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Zalando Types API

The Types API from Zalando — 1 operation(s) for types.

Zalando Types API is one of 20 APIs that Zalando publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 0.0.9.

Requests are made against the base URL https://api.merchants.zalando.com.

1 operations 1 paths 7 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
0.0.9
Base URL
https://api.merchants.zalando.com
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Zalando Types API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (merchant_platform) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 1 scope.

  • merchant_platform — The Products service uses the OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication layer of OAuth 2 to handle the client credentials process flow.

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.

Types 1
GET
/merchants/{merchant_id}/attribute-types/{type_label}
Returns the attribute type
3 params → 200default

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Type (7 properties), TypeDefinition (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TypeCardinality
string
The allowed cardinality of this type when used - i.e. how many attributes of this type can be used.
Name
Map of language to text, key must follow (rfc-2616, section 3.10)[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616section-3.10] This mapping is only a human readable name o…
TypeDefinition
object
The specification of the actual type of this type.
2 properties 1 required
Description
Map of language to text, key must follow (rfc-2616, section 3.10)[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616section-3.10] This mapping is only a human readable descri…
TypeUsage
string
How this type is to be used. Reference attributes established within this service, or Literal values provided.
Type
object
7 properties 6 required
TypeVariants
array
Allow aliases for types, when used it would be: "{typelabel}.{typevariant}", this way it would be allowed to have the same type used multiple times in the same…

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

zalando-types-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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