CHAOSS

CHAOSS Utility API

The utility API from CHAOSS — 8 operation(s) for utility.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 8

GET /repo-groups Get all repo groups #
GET /repos Get all repos #
GET /repos/:id Get repo by ID #
GET /owner/:owner/repo/:repo Get repo by owner and repo name #
GET /rg-name/:rg_name/repo-name/:repo_name Get repo by repo group name and repo name #
GET /rg-name/:rg_name Get repo by repo name #
GET /repo-groups/:repo_group_id/repos Get repos in repo group #
GET /repo-groups/:repo_group_id/top-insights Get top insights #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.collectoss.org/en/latest/
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APIReference
https://docs.collectoss.org/en/latest/rest-api/api.html
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Authentication
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Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/chaoss/refs/heads/main/openapi/chaoss-utility-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/chaoss/CollectOSS

Other Resources

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DataModel
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OpenAPI Specification

chaoss-utility-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: CollectOSS REST Utility API
  version: 0.60.0
host: example.com
basePath: /api/unstable/
tags:
- name: Utility
paths:
  /repo-groups:
    get:
      description: Get all the downloaded repo groups.
      operationId: Get All Repo Groups
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          schema:
            items:
              properties:
                data_collection_date:
                  description: 'Example: 2019-06-05T13:36:25.000Z'
                  type: string
                data_source:
                  description: 'Example: git'
                  type: string
                repo_group_id:
                  description: 'Example: 20'
                  type: integer
                rg_description:
                  description: 'Example: Rails Ecosystem.'
                  type: string
                rg_last_modified:
                  description: 'Example: 2019-06-03T15:55:20.000Z'
                  type: string
                rg_name:
                  description: 'Example: Rails'
                  type: string
                rg_recache:
                  description: 'Example: 0'
                  type: integer
                rg_type:
                  description: 'Example: GitHub Organization'
                  type: string
                rg_website:
                  description: 'Example: '
                  type: string
                tool_source:
                  description: 'Example: load'
                  type: string
                tool_version:
                  description: 'Example: one'
                  type: string
            type: array
      tags:
      - Utility
      summary: Get all repo groups
      x-summary-source: derived
  /repos:
    get:
      description: Get all the downloaded repos.
      operationId: Get All Repos
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          schema:
            items:
              properties:
                base64_url:
                  description: 'Example: Z2l0aHViLmNvbS9hcGFjaGUvaW5jdWJhdG9yLWFyZ3VzLmdpdA=='
                  type: string
                commits_all_time:
                  description: 'Example: None'
                  type: string
                description:
                  description: 'Example: None'
                  type: string
                issues_all_time:
                  description: 'Example: None'
                  type: string
                repo_id:
                  description: 'Example: 21996'
                  type: integer
                repo_name:
                  description: 'Example: incubator-argus'
                  type: string
                repo_status:
                  description: 'Example: Update'
                  type: string
                rg_name:
                  description: 'Example: Apache'
                  type: string
                url:
                  description: 'Example: github.com/apache/incubator-argus.git'
                  type: string
            type: array
      tags:
      - Utility
      summary: Get all repos
      x-summary-source: derived
  /repos/:id:
    get:
      description: Get a downloaded repo by its ID in CollectOSS. The schema block below says it is an array, but it is not.
      operationId: Get Repo By ID
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          schema:
            items:
              properties:
                base64_url:
                  description: Base64 encode of the full URL. Example Z2l0aHViLmNvbS8zc2NhbGUvM3NjYWxlLW9wZXJhdG9yLW1ldGFkYXRh
                  type: string
                description:
                  description: 'Repository description. Example: null'
                  type: string
                commits_all_time:
                  description: 'How many commits have been made to this repository? Example: 24'
                  type: integer
                issues_all_time:
                  description: 'How many issues have been raised on this repository? Example: 1'
                  type: integer
                pull_requests_all_time:
                  description: 'How many pull requests have been made to this repository? Example: 7'
                  type: integer
                repo_id:
                  description: 'Repository ID, should match provided URL parameter. Example: 25551'
                  type: integer
                repo_name:
                  description: 'Name of the provided repository. Example: 3scale-operator-metadata'
                  type: string
                rg_name:
                  description: 'Name of the repository group containing this repo. Example: 3scale'
                  type: string
                repo_group_id:
                  description: 'ID of the repository group containing this repo. Example: 25431'
                  type: integer
                url:
