Opal Assets API

## Assets Overview Assets represent images, videos, PDFs, and any other file uploads. Any upload to the Opal platform must start with an `asset`. Some resources like `boards` can be directly related to an `asset` while other resources like `moments` require that you also create an `asset_reference` that further describes your `asset`. Assets can either be created by uploading data directly or by creating a Url Upload that requests an asset from some other publicly available web address and streams it to Opal. The former endpoint is described immediately below and the latter option can be found under the [Url Uploads](#tag/Url-Uploads) tag. Once you've created an Asset and you have its `id`, you'll likely want to create an [Asset Reference](#tag/Asset-References) as well, unless you don't want your asset exposed in the Asset Library or used with other resources you'll find to have asset reference relationships.

Operations 3

POST /assets/v2 Upload an asset available to the authenticated user. #
GET /assets/v2 [UNSTABLE] Get a collection of assets available to the authenticated user. #
GET /assets/v2/{asset_id} Get an assets metadata #

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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 2.0.0
  title: Opal Assets API
  license:
    name: Opal API License
    url: https://www.workwithopal.com/api-license
  description: "The key words “MUST”, “MUST NOT”, “REQUIRED”, “SHALL”, “SHALL NOT”, “SHOULD”, “SHOULD NOT”, “RECOMMENDED”, “NOT RECOMMENDED”, “MAY”, and “OPTIONAL” in this document are to be interpreted as described in [BCP 14](https://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp14) [[RFC2119](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2119)] [[RFC8174](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8174)] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.\n\n# Other API Versions\n\nThe [v3 API](/api/documentation/v3) is less complete than the v2 API, and is still a work in progress. Currently, if a resource has endpoints in both the v2 API and the v3 API you **SHOULD** use the v2 API endpoints. At some point in the future we will recommend the v3 API instead.\n\n# Documentation Organization\n\nv2 API endpoints are categorized by stability:\n\n1. JSON:API\n2. Other\n3. Unstable\n4. Proposed\n\nv2 API endpoints in the “JSON:API”, “Unstable”, and “Proposed” categories are [JSON:API](https://jsonapi.org)-compliant ([specification](https://jsonapi.org/format/)) and can be used with any [JSON:API-compliant client](https://jsonapi.org/implementations/).\n\n<aside>\n\nTo strictly comply with the JSON:API specification your requests for endpoints in the “JSON:API”, “Unstable”, and “Proposed” categories **MUST** set the `Accept` HTTP header to `application/vnd.api+json`. The server response’s `Content-Type` HTTP header will also be `application/vnd.api+json`.\n\nYou **SHOULD** use `application/vnd.api+json` for maximum stability, but v2 API endpoints **MAY** allow the `Accept` HTTP header to be `application/json`; if so, the response’s `Content-Type` HTTP header will be `application/json`. This support for `application/json` **MAY** disappear from a given endpoint at any time, and is not available on all endpoints.\n</aside>\n\n“Other” endpoints are stable, but do not follow the JSON:API specification. (Some “Other” endpoints have data that resembles the JSON:API structure, but **MUST** be parsed as generic JSON.) Your requests **MUST** set the `Accept` HTTP header to `application/json`, and the response’s `Content-Type` HTTP header will be `application/json`.\n\n## Unstable Endpoints\n\n*Note:* This generally refers resources in the “Unstable” category, but includes endpoints with a summary that’s prefixed by `[UNSTABLE]`. These `[UNSTABLE]` endpoints may be part of a “Stable” resource.\n\nThe data structure and behavior of “Unstable” endpoints are not guaranteed, and we **MAY** change them at any time. You **MUST NOT** use these endpoints for production features, but **MAY** use them as a preview of upcoming features, and we welcome feedback.