CrawlCheck Removal API
The Removal API from CrawlCheck — 4 operation(s) for removal.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Crawlcheck Io Removal API
version: '1'
contact:
name: CrawlCheck
url: https://crawlcheck.io/policy
email: hello@crawlcheck.io
license:
name: Terms
url: https://crawlcheck.io/policy
x-core-contract:
promise: 'These operations are the core contract. They stay at /api/v1 and keep answering for at least 180 days after any /api/v2 is announced; their stable fields change only in a new major version, and their provisional fields only after 30 days'' notice, per /docs/api/compatibility. Verifying what they return needs none of these calls: crawlcheck-verify.mjs checks a document on your machine against the published keys (/.well-known/http-message-signatures-directory) and the rotation record, read once with --online or saved for --keys. Everything else documented here is useful but secondary, and may change with the notice its fields'' tags promise.'
operations:
- method: GET
path: /api/v1/resolve
operationId: resolveDomainV1
- method: POST
path: /api/v1/resolve
operationId: resolveBatchV1
- method: POST
path: /api/v1/preflight
operationId: preflightV1
- method: GET
path: /api/v1/decisions/{sha256}
operationId: decisionCheckV1
- method: GET
path: /api/v1/revocations
operationId: revocations
- method: GET
path: /api/v1/visitor
operationId: visitorResolveV1
- method: POST
path: /api/v1/visitor
operationId: visitorResolveBatchV1
- method: GET
path: /api/v1/mcp/scan
operationId: mcpScanUrl
- method: POST
path: /api/v1/mcp/lock/check
operationId: mcpLockCheck
list: https://crawlcheck.io/api/v1/core
description: 'Operations tagged Removal across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: crawlcheck-io-openapi.json, crawlcheck-io-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://crawlcheck.io
tags:
- name: Removal
paths:
/api/removal:
post:
operationId: removalRequest
summary: 'Ask for removal without a licence: {type: site_control|personal_data|other…'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
examples:
worked:
summary: The request behind the worked response
value:
type: site_control
domain: example.com
also_opt_out: true
responses:
'201':
description: crawlcheck-removal-request with t
content:
application/json:
examples:
worked:
summary: Shape; not captured from production. t is shown once.
value:
ok: true
t: <32 hex, shown once>
status: https://crawlcheck.io/removal?id=rmv_0123456789abcdef
kind: crawlcheck-removal-request
id: rmv_0123456789abcdef
type: site_control
domain: example.com
state: verifying
prove:
file: https://example.com/.well-known/crawlcheck-removal.txt
dns_txt: _crawlcheck-removal.example.com
value: crawlcheck-removal=rmv_0123456789abcdef.89abcdef01234567
then: POST https://crawlcheck.io/api/removal/verify {id, t}
schema:
type:
- object
- 'null'
properties:
ok:
type:
- boolean
- 'null'
t:
type:
- string
- 'null'
status:
type:
- string
- 'null'
kind:
type:
- string
- 'null'
id:
type:
- string
- 'null'
type:
type:
- string
- 'null'
domain:
type:
- string
- 'null'
state:
type:
- string
- 'null'
prove:
type:
- object
- 'null'
properties:
file:
type:
- string
- 'null'
dns_txt:
type:
- string
- 'null'
value:
type:
- string
- 'null'
then:
type:
- string
- 'null'
additionalProperties: true
additionalProperties: true
x-schema-source: worked-example
'400':
description: missing or invalid field
'429':
description: rate limited
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
label: curl
source: 'curl -s -X POST https://crawlcheck.io/api/removal -H ''content-type: application/json'' -d ''{"type":"site_control","domain":"example.com"}'''
security: []
x-auth: public; no credential read
x-crawlcheck-budget:
request_body_max: 1048576
tags:
- Removal
get:
operationId: removalStatus
summary: 'The state of a removal request: verifying, review, decided, appealed, closed or…'
parameters:
- name: id
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: t
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: crawlcheck-removal-request
content:
application/json:
examples:
worked:
summary: Shape; a request in review after its address was confirmed.
value:
ok: true
kind: crawlcheck-removal-request
id: rmv_0123456789abcdef
type: personal_data
domain: example.com
state: review
created_at: '2026-10-08T04:00:00.000Z'
verified_at: '2026-10-08T04:05:00.000Z'
decide_by: '2026-11-07T04:05:00.000Z'
decision: null
appeal: null
appeal_until: null
schema:
type:
- object
- 'null'
properties:
ok:
type:
- boolean
- 'null'
kind:
type:
- string
- 'null'
id:
type:
- string
- 'null'
type:
type:
- string
- 'null'
domain:
type:
- string
- 'null'
state:
type:
- string
- 'null'
created_at:
type:
- string
- 'null'
verified_at:
type:
- string
- 'null'
decide_by:
type:
- string
- 'null'
decision: {}
appeal: {}
appeal_until: {}
additionalProperties: true
x-schema-source: worked-example
'404':
description: unknown id or wrong t
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
label: curl
source: curl -s 'https://crawlcheck.io/api/removal?id=rmv_0123456789abcdef&t=<t>'
security: []
x-auth: public; no credential read
tags:
- Removal
servers:
- url: https://crawlcheck.io
/api/removal/verify:
post:
operationId: removalVerify
summary: 'Prove a removal request: {id, t} checks the site-control token (file or TXT…'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
examples:
worked:
summary: The request behind the worked response
value:
id: rmv_0123456789abcdef
t: <t>
responses:
'200':
description: crawlcheck-removal-request
content:
application/json:
examples:
worked:
summary: Shape; site control proven, deletion run at once.
