CheckWebsiteNow Guides API
The Guides API from CheckWebsiteNow — 3 operation(s) for guides.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Checkwebsitenow Com Guides API
version: 1.8.0
description: 'Operations tagged Guides across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: checkwebsitenow-com-openapi.json, checkwebsitenow-com-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: /
description: Same origin as this description
tags:
- name: Guides
paths:
/api/v1/guides:
get:
operationId: listGuides
summary: List the long-form guides (geoblocking, VPN legality, EU portability)
description: Public read-only resource (CORS *). Every guide lists its sources; the human page is at url and a Markdown version at markdown_url.
responses:
'200':
description: Guides in editorial order
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- schema_version
- updated
- count
- guides
properties:
schema_version:
const: '1.0'
updated:
type: string
format: date
count:
type: integer
guides:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/GuideSummary'
'400':
description: Unknown query parameter.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
'429':
description: Request error; never a website verdict.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
tags:
- Guides
servers:
- url: /
description: Same origin as this description
/api/v1/guides/{slug}:
get:
operationId: getGuide
summary: 'Get one full guide: sections, questions, related pages and sources'
parameters:
- name: slug
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
pattern: ^[a-z0-9-]{2,60}$
responses:
'200':
description: Guide
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- schema_version
- updated
- guide
properties:
schema_version:
const: '1.0'
updated:
type: string
format: date
guide:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Guide'
'400':
description: Unknown query parameter.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
'404':
description: Unknown guide slug.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
'429':
description: Request error; never a website verdict.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
tags:
- Guides
servers:
- url: /
description: Same origin as this description
/guides/{slug}:
get:
operationId: getGuidePage
summary: Long-form guide as a human page
description: 'Server-rendered HTML article; answers Accept: text/markdown or ?format=md with a Markdown version (Vary: Accept). Unknown slugs get the HTML 404 page.'
parameters:
- name: slug
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
pattern: ^[a-z0-9-]{2,60}$
- name: format
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- md
responses:
'200':
description: HTML or Markdown page
content:
text/html:
schema:
type: string
text/markdown:
schema:
type: string
'404':
description: Unknown guide (HTML page).
content:
text/html:
schema:
type: string
tags:
- Guides
servers:
- url: /
description: Same origin as this description
components:
schemas:
Guide:
type: object
required:
- slug
- title
- seo_title
- description
- updated
- reading_minutes
- sections
- questions
- related_errors
- related_pages
- related_guides
- sources
- disclosure
- url
- api_url
- markdown_url
properties:
slug:
type: string
title:
type: string
seo_title:
type: string
description:
type: string
updated:
type: string
format: date
reading_minutes:
type: integer
sections:
type: array
items:
type: object
required:
- id
- heading
- paragraphs
properties:
id:
type: string
heading:
type: string
paragraphs:
type: array
items:
type: string
bullets:
type: array
items:
type: string
questions:
type: array
items:
type: object
required:
- q
- a
properties:
q:
type: string
a:
type: string
related_errors:
type: array
description: Error slugs; their pages are /errors/{slug} and /api/v1/errors/{slug}.
items:
type: string
related_pages:
type: array
items:
type: string
related_guides:
type: array
items:
type: string
sources:
type: array
items:
type: object
required:
- title
- url
properties:
title:
type: string
url:
type: string
format: uri
disclosure:
type: string
url:
type: string
api_url:
type: string
markdown_url:
type: string
ApiError:
type: object
required:
- error
properties:
error:
type: object
required:
- code
- message
properties:
code:
type: string
message:
type: string
GuideSummary:
type: object
required:
- slug
- title
- seo_title
- description
- updated
- reading_minutes
- url
- api_url
- markdown_url
properties:
slug:
type: string
pattern: ^[a-z0-9-]{2,60}$
title:
type: string
seo_title:
type: string
maxLength: 60
description:
type: string
maxLength: 155
updated:
type: string
format: date
reading_minutes:
type: integer
minimum: 1
url:
type: string
api_url:
type: string
markdown_url:
type: string
x-refined-from:
- checkwebsitenow-com-openapi.json
- checkwebsitenow-com-openapi.yml