Accredible

Accredible Designs API

Reusable visual specifications for rendering badges and certificates.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 10

GET /designs View all designs (deprecated) #
POST /designs Create a design #
GET /designs/{design_id} View a design #
PUT /designs/{design_id} Update a design #
DELETE /designs/{design_id} Delete a design #
POST /designs/{design_id}/copy Copy a design #
POST /designs/search Search for designs #
POST /designs/{design_id}/preview Preview a design #
POST /designers/badge/initialize Initialize embedded badge designer #
POST /designers/certificate/initialize Initialize embedded certificate designer #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.api.accredible.com/
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APIReference
https://docs.api.accredible.com/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/accredible/refs/heads/main/openapi/accredible-designs-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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PostmanCollection
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/accredible/refs/heads/main/collections/accredible.postman_collection.json
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OpenCollection
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/accredible/refs/heads/main/collections/accredible.opencollection.json

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OpenAPI Specification

accredible-designs-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Accredible Designs 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: Designs
  description: Reusable visual specifications for rendering badges and certificates.
paths:
  /designs:
    get:
      operationId: listDesigns
      deprecated: true
      tags:
      - Designs
      summary: View all designs (deprecated)
      description: Lists Designs, optionally filtered by kind and department.
      parameters:
      - name: kind
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - certificate
          - badge
      - name: department_id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of designs.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createDesign
      tags:
      - Designs
      summary: Create a design
      description: Creates a new visual Design for badges or certificates.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                design:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesignInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The created design.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /designs/{design_id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DesignId'
    get:
      operationId: getDesign
      tags:
      - Designs
      summary: View a design
      description: Retrieves a single Design by ID.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested design.
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    put:
      operationId: updateDesign
      tags:
      - Designs
      summary: Update a design
      description: Updates an existing Design.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                design:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesignInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated design.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteDesign
      tags:
      - Designs
      summary: Delete a design
      description: Deletes a Design by ID.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The design was deleted.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /designs/{design_id}/copy:
    post:
      operationId: copyDesign
      tags:
      - Designs
      summary: Copy a design
      description: Creates a duplicate of an existing Design.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DesignId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The copied design.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /designs/search:
    post:
      operationId: searchDesigns
      tags:
      - Designs
      summary: Search for designs
      description: Searches Designs by name, kind, and other attributes.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                kind:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - certificate
                  - badge
                page:
                  type: integer
                page_size:
                  type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching designs.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /designs/{design_id}/preview:
    post:
      operationId: previewDesign
      tags:
      - Designs
      summary: Preview a design
      description: Renders a preview image of a Design with sample data.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DesignId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A design preview.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /designers/badge/initialize:
    post:
      operationId: initializeBadgeDesigner
      tags:
      - Designs
      summary: Initialize embedded badge designer
      description: Returns a session for the embedded badge designer experience.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: An embedded badge designer session.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /designers/certificate/initialize:
    post:
      operationId: initializeCertificateDesigner
      tags:
      - Designs
      summary: Initialize embedded certificate designer
      description: Returns a session for the embedded certificate designer experience.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: An embedded certificate designer session.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
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:
    DesignInput:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the design.
        kind:
          type: string
          enum:
          - certificate
          - badge
          description: Whether the design renders a certificate or a badge.
        department_id:
          type: integer
          description: The department the design belongs to.
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable error message.
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
  parameters:
    DesignId:
      name: design_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The unique ID of the design.
      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`.