# OneTrust Purposes API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/onetrust/onetrust-purposes-api/  
**Provider:** OneTrust — https://apis.io/providers/onetrust/  
**Base URL:** https://app.onetrust.com  
**Documentation:** https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/attribute-management

OneTrust Purposes API is one of 138 APIs that [OneTrust](https://apis.io/providers/onetrust/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Purposes. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

The Purposes APIs are used to manage the reasons for which data is collected.

## Operations (7)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/api/consentmanager/v1/purposes` | Get List of Purposes |
| POST | `/api/consentmanager/v1/purposes` | Create Purpose |
| POST | `/api/consentmanager/v1/purposes/{purposeGuid}` | Create New Purpose Version |
| PUT | `/api/consentmanager/v1/purposes/{purposeId}` | Update Purpose |
| GET | `/api/consentmanager/v1/purposes/{purposeId}/datasubjects` | Get List of Data Subjects by Purpose |
| PUT | `/api/consentmanager/v1/purposes/{purposeId}/publish` | Publish Purpose |
| PUT | `/api/consentmanager/v1/purposes/{purposeId}/retire` | Retire Purpose |

## Machine-readable artifacts (38)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/onetrust/refs/heads/main/openapi/onetrust-purposes-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/attribute-management
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/activity-log
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/preferences-v2
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/banner
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/consent-receipts
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/applications
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/categorizations
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/domain-data
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/preferences
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/mobile-app-data
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/privacy-notice-v2
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/collection-points
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/catalog-search-v1
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/classification
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/custom-scan
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/carbon-management
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/audit-records
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/bulk-export
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/attachments
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/system-credentials
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/inventory-relationships-v2
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/model-management
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/tasks
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/groups-v2
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/assessment-actions
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/inventory
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/inventory-1
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/drop-management
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/incidents
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/document-controller
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/audits
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/initiatives
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/document-attachments
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/issues
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/control-implementations
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/training
- **Documentation** — https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/contracts

## Other OneTrust APIs (12)

- [OneTrust Activity Log API](https://apis.io/apis/onetrust/onetrust-activity-log-api/)
- [OneTrust Applications API](https://apis.io/apis/onetrust/onetrust-applications-api/)
- [OneTrust Assessment Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/onetrust/onetrust-assessment-actions-api/)
- [OneTrust Assessment Management API](https://apis.io/apis/onetrust/onetrust-assessment-management-api/)
- [OneTrust Assessments API](https://apis.io/apis/onetrust/onetrust-assessments-api/)
- [OneTrust Attachments API](https://apis.io/apis/onetrust/onetrust-attachments-api/)
- [OneTrust Attachments V4 API](https://apis.io/apis/onetrust/onetrust-attachments-v4-api/)
- [OneTrust Attribute Management API](https://apis.io/apis/onetrust/onetrust-attribute-management-api/)
- [OneTrust Audit Records API](https://apis.io/apis/onetrust/onetrust-audit-records-api/)
- [OneTrust Audits API](https://apis.io/apis/onetrust/onetrust-audits-api/)
- [OneTrust Banner API](https://apis.io/apis/onetrust/onetrust-banner-api/)
- [OneTrust Bulk Export API](https://apis.io/apis/onetrust/onetrust-bulk-export-api/)

## Tags

Purposes

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