Acquia Distributions API
The Distributions API from Acquia — 2 operation(s) for distributions.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Acquia Cloud API Documentation Distributions API
x-logo:
url: assets/cloud-platform.svg
backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF'
altText: Acquia Cloud
description: 'Acquia Cloud API
# Compatibility
## Stability
The response for all resource endpoints includes an `X-CloudAPI-Stability` header that indicates what changes, if any, Acquia will make to the resource and how changes will be communicated.'
version: 2.0.0
contact:
name: Customer Experience Engineering (CXE)
url: https://www.acquia.com
tags:
- name: Distributions
x-displayName: Distributions
paths:
/distributions:
servers:
- url: https://cloud.acquia.com/api
description: Cloud API
get:
tags:
- Distributions
summary: Return a list of Drupal distributions
operationId: getDistributions
x-cli-name: distributions:list
security:
- Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_OAuth2: []
description: Returns a list of Drupal distributions that are available for installation in an Acquia Cloud environment.
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/hal+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_distributions'
example:
total: 2
_links:
self:
href: https://cloud.acquia.com/api/distributions
parent:
href: https://cloud.acquia.com/api/
_embedded:
items:
- name: drupal7
urls:
gz: http://www.acquia.com/path/to/archive/drupal7.tar.gz
zip: http://www.acquia.com/path/to/archive/drupal7.zip
update_urls:
gz: http://www.acquia.com/path/to/archive/drupal7-update.tar.gz
zip: http://www.acquia.com/path/to/archive/drupal7-update.zip
title: Acquia Drupal
version: 7.38.44-6261
drupal_version: Drupal 7
description: Acquia Drupal makes building your Drupal website easier by including both the current Drupal core along with a collection of essential modules.
image_url: https://www.acquia.com/path/to/img/drupal7.png
flags:
default: true
$visible: true
_links:
self:
href: https://cloud.acquia.com/api/distributions/drupal7
- name: drupal8
urls:
gz: http://www.acquia.com/path/to/archive/drupal8.tar.gz
zip: http://www.acquia.com/path/to/archive/drupal8.zip
update_urls:
gz: http://www.acquia.com/path/to/archive/drupal8-update.tar.gz
zip: http://www.acquia.com/path/to/archive/drupal8-update.zip
title: Acquia Drupal
version: 8.0.0-beta14
drupal_version: Drupal 8
description: Acquia Drupal makes building your Drupal website easier by including both the current Drupal core along with a collection of essential modules.
image_url: https://www.acquia.com/path/to/img/drupal8.png
flags:
default: false
$visible: false
_links:
self:
href: https://cloud.acquia.com/api/distributions/drupal8
/distributions/{name}:
servers:
- url: https://cloud.acquia.com/api
description: Cloud API
get:
tags:
- Distributions
summary: Return details about a specific Drupal distribution
operationId: getDistributionByName
x-cli-name: distributions:find
security:
- Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_OAuth2: []
description: A specific distribution.
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_name'
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/hal+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_distribution'
example:
name: drupal8
urls:
gz: http://www.acquia.com/path/to/archive/drupal8.tar.gz
zip: http://www.acquia.com/path/to/archive/drupal8.zip
update_urls:
gz: http://www.acquia.com/path/to/archive/drupal8-update.tar.gz
zip: http://www.acquia.com/path/to/archive/drupal8-update.zip
title: Acquia Drupal
version: 8.0.0-beta14
drupal_version: Drupal 8
description: Acquia Drupal makes building your Drupal website easier by including both the current Drupal core along with a collection of essential modules.
image_url: https://www.acquia.com/path/to/img/drupal8.png
flags:
default: false
$visible: true
_links:
self:
href: https://cloud.acquia.com/api/distributions/drupal8
gz:
href: http://www.acquia.com/path/to/archive/drupal8.tar.gz
zip:
href: http://www.acquia.com/path/to/archive/drupal8.zip
update_gz:
href: http://www.acquia.com/path/to/archive/drupal8-update.tar.gz
update_zip:
href: http://www.acquia.com/path/to/archive/drupal8-update.zip
parent:
href: https://cloud.acquia.com/api/distributions
'404':
description: Not Found
content:
application/hal+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_error'
example:
error: not_found
message: The distribution you are trying to access does not exist.
components:
schemas:
Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_error:
type: object
required:
- error
- message
properties:
error:
type: string
description: The error summary.
message:
type: string
description: The long description for the returned error.
Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_distributions:
type: object
properties:
total:
type: integer
description: The number of items returned in the collection.
_links:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_links'
_embedded:
type: object
description: A collection of distributions.
properties:
items:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_distribution'
Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_links:
type: object
required:
- self
description: HAL links about the current resource.
properties:
self:
type: object
description: A link to this page.
required:
- href
properties:
href:
type: string
format: uri
description: The URI for this page.
Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_distribution:
type: object
required:
- name
- urls
- update_urls
- title
- version
- drupal_version
- description
- image_url
- flags
- _links
properties:
name:
type: string
description: The name of the distribution.
urls:
type: object
description: The URLs for the distribution.
properties:
gz:
type: string
description: The URI for the gzip compressed distribution.
format: uri
zip:
type: string
description: The URI for the zip compressed distribution.
format: uri
update_urls:
type: object
description: The update URLs for the distribution.
properties:
gz:
type: string
description: The URI for the gzip compressed update.
format: uri
zip:
type: string
description: The URI for the zip compressed update.
format: uri
title:
type: string
description: The title of the distribution.
version:
type: string
description: The full version string of the distribution.
drupal_version:
type: string
description: The Drupal version string of the distribution.
description:
type: string
description: The verbose description of the distribution.
image_url:
type: string
description: The URI for the logo image for this distribution.
format: uri
flags:
type: object
description: Flags for this distribution.
properties:
default:
type: boolean
description: Whether this distribution is the default.
_links:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_links'
parameters:
Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_name:
name: name
in: path
description: A name that uniquely identifies an entity.
required: true
schema:
type: string
example: drupal8
securitySchemes:
Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_OAuth2:
type: oauth2
description: 'All Cloud API calls need to be authenticated in order to work. You authenticate using a token that you can generate on your Acquia Profile page.
### To generate a token:
1. Sign in to the [Acquia Cloud](https://cloud.acquia.com/) interface using your email address and Acquia password.
2. Click your user avatar in the upper right corner, and then click **Account Settings**.
3. On the Profile page, click **API Tokens**.
4. Click **Create Token**.
5. In the pop-up that appears, give your token a label so that you can easily find it later. Then click **Create Token**.
6. Copy your API key and API secret. Click **OK**.
'
flows:
clientCredentials:
tokenUrl: https://accounts.acquia.com/api/token
scopes: {}
Codebase_Service_JWT:
type: apiKey
description: Value for the Authorization header parameter.
name: Authorization
in: header
MEO_Environment_Service_JWT:
type: apiKey
description: Value for the Authorization header parameter.
name: Authorization
in: header
Site_Service_JWT:
type: apiKey
description: Value for the Authorization header parameter.
name: Authorization
in: header