 5

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Site Transfer 5
GET
/accounts/{account_id}/site_transfers
List site transfers for an account
listAccountSiteTransfers 4 params → 200400401403404429500503
GET
/sites/{site_id}/site_transfers
List site transfers for a site
listSiteTransfers 4 params → 200400401403404429500503
POST
/sites/{site_id}/site_transfers
Initiate a site transfer
createSiteTransfer 3 params → 202400401403404409422429
GET
/sites/{site_id}/site_transfers/{transfer_id}
Get a site transfer by ID
getSiteTransfer 3 params → 200401403404429500503
DELETE
/sites/{site_id}/site_transfers/{transfer_id}
Cancel a scheduled site transfer
cancelSiteTransfer 3 params → 204401403404409429500503

Schemas 14

The contract defines 14 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SiteTransfer (9 properties), ResourceError (5 properties), BadRequestErrorResponse (3 properties), UnprocessableEntityErrorResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

InternalServerErrorResponse
object
1 property 1 required
ConflictErrorResponse
object
2 properties 1 required
NotFoundErrorResponse
object
2 properties 1 required
PreviousPage
string
Path to the previous page of results
ResourceError
object
5 properties 5 required
UnprocessableEntityErrorResponse
object
3 properties 1 required
NextPage
string
Path to the next page of results
TooManyRequestsOperation
Too many requests
BadRequestErrorResponse
object
3 properties 1 required
SiteTransfer
object
9 properties 8 required
ServiceUnavailableOperation
Service unavailable
ResultsCount
integer
The total number of results
ForbiddenErrorResponse
object
2 properties 1 required
AuthenticationErrorResponse
object
2 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wpengine-site-transfer-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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WP Engine Domain API
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WP Engine Offload Settings API
WP Engine Site API
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