Gather Maps API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Gather HTTP Guestlist Maps API
  version: '2.0'
  description: The Gather HTTP API lets you read and write the map/room data of a Gather space and manage its email guestlist programmatically, enabling dynamically and programmatically generated maps. Authentication is via an API key generated at https://gather.town/apiKeys; the caller must have Admin or Builder permission on the space being modified. This description was reconstructed by the API Evangelist enrichment pipeline from Gather's official public documentation (Notion HTTP API reference) and the gathertown/api-examples repository — it captures the documented, verified operations and is not an official Gather OpenAPI document.
  x-provenance:
    generated: '2026-07-19'
    method: derived
    source:
    - https://gathertown.notion.site/Gather-HTTP-API-3bbf6c59325f40aca7ef5ce14c677444
    - https://github.com/gathertown/api-examples
  contact:
    name: Gather Support
    url: https://support.gather.town/
servers:
- url: https://api.gather.town
  description: Gather HTTP API
security:
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Maps
  description: Read and write the map/room data of a space
paths:
  /api/v2/spaces/{spaceId}/maps/{mapId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SpaceId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/MapId'
    get:
      operationId: getMap
      summary: Get map
      description: Retrieve the full map/room data for a given map within a space.
      tags:
      - Maps
      parameters:
      - name: useV2Map
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
        description: Return the v2 map representation.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The map document.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Map'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    post:
      operationId: setMap
      summary: Set map
      description: Overwrite the map/room data for a given map within a space. The request body carries the new map content (background image, objects, spawns, impassable tiles, and more).
      tags:
      - Maps
      parameters:
      - name: useV2Map
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                content:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Map'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Map updated.
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Malformed request (invalid body or parameters).
    NotFound:
      description: The referenced space or map was not found.
    Forbidden:
      description: The API key lacks permission on the target space.
  schemas:
    Map:
      type: object
      description: Gather map/room document.
      properties:
        backgroundImagePath:
          type: string
        spawns:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        objects:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        collisions:
          type: string
  parameters:
    SpaceId:
      name: spaceId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: The space identifier (URL-encoded; contains a backslash-delimited id).
    MapId:
      name: mapId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: The map/room identifier within the space.
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: apiKey
      description: API key generated at https://gather.town/apiKeys, sent in the apiKey request header. The associated user must have Admin or Builder permission on the target space.