Backstage Topics API

The Topics API from Backstage — 1 operation(s) for topics.

Operations 1

GET /topics Get topics #

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OpenAPI Specification

backstage-topics-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: notifications Topics API
  version: '1'
  description: The Backstage backend plugin that powers user notifications.
  license:
    name: Apache-2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  contact: {}
servers:
- url: /
tags:
- name: Topics
paths:
  /topics:
    get:
      operationId: GetTopics
      description: List notification topics that the user has received notifications on.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/search'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/read'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/saved'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/createdAfter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/minimumSeverity'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The list of topics.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetTopicsResponse'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ErrorResponse'
      security:
      - {}
      - JWT: []
      tags:
      - Topics
      summary: Get topics
      x-summary-source: derived
components:
  parameters:
    search:
      name: search
      in: query
      required: false
      allowReserved: true
      schema:
        type: string
    saved:
      name: saved
      in: query
      required: false
      allowReserved: true
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - 'true'
        - 'false'
    read:
      name: read
      in: query
      required: false
      allowReserved: true
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - 'true'
        - 'false'
    createdAfter:
      name: createdAfter
      in: query
      required: false
      allowReserved: true
      description: ISO 8601 date-time string. Validated by the handler.
      schema:
        type: string
    minimumSeverity:
      name: minimumSeverity
      in: query
      required: false
      allowReserved: true
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotificationSeverity'
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
          required:
          - name
          - message
        request:
          type: object
          properties:
            method:
              type: string
            url:
              type: string
          required:
          - method
          - url
        response:
          type: object
          properties:
            statusCode:
              type: number
          required:
          - statusCode
      required:
      - error
      - request
      - response
    NotificationSeverity:
      type: string
      enum:
      - critical
      - high
      - normal
      - low
    GetTopicsResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - topics
      properties:
        topics:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
  responses:
    ErrorResponse:
      description: An error response from the backend.
      content:
        application/json; charset=utf-8:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    JWT:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT