Department of Better Technology Labels API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Screendoor Files Labels API
  description: The Screendoor API from the Department of Better Technology (CityBase Screendoor) lets you programmatically manage online forms, submissions ("responses"), evaluation workflows, statuses, labels, and assignments. Screendoor is used by government agencies and organizations to build paperless forms and manage intake, review, and approval processes. All endpoints are relative to the base URL and authenticated with an API key passed as the `api_key` URL parameter.
  version: '1'
  contact:
    name: Department of Better Technology (CityBase)
    url: https://help.dobt.co/
  x-api-version-header: 'Api-Version: 1'
  x-provenance:
    generated: '2026-07-18'
    method: generated
    source: https://dobtco.github.io/screendoor-api-docs/
servers:
- url: https://screendoor.dobt.co/api
  description: Screendoor production API
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Labels
  description: Manage labels used to tag responses within a project.
paths:
  /projects/{project_id}/labels:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ProjectId'
    get:
      operationId: listLabels
      summary: List labels
      description: Returns the labels defined for a project.
      tags:
      - Labels
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of labels.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProjectLabel'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    post:
      operationId: createLabel
      summary: Create a label
      description: Creates a new label for the project.
      tags:
      - Labels
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProjectLabelWrite'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The created label.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProjectLabel'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
  /projects/{project_id}/labels/{name}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ProjectId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PathName'
    get:
      operationId: getLabel
      summary: Retrieve a label
      description: Returns a single label by name.
      tags:
      - Labels
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested label.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProjectLabel'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    put:
      operationId: updateLabel
      summary: Update a label
      description: Updates the name or color of a label.
      tags:
      - Labels
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProjectLabelWrite'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated label.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProjectLabel'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteLabel
      summary: Delete a label
      description: Removes a label from the project.
      tags:
      - Labels
      responses:
        '204':
          description: The label was deleted.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  schemas:
    ProjectLabel:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        color:
          type: string
          description: Hex color without leading '#'.
        responses_count:
          type: integer
    ValidationError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
        errors:
          type: object
          description: Map of field name to an array of validation messages.
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
    ProjectLabelWrite:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        color:
          type: string
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable error message.
  responses:
    UnprocessableEntity:
      description: The request was well-formed but failed validation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
    Unauthorized:
      description: The API key is missing or invalid.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  parameters:
    PathName:
      name: name
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The name of the resource (URL-encoded).
      schema:
        type: string
    ProjectId:
      name: project_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The id of the project.
      schema:
        type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
      description: Your Screendoor API key, obtained in Screendoor under Settings -> API Keys, passed as the `api_key` URL parameter on every request.