\n\n## Proposed Endpoints\n\n“Proposed” endpoints **MUST NOT** be used (they’re not yet implemented), and we **MAY** change or remove them at any time. We publish them at our discretion to share our plans and encourage internal feedback. We also welcome your feedback.\n\n# Design Principles\n\n## Breaking Changes\n\nWe **MAY** expand the data for “JSON:API” and “Other” resources, but will not change or remove existing attributes or relationships for these resources. These expansions should not require any changes to your code.\n\nWe provide no guarantees for “Unstable” and “Proposed” endpoints.\n\n## Firehose Rule\n\nBy default endpoints include all the relevant data that’s accessible to the authenticated user. Clients **MAY** specify filters, ordering, pagination, sparse fields, and other limiting mechanisms to pare down the desired data.\n\n*Note:* Existing endpoints **MAY NOT** follow this maximalist approach, but new endpoints will, and we **MAY** enhance existing endpoints.\n\n## Obscurity\n\nIn order to provide customers with as much privacy as possible, many API calls that fail authorization will return `404 Not Found` rather than `403 Forbidden`. Do not design frontends around the expectation that a `404 Not Found` status code means a resource would not be returned given different authentication credentials.\n\n# Authentication Strategies\n## OAuth 2.0\nOpal uses OAuth 2.0 (https://oauth.net/2) to authenticate users and grant access to protected resources. After registering your application as an OAuth client, you must get permission from each user before accessing their account.\n\nThe main steps are:\n\n1. Register your application\n2. Direct the user to Opal, to authorize your application\n3. Opal confirm's user identity, and asks the user to grant your application permissions\n4. Opal issues tokens your application can use to access the user's Opal resources\n5. Your application can begin making requests to the Opal API on behalf of the user\n\n### Roles\n#### Client\nThe 3rd-party application accessing the API on behalf of the User.\n\n#### API\nAPI endpoints used to interact with a User's resources in Opal.\n\n#### User\nThe person authorizing the Client to access to their Opal account.\n\n### Registering your application\nApplication registration is currently a manual process.\n\nTo begin, you will need to provide the following information to the Opal integrations team:\n\n- Application name\n- Logo URI\n- Redirect URI\n\nIn return, expect to receive:\n\n- Client ID\n  - public\n- Application secret\n  - keep this private\n  - keep this written down someplace safe. Opal cannot retrieve this for you if it is lost.\n\n### Authorization\nFor a Client to make API requests on behalf of Users, the User must first give consent.\nHere is an overview of the consent flow:\n\n1. Direct the User to grant access in Opal\n\n```\nhttps://login.ouropal.com/oauth2/auth?grant_type=authorization_code&scope=offline_access&response_type=code&client_id={client_id}&state={state}&redirect_uri={url_encoded_redirect}\n```\n\nParameters:\n- `client_id`: Provided by Opal.\n- `grant_type`: Set the value to authorization_code to receive a code string that can be exchanged for an access token.\n- `redirect_uri`: Defined by Client. After authentication, the user will be directed to this location.\n- `response_type`: The value code should be set for refresh tokens to be issued.\n- `scope`: The value offline_access must be present if you wish to use refresh tokens.\n- `state`: Defined by the Client. A unique value used to validate the response.\n\n\n2. If logged out, User is directed to log in to Opal\n\n3. User is redirected to consent page (if the User has not already given consent)\n\n```\nhttps://login.ouropal.com/oauth2/consent?consent_challenge=abc123\n```\n\n4. If the User grants permission, User is sent to the specified `redirect_uri`\n\n```\nhttps://example.com/defined-by-client?code=Mu9z2DndN7TfXSLaf99O8ReqqXqMabXhSqP5e0jlx_Q.naLKbko-GyfPJRGYcWyclxU0sBGwygPy05OSFww0XZ8&scope=offline_access&state={state}\n```\n\nParameters:\n- `code`: The Client may use this to get an access token.\n- `scope`: API permissions granted to the Client by the User.\n- `state`: The validation string provided by the Client in step 1.