Itch.io Downloads API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Itch.io Auth Downloads API
  description: The itch.io server-side API provides authenticated access to user profiles, uploaded games, download key validation, purchase lookup, and build version retrieval. Authentication is via API key or short-lived JWT tokens using the Authorization Bearer header. Responses are JSON with snake_case naming and RFC 3339 dates.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Itch.io Support
    url: https://itch.io/support
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://itch.io/docs/legal/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.itch.io
  description: Itch.io API Server
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Downloads
paths:
  /games/{gameId}/download-sessions:
    post:
      operationId: newDownloadSession
      summary: Create download session
      description: Creates a new download session for more accurate download analytics. Multiple file downloads (patch, signature, etc.) for a single game upgrade should share one session.
      tags:
      - Downloads
      parameters:
      - name: gameId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/downloadKeyId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/password'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/secret'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewDownloadSessionResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication is required or credentials are invalid
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  schemas:
    NewDownloadSessionResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        uuid:
          type: string
          description: UUID for the new download session
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
  parameters:
    secret:
      name: secret
      in: query
      description: Secret for private pages
      schema:
        type: string
    password:
      name: password
      in: query
      description: Password for restricted pages
      schema:
        type: string
    downloadKeyId:
      name: download_key_id
      in: query
      description: Download key ID for accessing paid content
      schema:
        type: integer
        format: int64
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API key or JWT token issued by itch.io