CrawlCheck Snapshot API

The Snapshot API from CrawlCheck — 2 operation(s) for snapshot.

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Operations 2

GET /api/v1/snapshot The daily signed snapshot of every public Resolve answer: the latest manifest… #
GET /api/v1/snapshot/{id}/{file} One file of a finished snapshot: manifest.json (signed crawlcheck-snapshot… #

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OpenAPI Specification

crawlcheck-io-snapshot-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Crawlcheck Io Snapshot 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 Snapshot 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: Snapshot
paths:
  /api/v1/snapshot:
    get:
      operationId: resolveSnapshotIndex
      summary: 'The daily signed snapshot of every public Resolve answer: the latest manifest…'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: crawlcheck-snapshot-index
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                worked:
                  summary: Shape of the index with one finished snapshot; not a measurement.
                  value:
                    kind: crawlcheck-snapshot-index
                    v: 1
                    generated_at: '2026-10-08T07:00:00.000Z'
                    reading: A daily, signed copy of every public Resolve answer, for mirroring and bulk use. Download the latest manifest, then each part it lists; every line is a ResolveV1 answer you can verify on its own.
                    license: CC BY 4.0
                    latest:
                      id: 2026-10-07-3fa91c
                      day: '2026-10-07'
                      records: 2400
                      parts: 4
                      finished_at: '2026-10-07T21:17:40.000Z'
                      manifest: https://crawlcheck.io/api/v1/snapshot/2026-10-07-3fa91c/manifest.json
                      manifest_sha256: 9c1e0d4f2b7a5e8813c6a0f4d2b9e7c15a3f8e6d4c2b0a9f8e7d6c5b4a3f2e1d
                    in_progress: null
                    snapshots:
                    - id: 2026-10-07-3fa91c
                      day: '2026-10-07'
                      records: 2400
                      parts: 4
                      finished_at: '2026-10-07T21:17:40.000Z'
                      manifest_sha256: 9c1e0d4f2b7a5e8813c6a0f4d2b9e7c15a3f8e6d4c2b0a9f8e7d6c5b4a3f2e1d
                      manifest: https://crawlcheck.io/api/v1/snapshot/2026-10-07-3fa91c/manifest.json
                    verifier: https://crawlcheck.io/crawlcheck-verify.mjs
                    docs: https://crawlcheck.io/docs/api#snapshot
              schema:
                type:
                - object
                - 'null'
                properties:
                  kind:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  v:
                    type:
                    - number
                    - 'null'
                  generated_at:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  reading:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  license:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  latest:
                    type:
                    - object
                    - 'null'
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      day:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      records:
                        type:
                        - number
                        - 'null'
                      parts:
                        type:
                        - number
                        - 'null'
                      finished_at:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      manifest:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      manifest_sha256:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                    additionalProperties: true
                  in_progress: {}
                  snapshots:
                    type:
                    - array
                    - 'null'
                    items:
                      type:
                      - object
                      - 'null'
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        day:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        records:
                          type:
                          - number
                          - 'null'
                        parts:
                          type:
                          - number
                          - 'null'
                        finished_at:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        manifest_sha256:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        manifest:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                      additionalProperties: true
                  verifier:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  docs:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                additionalProperties: true
                x-schema-source: worked-example
      x-codeSamples:
      - lang: Shell
        label: curl
        source: curl -s 'https://crawlcheck.io/api/v1/snapshot'
      security: []
      x-auth: public; no credential read
      tags:
      - Snapshot
    servers:
    - url: https://crawlcheck.io
  /api/v1/snapshot/{id}/{file}:
    get:
      operationId: resolveSnapshotFile
      summary: 'One file of a finished snapshot: manifest.json (signed crawlcheck-snapshot…'
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: file
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: manifest.json or a gzip part
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                worked:
                  summary: 'Shape of a manifest (signature shortened); not a measurement. Parts are fetched the same way: /api/v1/snapshot/{id}/part-0001.ndjson.gz.'
                  value:
                    kind: crawlcheck-snapshot
                    v: 1
                    snapshot: 2026-10-07-3fa91c
                    day: '2026-10-07'
                    started_at: '2026-10-07T18:17:02.000Z'
                    finished_at: '2026-10-07T21:17:40.000Z'
                    records: 2400
                    read: 2456
                    skipped:
                      opted_out: 3
                      not_measured: 0
                      stale: 53
                      unsigned: 0
                    parts:
                    - path: part-0001.ndjson.gz
                      records: 600
                      bytes: 912345
                      sha256: 4b1f0e2d3c4a5b6c7d8e9f00112233445566778899aabbccddeeff0011223344
                    record_kind: crawlcheck-resolve
                    license: CC BY 4.0
                    base: https://crawlcheck.io/api/v1/snapshot/2026-10-07-3fa91c/
                    sha256: 9c1e0d4f2b7a5e8813c6a0f4d2b9e7c15a3f8e6d4c2b0a9f8e7d6c5b4a3f2e1d
                    signature:
                      v: 1
                      alg: Ed25519
                      kid: …
                      over: sha256
                      sig: …
              schema:
                type:
                - object
                - 'null'
                properties:
                  kind:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  v:
                    type:
                    - number
                    - 'null'
                  snapshot:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  day:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  started_at:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  finished_at:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  records:
                    type:
                    - number
                    - 'null'
                  read:
                    type:
                    - number
                    - 'null'
                  skipped:
                    type:
                    - object
                    - 'null'
                    properties:
                      opted_out:
                        type:
                        - number
                        - 'null'
                      not_measured:
                        type:
                        - number
                        - 'null'
                      stale:
                        type:
                        - number
                        - 'null'
                      unsigned:
                        type:
                        - number
                        - 'null'
                    additionalProperties: true
                  parts:
                    type:
                    - array
                    - 'null'
                    items:
                      type:
                      - object
                      - 'null'
                      properties:
                        path:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        records:
                          type:
                          - number
                          - 'null'
                        bytes:
                          type:
                          - number
                          - 'null'
                        sha256:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                      additionalProperties: true
                  record_kind:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  license:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  base:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  sha256:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  signature:
                    type:
                    - object
                    - 'null'
                    properties:
                      v:
                        type:
                        - number
                        - 'null'
                      alg:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      kid: {}
                      over:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      sig: {}
                    additionalProperties: true
                additionalProperties: true
                x-schema-source: worked-example
        '404':
          description: unknown or deleted snapshot file
      x-codeSamples:
      - lang: Shell
        label: curl
        source: curl -s 'https://crawlcheck.io/api/v1/snapshot/2026-10-07-3fa91c/manifest.json' -o manifest.json && node crawlcheck-verify.mjs manifest.json
      security: []
      x-auth: public; no credential read
      tags:
      - Snapshot
    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