Lightdash Direct Access API

The Direct Access API from Lightdash — 4 operation(s) for direct access.

Operations 6

GET /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/direct-access/{resourceType}/{resourceUuid}/groups List groups eligible for direct access #
GET /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/direct-access/{resourceType}/{resourceUuid}/users List users eligible for direct access #
GET /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/direct-access/{resourceType}/{resourceUuid}/assignments List direct access #
DELETE /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/direct-access/{resourceType}/{resourceUuid}/assignments Reset direct access #
PUT /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/direct-access/{resourceType}/{resourceUuid}/assignments/{principalType}/{principalUuid} Replace direct access role #
DELETE /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/direct-access/{resourceType}/{resourceUuid}/assignments/{principalType}/{principalUuid} Revoke direct access #

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lightdash-direct-access-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Lightdash Direct Access API
  version: 2.616.2
  description: 'Open API documentation for all public Lightdash API endpoints. # Authentication Before you get started, you might need to create a Personal Access Token to authenticate via the API. You can create a token by following this guide: https://docs.lightdash.com/references/personal_tokens'
  license:
    name: MIT
  contact:
    name: Lightdash Support
    email: support@lightdash.com
    url: https://docs.lightdash.com/help-and-contact/contact/contact_info/
servers:
- url: /
tags:
- name: Direct Access
paths:
  /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/direct-access/{resourceType}/{resourceUuid}/groups:
    get:
      operationId: ListDirectAccessGroups
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiDirectAccessGroupsResponse'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorPayload'
      description: 'List project groups eligible for sharing this resource. Requires the

        same permission as managing its direct access assignments.'
      summary: List groups eligible for direct access
      tags:
      - Direct Access
      security: []
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: projectUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
      - in: path
        name: resourceType
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectAccessResourceType'
      - in: path
        name: resourceUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
      x-operation-id-source: normalized
      x-operation-id-original: List direct access groups
  /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/direct-access/{resourceType}/{resourceUuid}/users:
    get:
      operationId: ListDirectAccessUsers
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiDirectAccessUsersResponse'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorPayload'
      description: 'List users eligible for sharing this resource: active users with

        current access to the project. Requires the same permission as managing

        its direct access assignments.'
      summary: List users eligible for direct access
      tags:
      - Direct Access
      security: []
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: projectUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
      - in: path
        name: resourceType
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectAccessResourceType'
      - in: path
        name: resourceUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
      x-operation-id-source: normalized
      x-operation-id-original: List direct access users
  /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/direct-access/{resourceType}/{resourceUuid}/assignments:
    get:
      operationId: ListDirectAccessAssignments
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiDirectAccessAssignmentsResponse'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorPayload'
      description: 'List the direct access assignments stored for one resource. Returns

        direct assignments and direct roles only; inherited or effective roles

        are never reconstructed here.'
      summary: List direct access
      tags:
      - Direct Access
      security: []
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: projectUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
      - in: path
        name: resourceType
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectAccessResourceType'
      - in: path
        name: resourceUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
      x-operation-id-source: normalized
      x-operation-id-original: List direct access assignments
    delete:
      operationId: ResetDirectAccess
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiSuccessEmpty'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorPayload'
      description: Remove every direct access assignment from one resource.
      summary: Reset direct access
      tags:
      - Direct Access
      security: []
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: projectUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
      - in: path
        name: resourceType
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectAccessResourceType'
      - in: path
        name: resourceUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
      x-operation-id-source: normalized
      x-operation-id-original: Reset direct access
  /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/direct-access/{resourceType}/{resourceUuid}/assignments/{principalType}/{principalUuid}:
    put:
      operationId: ReplaceDirectAccessRole
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiSuccessEmpty'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorPayload'
      description: Create or replace one principal's direct role on a resource.
      summary: Replace direct access role
      tags:
      - Direct Access
      security: []
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: projectUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
      - in: path
        name: resourceType
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectAccessResourceType'
      - in: path
        name: resourceUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
      - in: path
        name: principalType
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectAccessPrincipalType'
      - in: path
        name: principalUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpsertDirectAccessAssignmentRequest'
      x-operation-id-source: normalized
      x-operation-id-original: Replace direct access role
    delete:
      operationId: RevokeDirectAccess
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiSuccessEmpty'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorPayload'
      description: 'Revoke one principal''s direct access. Revoking an assignment that does

