GET /api/apis/versions/{APIVersionID}/design

Returns information about the API design for the specified API version, in the form of a Swagger document.

Authorization Roles/Permissions: Must have Read permission for the resource.

This topic includes the following sections:

HTTP Method

GET

URL

https://{hostname}/api/apis/versions/{APIVersionID}/design

Sample Request

The example below shows a request for the Swagger API description document for the specified API.

Request URL

https://{hostname}/api/apis/versions/f0e489e7-e647-4eb2-9efd-0044f2d4b650.acmepaymentscorp/design

Sample request headers

Accept: application/octet-stream

Sample request body

Not applicable.

Request Headers

For general information on request header values, refer to HTTP Request Headers.

Header Description
Accept application/octet-stream or other media type depending on the API design.
Cookie AtmoAuthToken_{fedmemberid}={cookie value, which usually starts with TokenID}—The platform cookie. This is the Akana API Platform authorization token, and must be sent with every API request that requires login. For more information and an example, see Session cookies.
X-Csrf-Token_{fedmemberID} The CSRF prevention header; may or may not be required, depending on platform settings. See CSRF Prevention on the Platform. By default, the CSRF header is not required for GET operations and is required for all others, with a few exceptions relating to user login.

Request Parameters

Parameter Parm Type Data Type Required Description
APIVersionID Path string Required The unique ID for a specific API version.
specification Query string Optional The API specification document.

Response

If successful, this operation returns HTTP status code 200, with information about the API design.

Sample Response

The sample response below shows successful completion of this operation.

Sample response headers: application/octet-stream

Status Code: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2016 20:41:54 GMT

Sample response body: application/octet-stream

{
  "swagger":"2.0",
  "info":{
    "title":"Aria_Object_Query_API0",
    "version":"v1"
  },
  "tags":[
    {
      "name":"Aria_Object_Query_API0"
    }
  ],
  "paths":{
    "/":{
      "post":{
        "tags":[
          "Aria_Object_Query_API0"
        ],
        "description":"Query Aria",
        "operationId":"POST__",
        "consumes":[
          "text/plain"
        ],
        "produces":[
          "application/json"
        ],
        "parameters":[
          {
            "in":"body",
            "name":"body",
            "required":false
          }
        ],
        "responses":{
          "200":{
            "description":""
          }
        },
        "deprecated":false
      }
    }
  }
}

Response Headers

For general information on response header values, refer to HTTP Response Headers.

Header Description
Content-Type The content-type is determined by the API version design.

Response Body

Name Type Description
API API Contains information about an API.

Error Codes/Messages

If the call is unsuccessful an error code/message is returned. One or more examples of possible errors for this operation are shown below.

Item Value
401 Unauthorized. For example, you would get this response if you didn't include the custom X-Csrf-Token_{fedmemberID} header in the request, when it was required by the platform settings; or if you included an invalid or expired value for this header. You would also get this response for any operation that requires login (almost all) if the login cookie was missing.
500 An error occurred processing the call.

More information about Akana API Platform API error messages.

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