                  description: 'URL of this repository, sans leading protocol. Example: github.com/3scale/3scale-operator-metadata'
                  type: string
            type: array
      tags:
      - Utility
      summary: Get repo by ID
      x-summary-source: derived
  /owner/:owner/repo/:repo:
    get:
      description: Get the repo_group_id and repo_id of a particular repo.
      operationId: Get Repo by Owner and Repo Name
      parameters:
      - description: Repo Owner
        in: path
        name: owner
        schema:
          type: string
        type: string
      - description: Repo Name
        in: path
        name: repo
        schema:
          type: string
        type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          schema:
            items:
              properties:
                repo_group_id:
                  description: 'Example: 23'
                  type: integer
                repo_id:
                  description: 'Example: 21339'
                  type: integer
            type: array
      tags:
      - Utility
      summary: Get repo by owner and repo name
      x-summary-source: derived
  /rg-name/:rg_name/repo-name/:repo_name:
    get:
      description: Get the repo_group_id and repo_id of a particular repo.
      operationId: Get Repo by Repo Group Name and Repo Name
      parameters:
      - description: Repo Group Name
        in: path
        name: rg_name
        schema:
          type: string
        type: string
      - description: Repo Name
        in: path
        name: repo_name
        schema:
          type: string
        type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          schema:
            items:
              properties:
                repo_git:
                  description: 'Example: https://github.com/rails/rails.git'
                  type: string
                repo_group_id:
                  description: 'Example: 20'
                  type: integer
                repo_id:
                  description: 'Example: 21000'
                  type: integer
            type: array
      tags:
      - Utility
      summary: Get repo by repo group name and repo name
      x-summary-source: derived
  /rg-name/:rg_name:
    get:
      description: Get the repo_id of a particular repo group.
      operationId: Get Repo by Repo Name
      parameters:
      - description: Repo Group Name
        in: path
        name: rg_name
        schema:
          type: string
        type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          schema:
            items:
              properties:
                repo_group_id:
                  description: 'Example: 20'
                  type: integer
                rg_name:
                  description: 'Example: Rails'
                  type: string
            type: array
      tags:
      - Utility
      summary: Get repo by repo name
      x-summary-source: derived
  /repo-groups/:repo_group_id/repos:
    get:
      description: Get all the repos in a repo group.
      operationId: Get Repos in Repo Group
      parameters:
      - description: Repository Group ID
        in: path
        name: repo_group_id
        schema:
          type: string
        type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          schema:
            items:
              properties:
                commits_all_time:
                  description: 'Example: 6874'
                  type: integer
                description:
                  description: 'Example: None'
                  type: string
                issues_all_time:
                  description: 'Example: 81'
                  type: integer
                repo_id:
                  description: 'Example: 21326'
                  type: integer
                repo_name:
                  description: 'Example: graphql-js'
                  type: string
                repo_status:
                  description: 'Example: Complete'
                  type: string
                url:
                  description: 'Example: https://github.com/graphql/graphql-js.git'
                  type: string
            type: array
      tags:
      - Utility
      summary: Get repos in repo group
      x-summary-source: derived
  /repo-groups/:repo_group_id/top-insights:
    get:
      description: Get all the downloaded repo groups.
      operationId: Get Top Insights
      parameters:
      - description: Repository Group ID
        in: path
        name: repo_group_id
        schema:
          type: string
        type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          schema:
            items:
              properties:
                data_collection_date:
                  description: 'Example: 2019-06-05T13:36:25.000Z'
                  type: string
                data_source:
                  description: 'Example: git'
                  type: string
                repo_group_id:
                  description: 'Example: 20'
                  type: integer
                rg_description:
                  description: 'Example: Rails Ecosystem.'
                  type: string
                rg_last_modified:
                  description: 'Example: 2019-06-03T15:55:20.000Z'
                  type: string
                rg_name:
                  description: 'Example: Rails'
                  type: string
                rg_recache:
                  description: 'Example: 0'
                  type: integer
                rg_type:
                  description: 'Example: GitHub Organization'
                  type: string
                rg_website:
                  description: 'Example: '
                  type: string
                tool_source:
                  description: 'Example: load'
                  type: string
                tool_version:
                  description: 'Example: one'
                  type: string
            type: array
      tags:
      - Utility
      summary: Get top insights
      x-summary-source: derived
externalDocs:
  description: CHAOSS Metric Definitions
  url: https://chaoss.community/kb-metrics-and-metrics-models/