Lucid Document Picker API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Lucid REST Document Picker API
  version: '1.0'
  description: The Lucid REST API provides programmatic access to manage documents, users, folders, sharing, licensing, and audit logs across the Lucid Suite (Lucidchart, Lucidspark, and Lucidscale). Authenticate via OAuth 2.0 or API key.
  contact:
    name: Lucid Developer Platform
    url: https://developer.lucid.co/
  x-documentation: https://developer.lucid.co/reference/api
servers:
- url: https://api.lucid.co
tags:
- name: Document Picker
  description: Generate tokens and render an embedded document picker that lets users select Lucid documents from within your application.
paths:
  /v1/documents/pickerToken:
    post:
      summary: Generate Document Picker Token
      description: Generates a token that can be used to embed a document picker for the specified product. Only documents for the specified product are shown in the picker.
      operationId: generateDocumentPickerToken
      tags:
      - Document Picker
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - lucidchart.document.app.picker
        - lucidscale.document.app.picker
        - lucidspark.document.app.picker
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                product:
                  type: string
                  description: Determines which product is used for the document picker. Only documents for this product are shown.
                  enum:
                  - lucidchart
                  - lucidscale
                  - lucidspark
                  example: lucidchart
                targetOrigin:
                  type: string
                  description: The domain that will be used to host the webpage in which the document picker will be embedded. This will be used as the targetOrigin parameter in a call to window.postMessage when the user selects a document.
                  example: https://example.com
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK - with valid token that can be used to embed a document picker.
          content:
            application/jwt:
              schema:
                type: string
        '400':
          description: Bad Request - when parameters are missing or invalid.
        '403':
          description: Forbidden - when the access token is not allowed to generate a document picker token for the provided product.
  /v1/documents/picker?token=:token:
    get:
      summary: Embedded Document Picker
      description: Displays an embedded document picker within an iframe, allowing users to browse and select documents. Supports optional document creation and auto-selection of newly created documents.
      operationId: embeddedDocumentPicker
      tags:
      - Document Picker
      security:
      - OAuth2: []
      parameters:
      - name: token
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The document picker token retrieved from the Generate Document Picker Token endpoint.
      - name: allowDocumentCreation
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
        description: Enables the document picker user to create new documents. By default, created documents are not auto selected unless autoSelectCreatedDocument is set to true.
      - name: autoSelectCreatedDocument
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
        description: Enables the document picker to automatically select newly created documents.
      - name: newDocumenbtTitleSuggestion
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: When create button is enabled, it suggests a default title for the new document.
      - name: hideCancelButton
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
        description: Determines whether the document picker hides the cancel button.
      - name: onErrorRedirectUrl
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The URL to redirect the user back to if the document picker raises an error.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The iframe content displaying the embedded document picker.
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string
components:
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://lucid.app/oauth2/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://api.lucid.co/oauth2/token
          refreshUrl: https://api.lucid.co/oauth2/token
          scopes:
            account.audit.logs: View audit logs on your account.
            account.info: View basic information about your account (e.g., account ID and account name) .
            account.user: Create, view, edit, and delete users on your account.
            account.user:readonly: View users on your account.
            account.users:admin.readonly: View all users and their roles on your account.
            account.user.transfercontent: Transfer ownership of a user's resources to another user on your account.
            account.settings:readonly: View settings on your account.
            account.legalhold: Create, view, and expire legal holds on your account.
            account.legalhold:readonly: View legal holds on your account.
            account.legalhold.users: Manage legal hold users on your account.
            account.legalhold.users:readonly: View legal hold users on your account.
            folder: Create, view, edit, share, and delete your folders. Organize your folders and their contents.
            folder:readonly: View any of your folders and list their contents.
            folder:admin: Perform admin actions on folders belonging to the account.
            folder:admin.readonly: View all folders belonging to the account with admin permissions.
            invitation: Accept document and folder share links.
            invitation.accept: Accept document and folder share links.
            cloud.credential: Manage cloud credentials.
            cloud.credential:readonly: View cloud credentials.
            cloud.datasource: Manage cloud data sources.
            cloud.datasource:readonly: View cloud data sources.
            cloud.model: Manage cloud models.
            repository: Manage repositories.
            repository:readonly: View repositories.
            repository:admin: Perform admin actions on repositories.
