Backstage

Backstage Update API

The Update API from Backstage — 1 operation(s) for update.

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Operations 1

POST /update Update notifications legacy #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: notifications Update 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: Update
paths:
  /update:
    post:
      operationId: UpdateNotificationsLegacy
      deprecated: true
      description: Deprecated alias for `POST /notifications/update`.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateNotificationsRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The notifications that were updated.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Notification'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ErrorResponse'
      security:
      - {}
      - JWT: []
      tags:
      - Update
      summary: Update notifications legacy
      x-summary-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    NotificationResponsePayload:
      description: Response variant of NotificationPayload. Optional string fields may be returned as null when unset.
      type: object
      required:
      - title
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        description:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        link:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        severity:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotificationSeverity'
        topic:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        scope:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        icon:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
    Notification:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - user
      - created
      - origin
      - payload
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the notification.
        user:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: User entity reference, or null for broadcast notifications.
        created:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        saved:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        read:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        updated:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        origin:
          type: string
          description: Origin of the notification (the sender's reference).
        payload:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotificationResponsePayload'
    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
    UpdateNotificationsRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - ids
      properties:
        ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        read:
          type: boolean
        saved:
          type: boolean
  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