APIContext

APIContext External Sources API

The External Sources API from APIContext — 1 operation(s) for external sources.

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Operations 1

POST /api/3/external/ingest/{source} Ingest-External-Source #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: APImetrics External Sources API
  description: API for the APImetrics platform
  termsOfService: http://apimetrics.io/tos/
  contact:
    name: APIContext Support
    url: https://apicontext.io/
    email: support@apicontext.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  version: v2026-09-02
tags:
- name: External Sources
paths:
  /api/3/external/ingest/{source}:
    post:
      tags:
      - External Sources
      summary: Ingest-External-Source
      operationId: ingest-external-source
      security:
      - OAuth2: []
      - ApiKey: []
      parameters:
      - name: source
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          title: Source
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
                title: Response Ingest-External-Source
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
components:
  schemas:
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
        input:
          title: Input
        ctx:
          type: object
          title: Context
      type: object
      required:
      - loc
      - msg
      - type
      title: ValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          scopes:
            openid: OpenID Connect identity
            profile: User profile
            email: User email address
          authorizationUrl: https://auth.apimetrics.io/authorize?audience=https://client.apimetrics.io
          tokenUrl: https://auth.apimetrics.io/oauth/token
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: APIContext
  source: https://client.apimetrics.io/openapi.json
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)