Application Research Vendors API

Vendor operations

Operations 2

GET /vendors Application Research List all Vendors #
GET /vendors/{ordId} Application Research Get a Vendor by ORD ID #

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OpenAPI Specification

application-research-vendors-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Application Research Open Resource Discovery (ORD) Vendors API
  version: 1.12.0
  description: "The Open Resource Discovery (ORD) API provides access to ORD Documents which serve as wrappers \nfor ORD resources and taxonomy. This API enables discovery and management of API resources, \nevent resources, data products, entity types, capabilities, and integration dependencies.\n\nORD enables machine-readable self-description of systems and their capabilities, supporting\nautomated discovery, integration, and governance of enterprise APIs and services.\n"
  contact:
    name: ORD Specification Team
    url: https://open-resource-discovery.org
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: https://api.example.com/ord/v1
  description: Production server
- url: https://sandbox.example.com/ord/v1
  description: Sandbox server
security:
- oauth2:
  - ord:read
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Vendors
  description: Vendor operations
paths:
  /vendors:
    get:
      tags:
      - Vendors
      summary: Application Research List all Vendors
      description: Retrieves a list of all Vendors across all ORD Documents
      operationId: listVendors
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LimitParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OffsetParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved list of Vendors
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VendorList'
              examples:
                vendorList:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/VendorListExample'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /vendors/{ordId}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Vendors
      summary: Application Research Get a Vendor by ORD ID
      description: Retrieves a specific Vendor by its ORD ID
      operationId: getVendor
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/VendorOrdIdParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved Vendor
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Vendor'
              examples:
                vendor:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/VendorExample'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
components:
  examples:
    NotFoundErrorExample:
      summary: Not Found Error
      value:
        code: NOT_FOUND
        message: The requested resource was not found
        requestId: req-12345-abcde
    VendorListExample:
      summary: List of Vendors
      value:
        items:
        - ordId: 'sap:vendor:SAP:'
          title: SAP SE
        - ordId: 'siemens:vendor:Siemens:'
          title: Siemens AG
          partners:
          - 'sap:vendor:SAP:'
        totalCount: 2
        limit: 20
        offset: 0
    VendorExample:
      summary: SAP Vendor
      value:
        ordId: 'sap:vendor:SAP:'
        title: SAP SE
        partners:
        - 'microsoft:vendor:Microsoft:'
    BadRequestErrorExample:
      summary: Bad Request Error
      value:
        code: BAD_REQUEST
        message: Invalid request parameters
        details:
        - field: ordId
          message: ORD ID must match the required pattern
        requestId: req-12345-abcde
    InternalServerErrorExample:
      summary: Internal Server Error
      value:
        code: INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
        message: An unexpected error occurred. Please try again later.
        requestId: req-12345-abcde
  schemas:
    Labels:
      type: object
      title: Labels
      additionalProperties:
        type: array
        items:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
    Tag:
      type: string
      pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9-_.\/ ]*$
      minLength: 1
    DocumentationLabels:
      type: object
      title: Documentation Labels
      additionalProperties:
        type: array
        items:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
    Vendor:
      type: object
      title: Vendor
      description: The vendor of a product or package
      required:
      - ordId
      - title
      properties:
        ordId:
          type: string
          pattern: ^([a-z0-9]+):(vendor):([a-zA-Z0-9._\-]+):()$
          maxLength: 255
        title:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 255
        partners:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            pattern: ^([a-z0-9]+(?:[.][a-z0-9]+)*):(vendor):([a-zA-Z0-9._\-]+):()$
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tag'
        labels:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Labels'
        documentationLabels:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentationLabels'
    VendorList:
      type: object
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Vendor'
        totalCount:
          type: integer
        limit:
          type: integer
        offset:
          type: integer
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
      - code
      - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Error code
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message
        details:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              field:
                type: string
              message:
                type: string
        requestId:
          type: string
          description: Request ID for troubleshooting
  parameters:
    OffsetParam:
      name: offset
      in: query
      description: Number of items to skip
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 0
        default: 0
    LimitParam:
      name: limit
      in: query
      description: Maximum number of items to return
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 100
        default: 20
    VendorOrdIdParam:
      name: ordId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: ORD ID of the Vendor
      schema:
        type: string
        pattern: ^([a-z0-9]+):(vendor):([a-zA-Z0-9._\-]+):()$
      example: 'sap:vendor:SAP:'
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request - invalid input parameters
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          examples:
            badRequest:
              $ref: '#/components/examples/BadRequestErrorExample'
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          examples:
            notFound:
              $ref: '#/components/examples/NotFoundErrorExample'
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          examples:
            serverError:
              $ref: '#/components/examples/InternalServerErrorExample'
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0 authentication
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: /oauth/token
          scopes:
            ord:read: Read access to ORD resources
            ord:write: Write access to ORD resources
            ord:admin: Administrative access to ORD resources
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT