Accredible

Accredible References API

Peer, teacher, or manager endorsements attached to a credential.

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Operations 4

POST /credentials/{credential_id}/references Create a reference #

GET /credentials/{credential_id}/references/{reference_id} View a reference #

PUT /credentials/{credential_id}/references/{reference_id} Update a reference #

DELETE /credentials/{credential_id}/references/{reference_id} Delete a reference #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Accredible References 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: References
  description: Peer, teacher, or manager endorsements attached to a credential.
paths:
  /credentials/{credential_id}/references:
    post:
      operationId: createReference
      tags:
      - References
      summary: Create a reference
      description: Attaches a new Reference (endorsement) to a credential.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CredentialIdPath'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                reference:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReferenceInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The created reference.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /credentials/{credential_id}/references/{reference_id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CredentialIdPath'
    - name: reference_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    get:
      operationId: getReference
      tags:
      - References
      summary: View a reference
      description: Retrieves a single Reference on a credential.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested reference.
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    put:
      operationId: updateReference
      tags:
      - References
      summary: Update a reference
      description: Updates a Reference on a credential.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                reference:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReferenceInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated reference.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteReference
      tags:
      - References
      summary: Delete a reference
      description: Deletes a Reference from a credential.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The reference was deleted.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    ReferenceInput:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the person giving the reference.
        email:
          type: string
          description: The email of the referee.
        body:
          type: string
          description: The reference text.
        hidden:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the reference is hidden.
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable error message.
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
  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'
  parameters:
    CredentialIdPath:
      name: credential_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`.