GS1

GS1 Discovery API

Endpoints to obtain information about the endpoint, such as EPCIS and CBV versions or custom vocabularies.

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Operations 30

OPTIONS / Query server settings, EPCIS version(s) and related vocabularies/standards #
GET / Returns the list of top level resources available for this EPCIS repository #
OPTIONS /capture Discover the settings of the capture interface #
OPTIONS /capture/{captureID} Query the metadata of the capture job endpoint #
OPTIONS /events Query metadata for the EPCIS events endpoint #
OPTIONS /events/{eventID} Query metadata for the endpoint to access an individual EPCIS event #
OPTIONS /eventTypes Query metadata for the EPCIS event types endpoint #
GET /eventTypes Returns all EPCIS event types currently available in the EPCIS repository #
OPTIONS /eventTypes/{eventType} Query metadata of the EPCIS event type endpoint #
OPTIONS /eventTypes/{eventType}/events Query the metadata of the endpoint to access EPCIS events by event type #
OPTIONS /epcs Query metadata related to the electronic product codes endpoint #
OPTIONS /epcs/{epc} Query metadata of the electronic product code #
OPTIONS /epcs/{epc}/events Query the metadata of the endpoint to access EPCIS events by EPC in a URN or… #
OPTIONS /bizSteps Query metadata related to the business steps endpoint #
OPTIONS /bizSteps/{bizStep} Query metadata of the endpoint to access an individual business step #
OPTIONS /bizSteps/{bizStep}/events Query the metadata of the endpoint to access EPCIS events by business step #
OPTIONS /bizLocations Query the metadata related to the business locations endpoint #
OPTIONS /bizLocations/{bizLocation} Query the metadata of the endpoint to access an individual business location #
OPTIONS /bizLocations/{bizLocation}/events Query the metadata of the endpoint to access EPCIS events by business location #
OPTIONS /readPoints Query the metadata related to the read points endpoint #
OPTIONS /readPoints/{readPoint} Query the metadata of the endpoint to access an individual read point #
OPTIONS /readPoints/{readPoint}/events Query the metadata of the endpoint to access EPCIS events by read point #
OPTIONS /dispositions Query the metadata related to the dispositions endpoint #
OPTIONS /dispositions/{disposition} Query the metadata of the endpoint to access an individual disposition #
OPTIONS /dispositions/{disposition}/events Query the metadata of the endpoint to access EPCIS events by disposition #
OPTIONS /queries Query the metadata of the EPCIS queries endpoint #
OPTIONS /queries/{queryName} Query the metadata of the named queries endpoint #
OPTIONS /queries/{queryName}/subscriptions Query the metadata of the subscriptions endpoint #
OPTIONS /queries/{queryName}/subscriptions/{subscriptionID} Query the metadata of the endpoint for an individual subscription #
OPTIONS /queries/{queryName}/events Query the metadata of the EPCIS events query result endpoint #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.gs1.org/standards/epcis

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gs1/refs/heads/main/openapi/gs1-discovery-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gs1/refs/heads/main/json-schema/gs1-epcis-json-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gs1/refs/heads/main/json-schema/gs1-epcis-query-schema.json

Other Resources

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Specification
https://ref.gs1.org/standards/epcis/2.0.1/
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Artefacts
https://ref.gs1.org/standards/epcis/artefacts
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Vocabulary
https://ref.gs1.org/cbv/
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SourceCode
https://github.com/gs1/EPCIS

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OpenAPI Specification

gs1-discovery-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 2.0.1
  title: EPCIS 2.0 REST Bindings Discovery API
  license:
    name: Apache2
  description: Endpoints to obtain information about the endpoint, such as EPCIS and CBV versions or custom vocabularies.
tags:


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