            lucid.document.content: Create, view, edit, and delete any Lucid document accessible by the user.
            lucid.document.content:readonly: View and download any Lucid document accessible by the user.
            lucid.document.content:admin: Perform admin actions on Lucid documents belonging to the account.
            lucid.document.content:admin.readonly: View all Lucid documents belonging to the account with admin permissions.
            lucid.document.content.share: Create, view, edit, and delete document collaborators, embeds, and share links for any Lucid document accessible by the user.
            lucid.document.content.share:readonly: View document collaborators, embeds, and share links for any Lucid document accessible by the user.
            lucid.document.content.share.collaborator: Create, view, edit, and delete document collaborators for any Lucid document accessible by the user.
            lucid.document.content.share.collaborator:readonly: View document collaborators for any Lucid document accessible by the user.
            lucid.document.content.share.embed: Create, view, edit, and delete document embeds for any Lucid document accessible by the user.
            lucid.document.content.share.embed:readonly: View document embeds for any Lucid document accessible by the user.
            lucid.document.content.share.link: Create, view, edit, and delete share links for any Lucid document accessible by the user.
            lucid.document.content.share.link:readonly: View share links for any Lucid document accessible by the user.
            lucid.document.storage:admin.readonly: Perform admin actions backing up Lucid documents belonging to the account.
            lucid.document.app: View, edit, create, and manage folders and documents within an app.
            lucid.document.app.folder: Create, view, edit, and manage any Lucid document within its app-specific folder.
            lucid.document.app.picker: View, edit, and manage any Lucid document selected within an app.
            lucid.document.app.picker:readonly: View and download any Lucid document selected within an app.
            lucid.document.app.picker.share: Create, view, edit, and delete document collaborators, embeds, and share links for any Lucid document selected within an app.
            lucid.document.app.picker.share:readonly: View document collaborators, embeds, and share links for any Lucid document selected within an app.
            lucid.document.app.picker.share.collaborator: Create, view, edit, and delete document collaborators for any Lucid document selected within an app.
            lucid.document.app.picker.share.collaborator:readonly: View document collaborators for any Lucid document selected within an app.
            lucid.document.app.picker.share.embed: Create, view, edit, and delete document embeds for any Lucid document selected within an app.
            lucid.document.app.picker.share.embed:readonly: View document embeds for any Lucid document selected within an app.
            lucid.document.app.picker.share.link: Create, view, edit, and delete share links for any Lucid document selected within an app.
            lucid.document.app.picker.share.link:readonly: View share links for any Lucid document selected within an app.
            lucid.document.accessRequest: Request access to Lucid documents.
            licenses:admin: Perform admin actions on licenses and subscriptions belonging to the account.
            licenses:admin.readonly: View licenses and subscriptions belonging to the account with admin permissions.
            teams: Create, view, and edit, archive, and restore any teams on your account. Control which users belong to teams.
            teams:readonly: View any teams on your account and list which users belong to them.
            teams:admin: Manage teams on your account.
            lucidchart.document.app: View, edit, and manage any Lucidchart document selected for this third-party application. Create, view, edit, and manage any Lucidchart document within its app-specific folder.
            lucidchart.document.app.folder: Create, view, edit, and manage any Lucidchart document within its app-specific folder.
            lucidchart.document.app.picker: View, edit, and manage any Lucidchart document selected for this third-party application.
            lucidchart.document.app.picker:readonly: View and download any Lucidchart document selected for this third-party application.
            lucidchart.document.app.picker.share: Create, view, edit, and delete document collaborators, embeds, and share links for any Lucidchart document selected for this third-party application.
            lucidchart.document.app.picker.share:readonly: View document collaborators, embeds, and share links for any Lucidchart document selected for this third-party application.
            lucidchart.document.app.picker.share.collaborator: Create, view, edit, and delete collaborators and invitations of any Lucidchart document on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidchart.document.app.picker.share.collaborator:readonly: View collaborators and invitations of any Lucidchart document on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidchart.document.app.picker.share.embed: Create, view, edit, and delete embeds of any Lucidchart document on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidchart.document.app.picker.share.embed:readonly: View embeds of any Lucidchart document on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidchart.document.app.picker.share.link: Create, view, edit, and delete the third party application's share links of any Lucidchart document on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidchart.document.app.picker.share.link:readonly: View the third party application's share links of any Lucidchart document on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidchart.document.content: Create, view, edit, and delete any Lucidchart document on your account.
