Canonical Publication Service API

Manages the publication of Debian artifacts.

Operations 6

GET /v1/publications Publication service list publications #
POST /v1/publications Publication service create publication #
GET /v1/publications/{publication} Publication service get publication #
DELETE /v1/publications/{publication} Publication service delete publication #
PATCH /v1/publications/{publication} Publication service update publication #
POST /v1/publications/{publication}:publish Publication service publish publication #

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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: debarchive Publication Service API
  version: 0.1.0
  description: Manages the publication of Debian artifacts.
tags:
- name: PublicationService
  description: Manages the publication of Debian artifacts.
paths:
  /v1/publications:
    get:
      tags:
      - PublicationService
      description: Returns a list of publications.
      operationId: PublicationService_ListPublications
      parameters:
      - name: pageSize
        in: query
        description: "The maximum number of publications to return.\n The service may return fewer than this value.\n If unspecified, at most 100 publications will be returned.\n The maximum value is 1000; values above 1000 will be treated as 1000."
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      - name: pageToken
        in: query
        description: "A page token, received from a previous call.\n Provide this to retrieve the subsequent page.\n\n When paginating, all other request parameters provided must match\n the call that provided the page token."
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: filter
        in: query
        description: "An expression for filtering the results of the request.\n The fields eligible for filtering are:\n\n   * `source`\n   * `publication_target`\n\n Some examples of using filters are:\n\n   * `source=\"locals/123\"`  --> The publication has source \"locals/123\".\n   * `publication_target=\"publicationTargets/456\"` --> The publication has target \"publicationTargets/456\"."
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListPublicationsResponse'
        default:
          description: Default error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Status'
      summary: Publication service list publications
      x-summary-source: derived
    post:
      tags:
      - PublicationService
      description: Creates a new publication.
      operationId: PublicationService_CreatePublication
      parameters:
      - name: publicationId
        in: query
        description: The ID to use for the publication (optional).
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Publication'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Publication'
        default:
          description: Default error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Status'
      summary: Publication service create publication
      x-summary-source: derived
  /v1/publications/{publication}:
    get:
      tags:
      - PublicationService
      description: Retrieves a publication by its resource name.
      operationId: PublicationService_GetPublication
      parameters:
      - name: publication
        in: path
        description: The publication id.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Publication'
        default:
          description: Default error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Status'
      summary: Publication service get publication
      x-summary-source: derived
    delete:
      tags:
      - PublicationService
      description: Deletes a Publication.
      operationId: PublicationService_DeletePublication
      parameters:
      - name: publication
        in: path
        description: The publication id.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content: {}
        default:
          description: Default error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Status'
      summary: Publication service delete publication
      x-summary-source: derived
    patch:
      tags:
      - PublicationService
      description: Updates the details of a publication.
      operationId: PublicationService_UpdatePublication
      parameters:
      - name: publication
        in: path
        description: The publication id.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: updateMask
        in: query
        description: The list of fields to update.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: field-mask
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Publication'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Publication'
        default:
          description: Default error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Status'
      summary: Publication service update publication
      x-summary-source: derived
  /v1/publications/{publication}:publish:
    post:
      tags:
      - PublicationService
      description: Publishes a publication to its publication target.
      operationId: PublicationService_PublishPublication
      parameters:
      - name: publication
        in: path
        description: The publication id.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublishPublicationRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Operation'
        default:
          description: Default error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Status'
      summary: Publication service publish publication
      x-summary-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    GpgKey:
      required:
      - armor
      type: object
      properties:
        armor:
          writeOnly: true
          type: string
          description: The GPG key in ASCII armor format.
        isPrivate:
          readOnly: true
          type: boolean
          description: Indicates if the key holds a private component.
        fingerprint:
          readOnly: true
          type: string
          description: The fingerprint of the key.
      description: A GPG key resource.
    GoogleProtobufAny:
      type: object
      properties:
        '@type':
          type: string
          description: The type of the serialized message.
      additionalProperties: true
      description: Contains an arbitrary serialized message along with a @type that describes the type of the serialized message.
    PublishPublicationRequest:
      required:
      - name
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: "The resource name of the publication to publish.\n Format: \"publications/{publication}\""
        forceOverwrite:
          type: boolean
