DatoCMS

DatoCMS Items API

The Items API from DatoCMS — 3 operation(s) for items.

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Operations 6

GET /items List items (records) #
POST /items Create an item #
GET /items/{itemId} Retrieve an item #
PUT /items/{itemId} Update an item #
DELETE /items/{itemId} Delete an item #
PUT /items/{itemId}/publish Publish an item #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api
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Authentication
https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/authentication

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/datocms/refs/heads/main/openapi/datocms-items-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/datocms/refs/heads/main/json-schema/item.json

Other Resources

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Hyperschema
https://site-api.datocms.com/docs/site-api-hyperschema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

datocms-items-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: DatoCMS Content Management Environments Items API
  description: The DatoCMS Content Management API (CMA) is a JSON:API-based REST API for managing content, schema, uploads, environments, and configuration on a DatoCMS project. It exposes 150+ endpoints across 40+ resources for items, item types, fields, uploads, sites, environments, webhooks, plugins, workflows, and roles. For public content delivery, DatoCMS recommends the Content Delivery API GraphQL endpoint instead.
  version: 3.0.0
  contact:
    name: DatoCMS
    url: https://www.datocms.com/support
servers:
- url: https://site-api.datocms.com
  description: DatoCMS production CMA
security:
- apiTokenAuth: []
tags:
- name: Items
paths:
  /items:
    get:
      operationId: listItems
      summary: List items (records)
      tags:
      - Items
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PageOffset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PageLimit'
      - name: filter[type]
        in: query
        description: Item type API key or ID to filter by.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Collection of items
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ItemListResponse'
    post:
      operationId: createItem
      summary: Create an item
      tags:
      - Items
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/vnd.api+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ItemRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created item
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ItemResponse'
  /items/{itemId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ItemId'
    get:
      operationId: getItem
      summary: Retrieve an item
      tags:
      - Items
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Item
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ItemResponse'
    put:
      operationId: updateItem
      summary: Update an item
      tags:
      - Items
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/vnd.api+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ItemRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Updated item
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ItemResponse'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteItem
      summary: Delete an item
      tags:
      - Items
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Deleted
  /items/{itemId}/publish:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ItemId'
    put:
      operationId: publishItem
      summary: Publish an item
      tags:
      - Items
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Published
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ItemResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    ItemResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonApiResource'
    ItemListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonApiResource'
        meta:
          type: object
    JsonApiResource:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - id
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        attributes:
          type: object
        relationships:
          type: object
        meta:
          type: object
    ItemRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonApiResource'
  parameters:
    PageOffset:
      name: page[offset]
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 0
    PageLimit:
      name: page[limit]
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 500
    ItemId:
      name: itemId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    apiTokenAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API token
externalDocs:
  description: DatoCMS CMA documentation
  url: https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api