        not exist succeeds as a no-op.'
      summary: Revoke direct access
      tags:
      - Direct Access
      security: []
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: projectUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
      - in: path
        name: resourceType
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectAccessResourceType'
      - in: path
        name: resourceUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
      - in: path
        name: principalType
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectAccessPrincipalType'
      - in: path
        name: principalUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
      x-operation-id-source: normalized
      x-operation-id-original: Revoke direct access
components:
  schemas:
    DirectAccessGroupPrincipal:
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        groupUuid:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectAccessPrincipalType.GROUP'
      required:
      - name
      - groupUuid
      - type
      type: object
    DirectAccessPrincipal:
      anyOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectAccessUserPrincipal'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectAccessGroupPrincipal'
    DirectAccessPrincipalType.USER:
      enum:
      - user
      type: string
    AnyType:
      description: 'This AnyType is an alias for any

        The goal is to make it easier to identify any type in the codebase

        without having to eslint-disable all the time

        These are only used on legacy `any` types, don''t use it for new types.

        This is added on a separate file to avoid circular dependencies.'
    DirectAccessAssignment:
      properties:
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        grantedByUserUuid:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
        role:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SpaceMemberRole'
        principal:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectAccessPrincipal'
      required:
      - updatedAt
      - createdAt
      - grantedByUserUuid
      - role
      - principal
      type: object
      description: 'One persisted direct assignment. Reflects stored policy only — inherited

        space/project/organization roles are never reconstructed into this shape.'
    ApiDirectAccessUsersResponse:
      properties:
        results:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectAccessUserPrincipal'
          type: array
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ok
      required:
      - results
      - status
      type: object
    UUID:
      type: string
      format: uuid
      description: 'Stringified UUIDv4.

        See [RFC 4112](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122)'
      pattern: '[0-9A-Fa-f]{8}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-4[0-9A-Fa-f]{3}-[89ABab][0-9A-Fa-f]{3}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{12}'
    DirectAccessPrincipalType.GROUP:
      enum:
      - group
      type: string
    ApiDirectAccessAssignmentsResponse:
      properties:
        results:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectAccessAssignment'
          type: array
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ok
      required:
      - results
      - status
      type: object
    ApiSuccessEmpty:
      properties:
        results: {}
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ok
      required:
      - status
      type: object
    DirectAccessUserPrincipal:
      properties:
        email:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        lastName:
          type: string
        firstName:
          type: string
        userUuid:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UUID'
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectAccessPrincipalType.USER'
      required:
      - email
      - lastName
      - firstName
      - userUuid
      - type
      type: object
    DirectAccessPrincipalType:
      enum:
      - user
      - group
      type: string
    ApiErrorPayload:
      properties:
        error:
          properties:
            data:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AnyType'
              description: Optional data containing details of the error
            message:
              type: string
              description: A friendly message summarising the error
            name:
              type: string
              description: Unique name for the type of error
            statusCode:
              type: number
              format: integer
              description: HTTP status code
          required:
          - name
          - statusCode
          type: object
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - error
      required:
      - error
      - status
      type: object
      description: 'The Error object is returned from the api any time there is an error.

        The message contains'
    UpsertDirectAccessAssignmentRequest:
      properties:
        role:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SpaceMemberRole'
      required:
      - role
      type: object
    DirectAccessResourceType:
      description: 'Closed registry of resource types that support direct access grants.

        Growing this union means adding a resource registry entry, an

        `AccessTarget` mapping, and grant tables — never a new handler hierarchy.'
      enum:
      - document
      - dashboard
      - chart
      - sqlChart
      - app
      type: string
    SpaceMemberRole:
      enum:
      - viewer
      - editor
      - admin
      type: string
    ApiDirectAccessGroupsResponse:
      properties:
        results:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DirectAccessGroupPrincipal'
          type: array
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ok
      required:
      - results
      - status
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    session_cookie:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: connect.sid
    api_key:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: Value should be 'ApiKey <your key>'
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Lightdash
  source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lightdash/lightdash/refs/heads/main/packages/backend/src/generated/swagger.json
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)