IAB Tech Lab

IAB Tech Lab Core API

Health check and API root

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Operations 5

GET / Root #

GET /health Health #

GET /api/v1/inventory-sync/status Get Inventory Sync Status #

POST /api/v1/inventory-sync/trigger Trigger Inventory Sync #

GET /api/v1/inventory-sync/watermark Get Sync Watermark #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Ad Seller System Core API
  description: IAB OpenDirect 2.1 compliant seller agent for programmatic advertising. Supports product discovery, tiered pricing, proposal evaluation, multi-round negotiation, deal execution, order management, and change requests.
  contact:
    name: IAB Tech Lab
    url: https://iabtechlab.com/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  version: 1.0.0
tags:
- name: Core
  description: Health check and API root
paths:
  /:
    get:
      tags:
      - Core
      summary: Root
      description: API root.
      operationId: root__get
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
  /health:
    get:
      tags:
      - Core
      summary: Health
      description: Health check endpoint.
      operationId: health_health_get
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
  /api/v1/inventory-sync/status:
    get:
      tags:
      - Core
      summary: Get Inventory Sync Status
      description: Get the current status of the periodic inventory sync scheduler.
      operationId: get_inventory_sync_status_api_v1_inventory_sync_status_get
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
  /api/v1/inventory-sync/trigger:
    post:
      tags:
      - Core
      summary: Trigger Inventory Sync
      description: 'Manually trigger an inventory sync.


        Args:

        incremental: If true, only sync items changed since last sync

        (based on stored sync watermark). Full sync if false or no

        previous watermark exists.'
      operationId: trigger_inventory_sync_api_v1_inventory_sync_trigger_post
      parameters:
      - name: incremental
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          title: Incremental
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
  /api/v1/inventory-sync/watermark:
    get:
      tags:
      - Core
      summary: Get Sync Watermark
      description: Get the last sync watermark (used for incremental sync).
      operationId: get_sync_watermark_api_v1_inventory_sync_watermark_get
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
components:
  schemas:
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
        input:
          title: Input
        ctx:
          type: object
          title: Context
      type: object
      required:
      - loc
      - msg
      - type
      title: ValidationError
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError

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