          description: Force overwrite of existing artifacts.
        forceCleanup:
          type: boolean
          description: Force cleanup of old artifacts.
      description: The request message for publishing a publication.
    Operation:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: "The server-assigned name, which is only unique within the same service that\n originally returns it. If you use the default HTTP mapping, the\n `name` should be a resource name ending with `operations/{unique_id}`."
        metadata:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GoogleProtobufAny'
          description: "Service-specific metadata associated with the operation.  It typically\n contains progress information and common metadata such as create time.\n Some services might not provide such metadata.  Any method that returns a\n long-running operation should document the metadata type, if any."
        done:
          type: boolean
          description: "If the value is `false`, it means the operation is still in progress.\n If `true`, the operation is completed, and either `error` or `response` is\n available."
        error:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Status'
          description: The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.
        response:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GoogleProtobufAny'
          description: "The normal, successful response of the operation.  If the original\n method returns no data on success, such as `Delete`, the response is\n `google.protobuf.Empty`.  If the original method is standard\n `Get`/`Create`/`Update`, the response should be the resource.  For other\n methods, the response should have the type `XxxResponse`, where `Xxx`\n is the original method name.  For example, if the original method name\n is `TakeSnapshot()`, the inferred response type is\n `TakeSnapshotResponse`."
      description: "This resource represents a long-running operation that is the result of a\n network API call."
    ListPublicationsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        publications:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Publication'
          description: A list of publications.
        nextPageToken:
          type: string
          description: "A token, which can be sent as `page_token` to retrieve the next page.\n If this field is omitted, there are no subsequent pages."
      description: The response message for listing publications.
    Status:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: The status code, which should be an enum value of [google.rpc.Code][google.rpc.Code].
          format: int32
        message:
          type: string
          description: A developer-facing error message, which should be in English. Any user-facing error message should be localized and sent in the [google.rpc.Status.details][google.rpc.Status.details] field, or localized by the client.
        details:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GoogleProtobufAny'
          description: A list of messages that carry the error details.  There is a common set of message types for APIs to use.
      description: 'The `Status` type defines a logical error model that is suitable for different programming environments, including REST APIs and RPC APIs. It is used by [gRPC](https://github.com/grpc). Each `Status` message contains three pieces of data: error code, error message, and error details. You can find out more about this error model and how to work with it in the [API Design Guide](https://cloud.google.com/apis/design/errors).'
    Publication:
      required:
      - displayName
      - publicationTarget
      - source
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: "The resource name of the publication.\n Format: \"publications/{uuid}\""
        displayName:
          type: string
          description: The human-readable name used to reference this publication.
        publicationId:
          readOnly: true
          type: string
          description: The publication ID (UUID) is exposed separately for convenience.
        publicationTarget:
          type: string
          description: "The resource name of the publication target.\n Format: \"publicationTargets/{publication_target}\""
        source:
          type: string
          description: "The resource name of the source mirror or local repository.\n Format: \"mirrors/{mirror}\" or \"locals/{local}\""
        distribution:
          type: string
          description: "The name of the distribution to publish.\n Inferred from the source if omitted."
        label:
          type: string
          description: Value for the `Label:` field in the published repository's Release file.
        origin:
          type: string
          description: "Value for the `Origin:` field in the published repository's Release file.\n Inferred from the source if omitted."
        architectures:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: "List of architectures to publish.\n Defaults to all source architectures if omitted."
        acquireByHash:
          type: boolean
          description: Provides index files by hash in the published repository, if the files are unique.
        butAutomaticUpgrades:
          type: boolean
          description: 'Sets `ButAutomaticUpgrade: yes|no` in the published repository''s Release file if provided.'
        notAutomatic:
          type: boolean
          description: 'Sets `NotAutomatic: yes|no` in the published repository''s Release file if provided.'
        multiDist:
          type: boolean
          description: "Indicates if multiple distributions can be published to the same location, sharing a package\n pool."
        skipBz2:
          type: boolean
          description: Indicates if bz2 compression should be skipped for index files.
        skipContents:
          type: boolean
          description: Indicates if content indexes should not be generated.
        gpgKey:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GpgKey'
          description: Optional GPG key to sign the release file(s). If not provided, the files will be unsigned.
        publishTime:
          readOnly: true
          type: string
          description: The timestamp of the last successful publication.
          format: date-time
        lastOperation:
          readOnly: true
          type: string
          description: The name of the most recent long-running operation performed on the publication.
      description: "The configuration for publishing Debian artifacts from a Source (mirror or local repository) to\n a publication target."