Craft Quantities Solve backwards API
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Craftquantities Com Solve backwards API
version: 1.6.0
contact:
url: https://craftquantities.com/api/
license:
name: CC BY 4.0
url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
description: 'Operations tagged Solve backwards across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: craftquantities-com-openapi.json, craftquantities-com-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.craftquantities.com/v1
tags:
- name: Solve backwards
description: What the material the reader already has will cover, as the site's Solve Backwards pages work it.
paths:
/solve/{page}:
get:
operationId: solveBackwardsGet
summary: What an amount of material covers, on one Solve Backwards page
description: Every other query parameter is a calculator setting, with its unit.
parameters:
- name: page
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
pattern: ^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{1,80}$
description: A Solve Backwards page's slug, such as wall-paint, drywall-sheets, bricks, concrete-bags, ready-mix-concrete.
- name: have
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
maxLength: 60
description: 'How much: 20, or 24%20gal.'
- name: system
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- metric
- imperial
default: metric
description: The unit system inputs left out open in, and the one the page link opens in. The answer comes in both.
- name: detail
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- full
- summary
default: full
description: 'full (the default): the whole answer. summary: the result lines, the citation line and the page only — fewer tokens to read.'
description: 'summary: the result lines, the citation and the page only (fewer tokens); full, the default: the whole answer. A POST body may carry detail instead.'
- name: format
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- json
- md
description: 'md: the engine''s Markdown report as text/markdown (or send Accept: text/markdown); json, the default.'
responses:
'200':
description: The area and the size it covers, as the page works it.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
anyOf:
- type: object
required:
- engine
- page
- calculator
- system
- have
- status
- answer
- area
- size
- typical
- chain
- forwards
- assumptions
- settings
- links
- citation
- licence
- notice
properties:
engine:
type: object
page:
type: object
required:
- slug
- question
- material
- url
calculator:
type: object
required:
- slug
- title
- version
- url
otherPages:
type: array
items:
type: object
required:
- slug
- question
- url
system:
enum:
- metric
- imperial
have:
type: object
required:
- amount
- unit
- inCalculatorUnit
status:
enum:
- reached
- capped
- too-little
description: 'reached: the largest size whose requirement fits; capped: more than the calculator''s largest job; too-little: less than its smallest.'
answer:
type: string
description: The page's own answer line.
area:
anyOf:
- type: object
required:
- noun
- exact
- metric
- imperial
- type: 'null'
size:
anyOf:
- type: object
required:
- metres
- feet
properties:
metres:
type: object
additionalProperties:
type: number
feet:
type: object
additionalProperties:
type: number
- type: 'null'
typical:
type: object
required:
- count
- each
- size
chain:
type: array
items:
type: string
forwards:
anyOf:
- type: object
required:
- inputs
- asks
- left
- type: 'null'
assumptions:
type: array
items:
type: object
required:
- id
- label
- value
settings:
type: array
links:
type: object
required:
- page
- openInSite
- calculator
note:
type: string
citation:
type: object
required:
- author
- title
- url
- formats
- accessDate
properties:
author:
type: string
title:
type: string
version:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: 'null'
sourcesChecked:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: 'null'
url:
type: string
accessDate:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: 'null'
formats:
type: object
required:
- plain
- apa
- harvard
- bibtex
properties:
plain:
type: string
apa:
type: string
harvard:
type: string
bibtex:
type: string
licence:
type: object
required:
- name
- url
- attribution
properties:
name:
type: string
url:
type: string
attribution:
type: string
notice:
type: string
- type: object
required:
- detail
- tool
- title
- lines
- notes
- citation
- url
- open
- more
properties:
detail:
const: summary
tool:
type: string
title:
type: string
lines:
type: array
items:
type: object
additionalProperties:
type: string
description: The result lines, as the report's table gives them.
notes:
type: array
items:
type: string
description: 'What a professional must decide, when to call one, a false-friend warning, that adoption is local: kept in every summary.'
citation:
type: string
description: The one citation line, built from the answer's own data.
url:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: 'null'
open:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: 'null'
more:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: 'null'
'400':
description: The request was refused; every problem is listed.
content:
application/problem+json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- title
- status
- problems
properties:
type:
type: string
title:
type: string
status:
type: integer
problems:
type: array
items:
type: object
required:
- input
- problem
properties:
input:
type: string
problem:
type: string
accepted:
type: array
items:
type: string
didYouMean:
type: array
items:
type: string
'404':
description: The request was refused; every problem is listed.
content:
application/problem+json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- title
- status
- problems
properties:
type:
type: string
title:
type: string
status:
type: integer
problems:
type: array
items:
type: object
required:
- input
- problem
properties:
input:
type: string
problem:
type: string
accepted:
type: array
items:
type: string
didYouMean:
type: array
items:
type: string
tags:
- Solve backwards
servers:
- url: https://api.craftquantities.com/v1
/solve:
post:
operationId: solveBackwards
summary: What an amount of material covers
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
additionalProperties: false
required:
- have
properties:
page:
type: string
pattern: ^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{1,80}$
description: A Solve Backwards page's slug, such as wall-paint, drywall-sheets, bricks, concrete-bags, ready-mix-concrete.
