Stream Application API

Application-level utilities such as rate limits and search.

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OpenAPI Specification

getstream-application-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Stream Chat API (Server-side REST) Application API
  description: 'Server-side REST API for Stream (GetStream.io) Chat. This is a curated subset of Stream''s published Chat protocol (https://getstream.github.io/protocol), grounding the endpoints modeled in the API Evangelist catalog against the real base URL and paths. The Chat API is addressed at https://chat.stream-io-api.com. Every request carries the application `api_key` as a query parameter and is authenticated with a JWT sent in the `Authorization` header together with a `Stream-Auth-Type: jwt` header. Server-side tokens (no `user_id` claim) are used for the operations in this document; client tokens are used to open the real-time WebSocket connection modeled in the companion AsyncAPI document.

    Path and method choices here are taken from Stream''s official chat-openapi.yaml (github.com/GetStream/protocol). Request and response bodies are represented generically; consult the linked protocol reference for the full schemas.'
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: API Evangelist
    url: https://apievangelist.com
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
  license:
    name: API documentation - Stream Terms
    url: https://getstream.io/legal/terms/
servers:
- url: https://chat.stream-io-api.com
  description: Stream Chat API (edge, global)
security:
- JWT: []
  ApiKey: []
tags:
- name: Application
  description: Application-level utilities such as rate limits and search.
paths:
  /search:
    get:
      operationId: Search
      tags:
      - Application
      summary: Search messages
      description: Full-text search of messages across an application's channels.
      parameters:
      - name: payload
        in: query
        description: URL-encoded JSON search request (filter_conditions, query, sort, limit).
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
  /rate_limits:
    get:
      operationId: GetRateLimits
      tags:
      - Application
      summary: Get rate limits
      description: Return the rate limit quotas and current usage for the application, optionally filtered by platform and endpoint.
      parameters:
      - name: server_side
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: android
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: ios
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: web
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: endpoints
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Rate limit quotas per platform and endpoint.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  securitySchemes:
    JWT:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: 'A Stream JWT sent in the `Authorization` header. Server-side tokens omit the `user_id` claim; a `Stream-Auth-Type: jwt` header must accompany the request.'
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
      description: The application API key, sent as the `api_key` query parameter on every request.