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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Crawlcheck Io Said 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 Said 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: Said
paths:
/api/v1/said:
get:
operationId: saidV1
summary: Proof of what a site said on a date (said1).
parameters:
- name: url
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: date
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
format: date
- name: text
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
maxLength: 500
responses:
'200':
description: crawlcheck-said
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
examples:
worked:
summary: Shape from the build harness on 2026-10-22; the signature block is abbreviated.
value:
kind: crawlcheck-said
v: 1
url: https://example.com/robots.txt
domain: example.com
date_asked: '2026-10-22'
observed_at: '2026-10-22T14:02:11.000Z'
exact_day: true
nearest_before: false
report: https://crawlcheck.io/r/abc123def4
record_id: abc123def4
found: true
served:
sha256: 9f2c…
status: 200
content_type: text/plain
bytes: 214
identity: crawlcheck
role: machine_file
final_url: https://example.com/robots.txt
passage:
text: Disallow
present: true
context: 'user-agent: * disallow: /admin'
proof:
record_digest:
ok: true
seal:
ok: true
root: …
date: '2026-10-22'
manifest_signature:
ok: true
manifest_stored:
ok: true
manifest_sha256: …
verify: https://crawlcheck.io/api/verify?id=abc123def4
day_root: https://crawlcheck.io/proof/2026-10-22
signature:
alg: ed25519
kid: …
'404':
description: no reading held for that URL and date
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
label: curl
source: curl -s 'https://crawlcheck.io/api/v1/said?url=example.com/robots.txt&date=2026-10-22&text=Disallow'
security: []
x-auth: public; no credential read
tags:
- Said
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