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YouScan Spaces API

Spaces available to the authenticated user and categories configured in them.

YouScan Spaces API is one of 8 APIs that YouScan publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.youscan.io/api/external.

2 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.youscan.io/api/external
Authentication
API Key, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

YouScan Spaces API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-API-KEY (ApiKeyHeader). An API key is passed in the query as apiKey (ApiKeyQuery). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyHeader — API key authentication. The recommended way to authenticate requests.
  • ApiKeyQuery — API key as a query parameter. For testing purposes only.

Paths & Operations 2

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

Spaces 2

Spaces available to the authenticated user and categories configured in them.

GET
/spaces
List spaces
listSpaces → 200401
GET
/spaces/{spaceId}/categories
List categories
listSpaceCategories 1 param → 200404401

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Category (3 properties), Error (3 properties), Space (2 properties), SubCategory (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SubCategory
object
2 properties
Space
object
2 properties
Error
object
3 properties
Category
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

youscan-spaces-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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YouScan History API
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