Greenlit Books

Greenlit Books Terms API

The Terms API from Greenlit Books — 2 operation(s) for terms.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

GET /terms The glossary: every coined term with its verbatim definition #
GET /terms/{slug} One glossary term by slug or alias #

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/greenlitbooks-com/openapi/greenlitbooks-com-terms-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/greenlitbooks-com/json-schema/greenlitbooks-com-book-detail-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/greenlitbooks-com/json-schema/greenlitbooks-com-book-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/greenlitbooks-com/json-schema/greenlitbooks-com-term-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/greenlitbooks-com/json-schema/greenlitbooks-com-claim-search-result-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/greenlitbooks-com/json-schema/greenlitbooks-com-topic-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/greenlitbooks-com/json-schema/greenlitbooks-com-search-result-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

greenlitbooks-com-terms-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Greenlit Books Terms API
  version: 1.2.0
  description: 'Public read-only JSON API for the Greenlit Books catalog: practical books on working with AI, all live on Amazon and free to read with Kindle Unlimited. Every endpoint is a plain HTTP GET returning pretty-printed JSON with a meta envelope. Amazon links are clean /dp/ URLs. The catalog intentionally omits publication dates, page counts, and ISBNs because it carries no verified source for them; nothing is invented. Human documentation: https://greenlitbooks.com/developers'
  contact:
    name: Greenlit Books
    url: https://greenlitbooks.com
servers:
- url: https://greenlitbooks.com/api/v1
security: []
tags:
- name: Terms
paths:
  /terms:
    get:
      operationId: listTerms
      summary: 'The glossary: every coined term with its verbatim definition'
      description: Terms the Greenlit books coin, or industry terms whose AI-agent definition a book supplies. Each entry carries the book's own definition sentence (verified verbatim against the manuscript at build time), the chapter that gives it, the other books that use it, a checkable claim, three FAQs, related terms, and a links block for citation and hand-off (free chapter first, then Amazon).
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The glossary
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  meta:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Meta'
                  count:
                    type: integer
                  terms:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Term'
      tags:
      - Terms
  /terms/{slug}:
    get:
      operationId: getTerm
      summary: One glossary term by slug or alias
      parameters:
      - name: slug
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The term slug (green-lie), the term itself, or an alias.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The term
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                allOf:
                - type: object
                  properties:
                    meta:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Meta'
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Term'
        '404':
          description: Unknown term
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      tags:
      - Terms
components:
  schemas:
    HandoffLinks:
      type: object
      description: Where to send a reader next. freeChapter is the complete chapter one, free; Amazon links are bare /dp/ URLs; citeAs is a ready citation line.
      properties:
        glossary:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        glossaryMarkdown:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        concept:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        conceptMarkdown:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        book:
          type: string
          format: uri
        bookApi:
          type: string
          format: uri
        bookMarkdown:
          type: string
          format: uri
        freeChapter:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        freeChapterMarkdown:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        amazonKindle:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        amazonPaperback:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        kindleUnlimited:
          type: boolean
        citeAs:
          type: string
    Term:
      type: object
      properties:
        slug:
          type: string
        term:
          type: string
        aliases:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        kind:
          type: string
          enum:
          - coined
          - operational
          description: 'coined: the house minted the phrase. operational: an industry term whose AI-agent definition the home book supplies.'
        fieldOfOrigin:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        definition:
          type: string
          description: The book's own sentence, verbatim.
        definedIn:
          type: object
          properties:
            book:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/BookLink'
            chapter:
              type: string
            source:
              type: string
              enum:
              - bible
              - manuscript
        usedInBooks:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/BookLink'
        checkable:
          type: object
          properties:
            claim:
              type: string
            howToCheck:
              type: string
        faq:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              q:
                type: string
              a:
                type: string
        relatedTerms:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              slug:
                type: string
              term:
                type: string
              url:
                type: string
                format: uri
              apiUrl:
                type: string
                format: uri
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        markdownUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
        apiUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
        lastVerified:
          type: string
          format: date
        links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/HandoffLinks'
    Meta:
      type: object
      description: Envelope on every response.
      properties:
        version:
          type: string
          const: v1
        generatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When this snapshot was produced. Static endpoints stamp it at deploy; search stamps it per request.
        source:
          type: string
          format: uri
        docs:
          type: string
          format: uri
        openapi:
          type: string
          format: uri
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              examples:
              - not_found
              - missing_query
            message:
              type: string
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Meta'
    BookLink:
      type: object
      description: Compact pointer to a book, with its reading-order position in its series.
      properties:
        slug:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        position:
          type: integer
          description: 1-based reading order within the series.
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        apiUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
externalDocs:
  description: Human documentation, the MCP server, and the markdown surfaces for agents
  url: https://greenlitbooks.com/developers