Adobe

Adobe Lightroom API

Lightroom API Documentation, made available through [adobe.io](https://developer.adobe.com). API Change Logs are available [here](https://developer.adobe.com/lightroom/lightroom-api-docs/release-notes/).

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 20

GET /v2/health Lightroom Services health check #
GET /v2/account Retrieve the user account metadata #
GET /v2/catalog Retrieve the user catalog metadata #
PUT /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/assets/{asset_id} Create asset #
GET /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/assets/{asset_id} Get a catalog asset #
GET /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/assets Retrieve assets #
PUT /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/assets/{asset_id}/master Create an asset original file #
POST /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/assets/{asset_id}/renditions Generate renditions for an original file #
GET /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/assets/{asset_id}/renditions/{rendition_type} Get latest asset rendition #
POST /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/assets/{asset_id}/exports Generate a signed export for an asset #
GET /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/assets/{asset_id}/exports/{export_id} Get a generated export #
PUT /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/assets/{asset_id}/xmp/develop Create asset external xmp develop setting file #
GET /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/assets/{asset_id}/xmp/develop Get latest asset external xmp develop setting #
PUT /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/albums/{album_id} Create album #
GET /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/albums/{album_id} Get album #
POST /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/albums/{album_id} Update album #
DELETE /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/albums/{album_id} Delete album #
GET /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/albums Retrieve albums #
PUT /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/albums/{album_id}/assets Add assets to album #
GET /v2/catalogs/{catalog_id}/albums/{album_id}/assets List assets of an album #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.adobe.com/lightroom/lightroom-api-docs/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/adobe/openapi/adobe-lightroom-openapi.yml
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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdobeDocs/lightroom-public-apis/main/static/swagger.json

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/adobe/json-schema/adobe-album-payload-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/adobe/json-schema/adobe-success-asset-ids-query-param-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/adobe/json-schema/adobe-success-video-asset-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/adobe/json-schema/adobe-iso8601-date-time-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/adobe/json-schema/adobe-success-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/adobe/json-schema/adobe-utc-date-time-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

adobe-lightroom-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  description: Lightroom API Documentation, made available through [adobe.io](https://developer.adobe.com). API Change Logs are available [here](https://developer.adobe.com/lightroom/lightroom-api-docs/release-notes/).
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Lightroom API Documentation
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
- url: https://lr.adobe.io/
tags:
- name: Health
  description: Lightroom Services status.
- name: Accounts
  description: Account information for the authenticated user.
- name: Catalogs
  description: Catalog information for the authenticated user.
- name: Assets
  description: Information for assets, typically images or videos.


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