            lucidchart.document.content:readonly: View and download any Lucidchart document on your account.
            lucidchart.document.content:admin: Perform admin actions on Lucidchart documents belonging to the account.
            lucidchart.document.content:admin.readonly: View all Lucidchart documents belonging to the account with admin permissions.
            lucidchart.document.content.share: Create, view, edit, and delete document collaborators, embeds, and share links for any of your Lucidchart documents.
            lucidchart.document.content.share:readonly: View document collaborators, embeds, and share links for any of your Lucidchart documents.
            lucidchart.document.content.share.collaborator: Create, view, edit, and delete collaborators and invitations for any of your Lucidchart documents on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidchart.document.content.share.collaborator:readonly: View collaborators and invitations for any of your Lucidchart documents on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidchart.document.content.share.embed: Create, view, edit, and delete embeds for any of your Lucidchart documents on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidchart.document.content.share.embed:readonly: View embeds for any of your Lucidchart documents on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidchart.document.content.share.link: Create, view, edit, and delete the third party application's share links for any of your Lucidchart documents on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidchart.document.content.share.link:readonly: View the third party application's share links for any of your Lucidchart documents on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidchart.document.storage:admin.readonly: Perform admin actions backing up Lucidchart documents belonging to the account.
            lucidchart.document.accessRequest: Request access to Lucidchart documents.
            lucidspark.document.app: View, edit, and manage any Lucidspark board selected for this third-party application. Create, view, edit, and manage any Lucidspark board within its app-specific folder.
            lucidspark.document.app.folder: Create, view, edit, and manage any Lucidspark board within its app-specific folder.
            lucidspark.document.app.picker: View, edit, and manage any Lucidspark board selected for this third-party application.
            lucidspark.document.app.picker:readonly: View and download any Lucidspark board selected for this third-party application.
            lucidspark.document.app.picker.share: Create, view, edit, and delete document collaborators, embeds, and share links for any Lucidspark board selected for this third-party application.
            lucidspark.document.app.picker.share:readonly: View document collaborators, embeds, and share links for any Lucidspark board selected for this third-party application.
            lucidspark.document.app.picker.share.collaborator: Create, view, edit, and delete collaborators and invitations of any Lucidspark board on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidspark.document.app.picker.share.collaborator:readonly: View collaborators and invitations of any Lucidspark board on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidspark.document.app.picker.share.embed: Create, view, edit, and delete embeds of any Lucidspark board on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidspark.document.app.picker.share.embed:readonly: View embeds of any Lucidspark board on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidspark.document.app.picker.share.link: Create, view, edit, and delete the third party application's share links of any Lucidspark board on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidspark.document.app.picker.share.link:readonly: View the third party application's share links of any Lucidspark board on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidspark.document.content: Create, view, edit, and delete any Lucidspark board on your account.
            lucidspark.document.content:readonly: View and download any Lucidspark board on your account.
            lucidspark.document.content:admin: Perform admin actions on Lucidspark boards belonging to the account.
            lucidspark.document.content:admin.readonly: View all Lucidspark boards belonging to the account with admin permissions.
            lucidspark.document.content.share: Create, view, edit, and delete document collaborators, embeds, and share links for any of your Lucidspark boards.
            lucidspark.document.content.share:readonly: View document collaborators, embeds, and share links for any of your Lucidspark boards.
            lucidspark.document.content.share.collaborator: Create, view, edit, and delete collaborators and invitations for any of your Lucidspark boards on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidspark.document.content.share.collaborator:readonly: View collaborators and invitations for any of your Lucidspark boards on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidspark.document.content.share.embed: Create, view, edit, and delete embeds for any of your Lucidspark boards on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidspark.document.content.share.embed:readonly: View embeds for any of your Lucidspark boards on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidspark.document.content.share.link: Create, view, edit, and delete the third party application's share links for any of your Lucidspark boards on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidspark.document.content.share.link:readonly: View the third party application's share links for any of your Lucidspark boards on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidspark.document.storage:admin.readonly: Perform admin actions backing up Lucidspark boards belonging to the account.
            lucidspark.document.accessRequest: Request access to Lucidspark boards.
