Impossible Metals Search API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Impossible Metals Search API
  version: wp/v2
  description: Public, unauthenticated cross-content search over impossiblemetals.com — posts, pages, FAQ entries
    and events — returning lightweight id / title / url / type / subtype records. 586 searchable objects at capture
    on 2026-08-23.
  contact:
    name: Impossible Metals
    url: https://impossiblemetals.com/contact/
  x-derived-from: https://impossiblemetals.com/wp-json/ route index + per-route HTTP OPTIONS schema documents
  x-derived-on: '2026-08-23'
  x-api-evangelist-note: Third-party profile. Impossible Metals publishes no developer program. This document describes
    the anonymously readable WordPress REST content API served from impossiblemetals.com. Every path, parameter
    and schema was read from the server's own published route index and OPTIONS documents on 2026-08-23 — nothing
    is invented.
servers:
- url: https://impossiblemetals.com/wp-json
  description: Impossible Metals WordPress REST API
tags:
- name: Search
  description: Cross-content search returning lightweight discovery records.
paths:
  /wp/v2/search:
    get:
      operationId: search
      summary: Search site content
      description: Search across every searchable object on impossiblemetals.com. 586 objects were searchable at
        capture.
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - name: context
        in: query
        description: Scope under which the request is made; determines fields present in response.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - view
          - embed
          default: view
      - name: page
        in: query
        description: Current page of the collection.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
          minimum: 1
      - name: per_page
        in: query
        description: Maximum number of items to be returned in result set.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 10
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
      - name: search
        in: query
        description: Limit results to those matching a string.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: type
        in: query
        description: Limit results to items of an object type.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - post
          - term
          - post-format
          default: post
      - name: subtype
        in: query
        description: Limit results to items of one or more object subtypes.
        schema:
          type: array
          default: any
          items:
            enum:
            - post
            - page
            - tribe_venue
            - tribe_organizer
            - tribe_events
            - avada_portfolio
            - avada_faq
            - category
            - post_tag
            - tribe_events_cat
            - portfolio_category
            - portfolio_skills
            - portfolio_tags
            - faq_category
            - any
            type: string
      - name: exclude
        in: query
        description: Ensure result set excludes specific IDs.
        schema:
          type: array
          default: []
          items:
            type: integer
      - name: include
        in: query
        description: Limit result set to specific IDs.
        schema:
          type: array
          default: []
          items:
            type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search site content — success.
          headers:
            X-WP-Total:
              description: Total number of items in the unpaginated collection.
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-WP-TotalPages:
              description: Total number of pages available at the requested per_page size.
              schema:
                type: integer
            Link:
              description: RFC 8288 pagination links (rel="next" / rel="prev").
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
        '400':
          description: Invalid parameter.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RestError'
              examples:
                invalidParam:
                  value:
                    code: rest_invalid_param
                    message: 'Invalid parameter(s): per_page'
                    data:
                      status: 400
                      params:
                        per_page: per_page must be between 1 (inclusive) and 100 (inclusive)
        '404':
          description: WordPress REST error envelope.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RestError'
              examples:
                invalidId:
                  value:
                    code: rest_post_invalid_id
                    message: Invalid post ID.
                    data:
                      status: 404
components:
  schemas:
    RestError:
      type: object
      description: The WordPress REST API error envelope. Not RFC 9457 problem+json — it is served as application/json
        with a WordPress-specific code/message/data shape.
      required:
      - code
      - message
      - data
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable WordPress error code, e.g. rest_post_invalid_id.
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable message.
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            status:
              type: integer
              description: HTTP status code.
            params:
              type: object
              description: Per-parameter validation messages, present on rest_invalid_param.
    SearchResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type:
          - integer
          - string
          description: Unique identifier for the object.
          readOnly: true
        title:
          type: string
          description: The title for the object.
          readOnly: true
        url:
          type: string
          description: URL to the object.
          format: uri
          readOnly: true
        type:
          type: string
          description: Object type.
          enum:
          - post
          - term
          - post-format
          readOnly: true
        subtype:
          type: string
          description: Object subtype.
          enum:
          - post
          - page
          - tribe_venue
          - tribe_organizer
          - tribe_events
          - avada_portfolio
          - avada_faq
          - category
          - post_tag
          - tribe_events_cat
          - portfolio_category
          - portfolio_skills
          - portfolio_tags
          - faq_category
          readOnly: true