Department of Better Technology Projects API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Screendoor Files Projects 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: Projects
  description: Manage projects (forms and their workflow) within a site.
paths:
  /sites/{site_id}/projects:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SiteId'
    get:
      operationId: listProjects
      summary: List projects
      description: Returns a paginated list of the projects belonging to a site.
      tags:
      - Projects
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PerPage'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of projects.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Project'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    post:
      operationId: createProject
      summary: Create a project
      description: Creates a new project within the site.
      tags:
      - Projects
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProjectWrite'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The created project.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Project'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
  /sites/{site_id}/projects/{project_id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SiteId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ProjectId'
    get:
      operationId: getProject
      summary: Retrieve a project
      description: Returns a single project by id.
      tags:
      - Projects
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested project.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Project'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    put:
      operationId: updateProject
      summary: Update a project
      description: Updates the attributes of an existing project.
      tags:
      - Projects
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProjectWrite'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated project.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Project'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteProject
      summary: Delete a project
      description: Permanently deletes a project.
      tags:
      - Projects
      responses:
        '204':
          description: The project was deleted.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  responses:
    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'
    UnprocessableEntity:
      description: The request was well-formed but failed validation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
  schemas:
    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
    ProjectWrite:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
          nullable: true
    Project:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        sequential_id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        slug:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        summary:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        specifics:
          type: object
        visibility:
          type: string
          example: not_posted
        responses_due_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          nullable: true
        enable_qa:
          type: boolean
        questions_due_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          nullable: true
        require_registration:
          type: boolean
        key_response_field_id:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        submitted_responses_count:
          type: integer
        show_respondents:
          type: boolean
        show_askers:
          type: boolean
        email_responses:
          type: integer
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable error message.
  parameters:
    PerPage:
      name: per_page
      in: query
      description: The number of records per page (max 100).
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 25
        maximum: 100
    ProjectId:
      name: project_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The id of the project.
      schema:
        type: integer
    SiteId:
      name: site_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The id of the site.
      schema:
        type: integer
    Page:
      name: page
      in: query
      description: The page of results to return.
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 1
  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.