value:
ok: true
kind: crawlcheck-removal-request
id: rmv_0123456789abcdef
type: site_control
domain: example.com
state: done
decision:
decision: delete_domain
at: '2026-10-08T04:06:00.000Z'
note: null
record: null
final: true
deletion:
job: dcj:0123456789abcdef0123
state: done
record: https://crawlcheck.io/api/data/deletion?sha256=<64 hex>
schema:
type:
- object
- 'null'
properties:
ok:
type:
- boolean
- 'null'
kind:
type:
- string
- 'null'
id:
type:
- string
- 'null'
type:
type:
- string
- 'null'
domain:
type:
- string
- 'null'
state:
type:
- string
- 'null'
decision:
type:
- object
- 'null'
properties:
decision:
type:
- string
- 'null'
at:
type:
- string
- 'null'
note: {}
record: {}
final:
type:
- boolean
- 'null'
additionalProperties: true
deletion:
type:
- object
- 'null'
properties:
job:
type:
- string
- 'null'
state:
type:
- string
- 'null'
record:
type:
- string
- 'null'
additionalProperties: true
additionalProperties: true
x-schema-source: worked-example
'409':
description: token not found or wrong code
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
label: curl
source: 'curl -s -X POST https://crawlcheck.io/api/removal/verify -H ''content-type: application/json'' -d ''{"id":"rmv_0123456789abcdef","t":"<t>"}'''
security: []
x-auth: public; no credential read
x-crawlcheck-budget:
request_body_max: 1048576
tags:
- Removal
servers:
- url: https://crawlcheck.io
/api/removal/appeal:
post:
operationId: removalAppeal
summary: 'Appeal a removal decision once, within 30 days: {id, t, reason}.'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
examples:
worked:
summary: The request behind the worked response
value:
id: rmv_0123456789abcdef
t: <t>
reason: My phone number is also on the report.
responses:
'200':
description: crawlcheck-removal-request
content:
application/json:
examples:
worked:
summary: Shape; one appeal per decision, within 30 days.
value:
ok: true
kind: crawlcheck-removal-request
id: rmv_0123456789abcdef
type: personal_data
domain: example.com
state: appealed
decide_by: '2026-12-07T04:00:00.000Z'
appeal:
at: '2026-11-07T04:00:00.000Z'
decide_by: '2026-12-07T04:00:00.000Z'
schema:
type:
- object
- 'null'
properties:
ok:
type:
- boolean
- 'null'
kind:
type:
- string
- 'null'
id:
type:
- string
- 'null'
type:
type:
- string
- 'null'
domain:
type:
- string
- 'null'
state:
type:
- string
- 'null'
decide_by:
type:
- string
- 'null'
appeal:
type:
- object
- 'null'
properties:
at:
type:
- string
- 'null'
decide_by:
type:
- string
- 'null'
additionalProperties: true
additionalProperties: true
x-schema-source: worked-example
'409':
description: nothing to appeal or already appealed
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
label: curl
source: 'curl -s -X POST https://crawlcheck.io/api/removal/appeal -H ''content-type: application/json'' -d ''{"id":"rmv_0123456789abcdef","t":"<t>","reason":"..."}'''
security: []
x-auth: public; no credential read
x-crawlcheck-budget:
request_body_max: 1048576
tags:
- Removal
servers:
- url: https://crawlcheck.io
/api/removal/record:
get:
operationId: removalRecord
summary: 'A signed removal record: what was done in counts, and the sealed digests that…'
parameters:
- name: sha256
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: crawlcheck-removal-record
'404':
description: unknown digest
content:
application/json:
examples:
worked:
summary: 'An unknown digest; a real one returns the signed removal record: counts and the sealed digests that stay, never the removed text.'
value:
ok: false
error: No removal record with that digest.
schema:
type:
- object
- 'null'
properties:
ok:
type:
- boolean
- 'null'
error:
type:
- string
- 'null'
additionalProperties: true
x-schema-source: worked-example
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
label: curl
source: curl -s 'https://crawlcheck.io/api/removal/record?sha256=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
security: []
x-auth: public; no credential read
tags:
- Removal
servers:
- url: https://crawlcheck.io
components:
securitySchemes:
licenceKey:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: x-crawlcheck-key
description: 'Your licence key: cc_ followed by 32 hex characters. Sent on every keyed call.'
bearer:
type: http
scheme: bearer
description: The same licence key as a Bearer token. Accepted on /api/v1/* and /api/usage.
externalDocs:
url: https://crawlcheck.io/docs/api
description: Human-readable reference
x-refined-from:
- crawlcheck-io-openapi.json
- crawlcheck-io-openapi.yml