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dotCMS Containers API

Endpoints for managing Container objects and their content

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 21

PUT /api/v1/containers/_archive Archives a container #
PUT /api/v1/containers/_bulkarchive Archives multiple containers #
DELETE /api/v1/containers/_bulkdelete Deletes multiple containers #
PUT /api/v1/containers/_bulkpublish Publishes multiple containers #
PUT /api/v1/containers/_bulkunarchive Unarchives multiple containers #
PUT /api/v1/containers/_bulkunpublish Unpublishes multiple containers #
GET /api/v1/containers/{containerId}/content/{contentletId} Renders content HTML within a container #
GET /api/v1/containers/content/{contentletId} Renders content HTML with container ID as query param #
GET /api/v1/containers/{containerId}/form/{formId} Renders a form within a container #
GET /api/v1/containers/form/{formId} Renders a form with container ID as query param #
POST /api/v1/containers/{id}/_copy Copies a container to the current host #
GET /api/v1/containers Retrieves a paginated list of Containers #
PUT /api/v1/containers Updates an existing container #
POST /api/v1/containers Creates a new container #
DELETE /api/v1/containers Deletes a container #
GET /api/v1/containers/live Retrieves a live container by ID #
GET /api/v1/containers/working Retrieves a working container by ID #
PUT /api/v1/containers/_publish Publishes a container #
DELETE /api/v1/containers/delete/{containerId}/content/{contentletId}/uid/{uid} Removes content from a container #
PUT /api/v1/containers/_unarchive Unarchives a container #
PUT /api/v1/containers/_unpublish Unpublishes a container #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://dev.dotcms.com/docs/build/apis/api-basics/rest-apis
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APIReference
https://dev.dotcms.com/docs/build/apis/rest-apis/api-playground

Specifications

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

Other Resources

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DeveloperPortal
https://dev.dotcms.com/
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ErrorCatalog
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dotcms/refs/heads/main/errors/dotcms-problem-types.yml
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DataModel
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dotcms/refs/heads/main/data-model/dotcms-data-model.yml
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Conventions
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dotcms/refs/heads/main/conventions/dotcms-conventions.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

dotcms-containers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: dotCMS REST Containers API
  version: '3'
  description: Endpoints for managing Container objects and their content
servers:
- url: /
  description: dotCMS Server
tags:


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