query:
type: string
minLength: 2
maxLength: 200
description: Or what the reader has, in words ("sheets of drywall", "bags of concrete"), when the slug is not known.
have:
description: 'How much the reader has: a count for counted things (20, "20 sheets"); a measure with its unit for paint, concrete, soil ("24 gal", "2 m3", {"value": 90, "unit": "L"}).'
oneOf:
- type: number
exclusiveMinimum: 0
- type: string
maxLength: 60
- type: object
additionalProperties: false
required:
- value
- unit
properties:
value:
type: number
unit:
type: string
maxLength: 20
system:
type: string
enum:
- metric
- imperial
description: 'The page''s system; it sets the market''s product (a 4 × 8 ft sheet in imperial). Left out: the unit''s system, else metric.'
settings:
type: object
maxProperties: 20
additionalProperties:
oneOf:
- type: number
- type: string
maxLength: 60
- type: object
required:
- value
- unit
properties:
value:
type: number
unit:
type: string
description: 'Optional: another calculator input, with its unit (a slab''s thickness "4 in", coats 3). The inputs the page grows cannot be set.'
responses:
'200':
description: The area and the size it covers, as the page works it.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
anyOf:
- type: object
required:
- engine
- page
- calculator
- system
- have
- status
- answer
- area
- size
- typical
- chain
- forwards
- assumptions
- settings
- links
- citation
- licence
- notice
properties:
engine:
type: object
page:
type: object
required:
- slug
- question
- material
- url
calculator:
type: object
required:
- slug
- title
- version
- url
otherPages:
type: array
items:
type: object
required:
- slug
- question
- url
system:
enum:
- metric
- imperial
have:
type: object
required:
- amount
- unit
- inCalculatorUnit
status:
enum:
- reached
- capped
- too-little
description: 'reached: the largest size whose requirement fits; capped: more than the calculator''s largest job; too-little: less than its smallest.'
answer:
type: string
description: The page's own answer line.
area:
anyOf:
- type: object
required:
- noun
- exact
- metric
- imperial
- type: 'null'
size:
anyOf:
- type: object
required:
- metres
- feet
properties:
metres:
type: object
additionalProperties:
type: number
feet:
type: object
additionalProperties:
type: number
- type: 'null'
typical:
type: object
required:
- count
- each
- size
chain:
type: array
items:
type: string
forwards:
anyOf:
- type: object
required:
- inputs
- asks
- left
- type: 'null'
assumptions:
type: array
items:
type: object
required:
- id
- label
- value
settings:
type: array
links:
type: object
required:
- page
- openInSite
- calculator
note:
type: string
citation:
type: object
required:
- author
- title
- url
- formats
- accessDate
properties:
author:
type: string
title:
type: string
version:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: 'null'
sourcesChecked:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: 'null'
url:
type: string
accessDate:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: 'null'
formats:
type: object
required:
- plain
- apa
- harvard
- bibtex
properties:
plain:
type: string
apa:
type: string
harvard:
type: string
bibtex:
type: string
licence:
type: object
required:
- name
- url
- attribution
properties:
name:
type: string
url:
type: string
attribution:
type: string
notice:
type: string
- type: object
required:
- detail
- tool
- title
- lines
- notes
- citation
- url
- open
- more
properties:
detail:
const: summary
tool:
type: string
title:
type: string
lines:
type: array
items:
type: object
additionalProperties:
type: string
description: The result lines, as the report's table gives them.
notes:
type: array
items:
type: string
description: 'What a professional must decide, when to call one, a false-friend warning, that adoption is local: kept in every summary.'
citation:
type: string
description: The one citation line, built from the answer's own data.
url:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: 'null'
open:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: 'null'
more:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: 'null'
'400':
description: The request was refused; every problem is listed.
content:
application/problem+json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- title
- status
- problems
properties:
type:
type: string
title:
type: string
status:
type: integer
problems:
type: array
items:
type: object
required:
- input
- problem
properties:
input:
type: string
problem:
type: string
accepted:
type: array
items:
type: string
didYouMean:
type: array
items:
type: string
'404':
description: The request was refused; every problem is listed.
content:
application/problem+json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- title
- status
- problems
properties:
type:
type: string
title:
type: string
status:
type: integer
problems:
type: array
items:
type: object
required:
- input
- problem
properties:
input:
type: string
problem:
type: string
accepted:
type: array
items:
type: string
didYouMean:
type: array
items:
type: string
tags:
- Solve backwards
parameters:
- name: detail
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- full
- summary
default: full
description: 'full (the default): the whole answer. summary: the result lines, the citation line and the page only — fewer tokens to read.'
description: 'summary: the result lines, the citation and the page only (fewer tokens); full, the default: the whole answer. A POST body may carry detail instead.'
- name: format
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- json
- md
description: 'md: the engine''s Markdown report as text/markdown (or send Accept: text/markdown); json, the default.'
servers:
- url: https://api.craftquantities.com/v1
externalDocs:
url: https://craftquantities.com/api/
description: The API documentation
x-refined-from:
- craftquantities-com-openapi.json
- craftquantities-com-openapi.yml