Herald Applications API

The Applications API from Herald — 2 operation(s) for applications.

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herald-applications-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Herald Applications API
  description: Herald is a unified REST API for commercial insurance. A single integration lets software platforms create applications, submit them to many carriers, and retrieve normalized quotes, products, classifications, distributors, producers, and files. Requests are authenticated with an OAuth2 client-credentials bearer token; an API key may also be supplied directly as a bearer token. The API is resource-oriented with JSON request and response bodies and standard HTTP status codes.
  termsOfService: https://www.heraldapi.com
  contact:
    name: Herald Support
    url: https://docs.heraldapi.com
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.heraldapi.com
  description: Production
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Applications
paths:
  /applications:
    post:
      operationId: createApplication
      tags:
      - Applications
      summary: Create an application
      description: Create an application for one or more products. Herald returns the set of risk_values and coverage_values (questions) the selected products require so they can be answered before submission.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApplicationCreateRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The application was created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Application'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
  /applications/{application_id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApplicationId'
    get:
      operationId: getApplication
      tags:
      - Applications
      summary: Retrieve an application
      description: Retrieve a single application, including its current risk and coverage values.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested application.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Application'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    put:
      operationId: updateApplication
      tags:
      - Applications
      summary: Update an application
      description: Update an application by submitting values for its risk_values and coverage_values. Conditional questions may be revealed as values are supplied until the application is complete.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApplicationUpdateRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated application.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Application'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
components:
  schemas:
    ParameterValue:
      type: object
      properties:
        parameter_id:
          type: string
          example: rsk_b3jm_2017_naics_index
        value: {}
    ApplicationCreateRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - products
      properties:
        products:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            example: prd_m3qr_herald_general_liability
    ApplicationUpdateRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        risk_values:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParameterValue'
        coverage_values:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParameterValue'
    Application:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          example: app_a1b2c3
        status:
          type: string
          example: incomplete
        products:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            example: prd_m3qr_herald_general_liability
        risk_values:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParameterValue'
        coverage_values:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParameterValue'
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
          example: 422
        title:
          type: string
          example: Unprocessable Entity
        detail:
          type: string
          example: One or more parameter values are invalid.
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication credentials were missing or invalid.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    UnprocessableEntity:
      description: The request was well-formed but contained invalid values.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  parameters:
    ApplicationId:
      name: application_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier of the application.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: Send an API key or an access token from /auth/token in the Authorization header as `Bearer <token>`. Access tokens are obtained via the OAuth2 client-credentials grant and expire after 24 hours.