DEV Community Display Ads API
Endpoints for managing display advertisements on the platform. Requires admin-level API key.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Dev.to Forem Display Ads API
description: The Dev.to Forem API (v1) is a RESTful API that provides programmatic access to the Dev.to developer community platform, which is built on the open-source Forem framework.
version: 1.0.0
contact:
name: Forem Support
url: https://forem.com
termsOfService: https://dev.to/terms
servers:
- url: https://dev.to/api
description: Dev.to Production Server
security:
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Display Ads
description: Endpoints for managing display advertisements on the platform. Requires admin-level API key.
paths:
/display_ads:
get:
operationId: getDisplayAds
summary: Display ads
description: Retrieves all display ads. Requires admin-level API key.
tags:
- Display Ads
responses:
'200':
description: A list of display ads
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DisplayAd'
'401':
description: Unauthorized
post:
operationId: createDisplayAd
summary: Create display ad
description: Creates a new display ad. Requires admin-level API key.
tags:
- Display Ads
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DisplayAd'
responses:
'201':
description: Display ad created
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DisplayAd'
'401':
description: Unauthorized
'422':
description: Unprocessable Entity
/display_ads/{id}:
get:
operationId: getDisplayAdById
summary: Display ad
description: Retrieves a single display ad by ID. Requires admin-level API key.
tags:
- Display Ads
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: integer
description: The ID of the display ad.
responses:
'200':
description: The requested display ad
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DisplayAd'
'401':
description: Unauthorized
'404':
description: Display ad not found
put:
operationId: updateDisplayAd
summary: Update display ad
description: Updates an existing display ad. Requires admin-level API key.
tags:
- Display Ads
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: integer
description: The ID of the display ad.
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DisplayAd'
responses:
'200':
description: Display ad updated
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DisplayAd'
'401':
description: Unauthorized
'404':
description: Display ad not found
'422':
description: Unprocessable Entity
/display_ads/{id}/unpublish:
put:
operationId: unpublishDisplayAd
summary: Unpublish display ad
description: Unpublishes a display ad by ID. Requires admin-level API key.
tags:
- Display Ads
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: integer
description: The ID of the display ad.
responses:
'204':
description: Display ad unpublished
'401':
description: Unauthorized
'404':
description: Display ad not found
components:
schemas:
DisplayAd:
type: object
description: A display advertisement on the platform.
properties:
id:
type: integer
description: The unique identifier of the display ad.
name:
type: string
description: The name of the display ad.
body_markdown:
type: string
description: The ad content in Markdown format.
approved:
type: boolean
description: Whether the ad has been approved for display.
published:
type: boolean
description: Whether the ad is currently published.
organization_id:
type: integer
nullable: true
description: The organization ID the ad belongs to.
placement_area:
type: string
description: Where on the page the ad should be displayed.
tag_list:
type: string
description: Comma-separated tags for targeting the ad.
display_to:
type: string
enum:
- all
- logged_in
- logged_out
description: Who should see the ad.
type_of:
type: string
description: The type of display ad (e.g. in_house, community, external).
securitySchemes:
apiKey:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: api-key
description: API key obtained from the DEV.to settings page. Pass in the api-key header for authenticated requests.
externalDocs:
description: Forem API V1 Documentation
url: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1