Accredible Credentials API
Issue, retrieve, update, delete, search, and verify digital credentials.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Accredible Credentials API
description: The Accredible API issues, manages, and verifies digital credentials - certificates and Open Badges - programmatically.
version: '1.0'
contact:
name: Accredible
url: https://www.accredible.com
license:
name: Proprietary
url: https://www.accredible.com/terms-of-service
servers:
- url: https://api.accredible.com/v1
description: Production
- url: https://sandbox.api.accredible.com/v1
description: Sandbox
security:
- tokenAuth: []
tags:
- name: Credentials
description: Issue, retrieve, update, delete, search, and verify digital credentials.
paths:
/credentials:
post:
operationId: createCredential
tags:
- Credentials
summary: Create a credential
description: Issues a new credential (certificate or badge) to a recipient against a Group, optionally with custom attributes, evidence items, and references.
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- credential
properties:
credential:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CredentialInput'
responses:
'200':
description: The created credential.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CredentialEnvelope'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
/credentials/bulk_create:
post:
operationId: bulkCreateCredentials
tags:
- Credentials
summary: Bulk create credentials
description: Issues many credentials in a single request.
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
credentials:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CredentialInput'
responses:
'200':
description: The created credentials.
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
/credentials/{id}:
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/CredentialId'
get:
operationId: getCredential
tags:
- Credentials
summary: View a credential
description: Retrieves a single credential by its ID.
responses:
'200':
description: The requested credential.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CredentialEnvelope'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
put:
operationId: updateCredential
tags:
- Credentials
summary: Update a credential
description: Updates an existing credential.
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
credential:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CredentialInput'
responses:
'200':
description: The updated credential.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CredentialEnvelope'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
delete:
operationId: deleteCredential
tags:
- Credentials
summary: Delete a credential
description: Deletes a credential by ID.
responses:
'200':
description: The credential was deleted.
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
/credentials/search:
post:
operationId: searchCredentials
tags:
- Credentials
summary: Search for credentials
description: Searches credentials by group, recipient email, recipient ID, and other attributes, with pagination.
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
group_id:
type: integer
email:
type: string
recipient_id:
type: string
page:
type: integer
page_size:
type: integer
responses:
'200':
description: Matching credentials.
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
/all_credentials:
get:
operationId: listAllCredentials
deprecated: true
tags:
- Credentials
summary: View many credentials (deprecated)
description: Lists credentials filtered by group, email, or recipient. Deprecated in favor of the search endpoint.
parameters:
- name: group_id
in: query
schema:
type: integer
- name: email
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: recipient_id
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: page
in: query
schema:
type: integer
- name: page_size
in: query
schema:
type: integer
responses:
'200':
description: A list of credentials.
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
/credentials/generate_pdf:
post:
operationId: generateCredentialPdfs
tags:
- Credentials
summary: Generate PDFs for credentials
description: Generates certificate PDFs for a set of credentials.
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
credential_ids:
type: array
items:
type: integer
responses:
'200':
description: PDF generation result.
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
/credentials/generate_single_pdf/{id}:
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/CredentialId'
post:
operationId: generateSingleCredentialPdf
tags:
- Credentials
summary: Generate PDF for a single credential
description: Generates a certificate PDF for one credential.
responses:
'200':
description: PDF generation result.
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
/credentials/blockchain_data/{encoded_id}:
get:
operationId: getBlockchainCredential
tags:
- Credentials
summary: Verify blockchain credential
description: Returns the blockchain verification record for an encoded credential ID.
parameters:
- name: encoded_id
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Blockchain verification data.
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
/issuer/credential_redirect:
get:
operationId: credentialRedirect
tags:
- Credentials
summary: Redirect to a credential
description: Resolves and redirects to a credential's public page.
parameters:
- name: issuer_id
in: query
schema:
type: integer
- name: id
in: query
schema:
type: string
responses:
'302':
description: Redirect to the credential page.
components:
responses:
NotFound:
description: The requested resource was not found.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
Unauthorized:
description: Invalid or missing API key.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
schemas:
Credential:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/CredentialInput'
- type: object
properties:
id:
type: integer
description: The unique credential ID.
url:
type: string
description: The public credential page URL.
created_at:
type: string
format: date-time
CredentialInput:
type: object
required:
- group_id
properties:
recipient:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Recipient'
group_id:
type: integer
description: The Group the credential belongs to.
group_name:
type: string
description: The Group name
usable in place of a Group ID.: null
name:
type: string
description: The credential/course name shown to recipients.
description:
type: string
description: The credential/course description shown to recipients.
issued_on:
type: string
description: 'Date of issue. Format: DD/MM/YYYY.'
expired_on:
type: string
description: 'Expiry date. Format: DD/MM/YYYY.'
complete:
type: boolean
description: Whether the achievement is complete.
private:
type: boolean
description: Whether the credential is private.
custom_attributes:
type: object
description: Custom variables displayed on the credential's design.
meta_data:
type: object
description: Arbitrary key-value strings stored on the credential.
CredentialEnvelope:
type: object
properties:
credential:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Credential'
Error:
type: object
properties:
error:
type: string
description: A human-readable error message.
errors:
type: array
items:
type: string
Recipient:
type: object
properties:
name:
type: string
description: The recipient's name.
email:
type: string
description: The recipient's email address.
id:
type: string
description: The recipient's ID as defined by your organization.
parameters:
CredentialId:
name: id
in: path
required: true
description: The unique ID of the credential.
schema:
type: integer
securitySchemes:
tokenAuth:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: Authorization
description: API key sent in the Authorization header using the scheme `Token token=YOUR_API_KEY`.