            lucidscale.document.app: View, edit, and manage any Lucidscale model selected for this third-party application. Create, view, edit, and manage any Lucidscale model within its app-specific folder.
            lucidscale.document.app.folder: Create, view, edit, and manage any Lucidscale model within its app-specific folder.
            lucidscale.document.app.picker: View, edit, and manage any Lucidscale model selected for this third-party application.
            lucidscale.document.app.picker:readonly: View and download any Lucidscale model selected for this third-party application.
            lucidscale.document.app.picker.share: Create, view, edit, and delete document collaborators, embeds, and share links for any Lucidscale model selected for this third-party application.
            lucidscale.document.app.picker.share:readonly: View document collaborators, embeds, and share links for any Lucidscale model selected for this third-party application.
            lucidscale.document.app.picker.share.collaborator: Create, view, edit, and delete collaborators and invitations of any Lucidscale model on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidscale.document.app.picker.share.collaborator:readonly: View collaborators and invitations of any Lucidscale model on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidscale.document.app.picker.share.embed: Create, view, edit, and delete embeds of any Lucidscale model on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidscale.document.app.picker.share.embed:readonly: View embeds of any Lucidscale model on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidscale.document.app.picker.share.link: Create, view, edit, and delete the third party application's share links of any Lucidscale model on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidscale.document.app.picker.share.link:readonly: View the third party application's share links of any Lucidscale model on your team or enterprise account selected for the third-party application.
            lucidscale.document.content: Create, view, edit, and delete any Lucidscale model on your account.
            lucidscale.document.content:readonly: View and download any Lucidscale model on your account.
            lucidscale.document.content:admin: Perform admin actions on Lucidscale models belonging to the account.
            lucidscale.document.content:admin.readonly: View all Lucidscale models belonging to the account with admin permissions.
            lucidscale.document.content.share: Create, view, edit, and delete document collaborators, embeds, and share links for any of your Lucidscale models.
            lucidscale.document.content.share:readonly: View document collaborators, embeds, and share links for any of your Lucidscale models.
            lucidscale.document.content.share.collaborator: Create, view, edit, and delete collaborators and invitations for any of your Lucidscale models on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidscale.document.content.share.collaborator:readonly: View collaborators and invitations for any of your Lucidscale models on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidscale.document.content.share.embed: Create, view, edit, and delete embeds for any of your Lucidscale models on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidscale.document.content.share.embed:readonly: View embeds for any of your Lucidscale models on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidscale.document.content.share.link: Create, view, edit, and delete the third party application's share links for any of your Lucidscale models on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidscale.document.content.share.link:readonly: View the third party application's share links for any of your Lucidscale models on your team or enterprise account.
            lucidscale.document.storage:admin.readonly: Perform admin actions backing up Lucidscale models belonging to the account.
            lucidscale.document.accessRequest: Request access to Lucidscale models.
            offline_access: Continue to perform authorized actions when you're not logged in (required to refresh tokens).
            user.profile: Allow applications to view basic information about you (e.g., full name, username, and email).
            document.app: View, edit, and manage any Lucidchart document selected for this third-party application. Create, view, edit, and manage any Lucidchart document within its app-specific folder.
            document.app.folder: Create, view, edit, and manage any Lucidchart document within its app-specific folder.
            document.app.picker: View, edit, and manage any Lucidchart document selected for this third-party application.
            document.app.picker:readonly: View and download any Lucidchart document selected for this third-party application.
            document.content: Create, view, edit, and delete any Lucidchart document on your account.
            document.content:readonly: View and download any Lucidchart document on your account.
    ApiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
x-harvest:
  harvested: '2026-08-01'
  method: searched
  source: https://lucid-developer-docs.readme.io/mcp
  note: 'Assembled operation-by-operation from Lucid''s own documentation MCP server (tools list-endpoints + get-endpoint), which returns verbatim OpenAPI 3.0.3 fragments out of the spec Lucid uploaded to its ReadMe hub (/branches/1.4/apis/lucid-rest-api.json). Paths, operations, parameters, request bodies, responses, components and securitySchemes are provider content, unmodified. Only the info block is ours: ReadMe''s per-endpoint fragments omit info, so title/description are copied verbatim from the provider''s own list-specs description for this spec.'