jService Categories API

Category collections of clues.

Operations 2

GET /api/categories List Categories #
GET /api/category Get Single Category #

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OpenAPI Specification

jservice-categories-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: jService Trivia Categories API
  description: jService is an open source Ruby on Rails API that serves Jeopardy!
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Steve Ottenad
    url: https://github.com/sottenad/jService
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/sottenad/jService/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
  x-status: deprecated
  x-status-reason: Original hosted endpoint at jservice.io is offline; spec preserved from source.
  x-data-source: https://j-archive.com
servers:
- url: http://jservice.io
  description: Original hosted endpoint (historical, currently offline)
- url: http://localhost:3000
  description: Default local Rails development server
tags:
- name: Categories
  description: Category collections of clues.
paths:
  /api/categories:
    get:
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: List Categories
      description: List categories with offset/count pagination. Default count 1, maximum 100.
      operationId: listCategories
      parameters:
      - name: count
        in: query
        description: Number of categories to return (max 100).
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 1
      - name: offset
        in: query
        description: Pagination offset.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          default: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of categories.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Category'
  /api/category:
    get:
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: Get Single Category
      description: Get one category by ID, including all of its clues.
      operationId: getCategory
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: query
        description: Category ID.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A category with embedded clues.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CategoryWithClues'
        '404':
          description: Category not found.
components:
  schemas:
    Clue:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        answer:
          type: string
          description: The Jeopardy "answer" (read by the host).
        question:
          type: string
          description: The Jeopardy "question" (the contestant's response).
        value:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          description: Dollar value of the clue. Null for Final Jeopardy clues.
        airdate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        category_id:
          type: integer
        game_id:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        invalid_count:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          description: Number of times users have flagged this clue as invalid.
      required:
      - id
      - answer
      - question
      - category_id
    CategoryWithClues:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Category'
      - type: object
        properties:
          clues:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Clue'
    Category:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        clues_count:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      required:
      - id
      - title