China Footnotes Changes API
The Changes API from China Footnotes — 1 operation(s) for changes.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Chinafootnotes Com Changes API
version: 0.1.0
x-coverage:
cities:
- Shanghai
- Beijing
- Xi’an
- Chengdu
- Chongqing
- Hangzhou
placeCount: 112
pretripTopicCount: 9
dataVersion: e95b0f4e8deb
generatedAt: '2026-11-03T20:58:20.757Z'
description: 'Operations tagged Changes across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: chinafootnotes-com-openapi.json, chinafootnotes-com-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: /
description: Same origin as this specification
tags:
- name: Changes
paths:
/api/changes:
get:
operationId: getChanges
summary: Dated log of rule changes for visitors (visa, transit, arrival card, paying…
parameters:
- name: topic
in: query
required: false
description: Only changes for this Before you go topic id (e.g. visa, payments, book-ahead). An unknown topic returns an empty list with status 200.
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Change log
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
license:
type: object
about:
type:
- string
- 'null'
updatedAt:
type: string
latest:
type:
- string
- 'null'
latestByTopic:
type: object
latestByPlace:
type: object
entries:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
date:
type: string
format: date
dateKind:
type: string
enum:
- effective
- announced
- listed
kind:
type: string
enum:
- rule
- notice
scope:
type: string
enum:
- china
- place
topic:
type:
- string
- 'null'
anchor:
type:
- string
- 'null'
placeId:
type:
- string
- 'null'
title:
type: string
before:
type:
- string
- 'null'
after:
type: string
who:
type:
- string
- 'null'
supersededBy:
type:
- string
- 'null'
path:
type:
- string
- 'null'
addedAt:
type: string
format: date
sources:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
url:
type: string
publisher:
type: string
publishedAt:
type:
- string
- 'null'
accessedAt:
type: string
'400':
description: Invalid URL encoding
'404':
description: No change log published
'500':
description: Local data/service unavailable
tags:
- Changes
servers:
- url: /
description: Same origin as this specification
x-refined-from:
- chinafootnotes-com-openapi.json
- chinafootnotes-com-openapi.yml