\n\nIf the User declines the consent prompt, User will be sent to the same `redirect_uri`, but with an error parameter :\n\n```\nhttps://example.com/defined-by-client?error=consent+request+denied&state={state}\n```\n\nParameters:\n- `error`: A brief description of the issue.\n- `state`: The validation string provided by the Client in step 1.\n\n### Retrieving Access Token\nYou must make a POST request to the token endpoint to get an access token, before the code expires:\n\n```\ncurl -X POST \\\n  https://login.ouropal.com/oauth2/token \\\n  -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \\\n  -d 'code={code}&client_id={client_id}&redirect_uri={url_encoded_redirect}&client_secret={client_secret}&grant_type=authorization_code'\n```\n\nParameters:\n- `code`\n- `client_id`: Client ID provided by Opal.\n- `client_secret`: Client secret provided by Opal.\n- `grant_type`: Set value to authorization_code .\n- `redirect_uri`: Optional.\n\nIf successful, a JSON-formatted response body will contain the access_token and refresh_token:\n\n```json\n{\n  \"access_token\":\"ABC123\",\n  \"token_type\":\"bearer\",\n  \"expires_in\":3600,\n  \"refresh_token\":\"DEF456\",\n  \"scope\":\"offline_access\"\n}\n```\n\n### Refreshing an Access Token\nOnce the access_token expires, you may generate a new one at the same token endpoint, but with different parameters.\nNote that in this request, a \"refresh_token\" parameter is used instead of \"code\", and the \"grant_type\" value is now \"refresh_token\" instead of \"authorization_code\".\n\n```\ncurl -X POST \\\n  https://login.ouropal.com/oauth2/token \\\n  -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \\\n  -d 'refresh_token={refresh_token}&client_id={client_id}&redirect_uri={url_encoded_redirect}&client_secret={secret}&grant_type=refresh_token'\n```\n\nParameters:\n- `client_id`: Client ID provided by Opal.\n- `client_secret`: Client secret provided by Opal.\n- `grant_type`: Set value to refresh_token .\n- `redirect_uri`: Optional.\n- `refresh_token`: Refresh token value\n\n### Making Authenticated Requests\n\nSet an authorization header in your requests, specifying your access token as documented here: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6750#section-2.1.\n\n**NOTE** that the `Authorization` header supercedes the `Session-Token` header described in the documentation for many endpoints. Specifying an `Authorization` header means you do not need to specify a `Session-Token` header.\n\n```\nAuthorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN\n```\n\nFor example:\n```\n     GET /resource HTTP/1.1\n     Host: server.example.com\n     Authorization: Bearer mF_9.B5f-4.1JqM\n```\n\n### Client Revoke/Rolling OAuth secrets\nClient secrets must be kept secret and not exposed outside of the token retrieval requests. If a secret has been potentially compromised, please notify Opal as soon as possible and let us know the OAuth client id associated with the secret. We will roll/update the secret, which will invalidate all existing access and refresh tokens. Invalidating tokens will cause users to need to reauthenticate, but consent should be remembered.\n"
servers:
- url: https://login.ouropal.com
tags:
- name: Assets
  description: '## Assets Overview

    Assets represent images, videos, PDFs, and any other file uploads. Any upload to

    the Opal platform must start with an `asset`. Some resources like `boards` can be

    directly related to an `asset` while other resources like `moments` require that

    you also create an `asset_reference` that further describes your `asset`.


    Assets can either be created by uploading data directly or by creating a Url

    Upload that requests an asset from some other publicly available web address and

    streams it to Opal. The former endpoint is described immediately below and the

    latter option can be found under the [Url Uploads](#tag/Url-Uploads) tag.


    Once you''ve created an Asset and you have its `id`, you''ll likely want to create

    an [Asset Reference](#tag/Asset-References) as well, unless you don''t want your asset exposed in the

    Asset Library or used with other resources you''ll find to have asset reference

    relationships.

    '
paths:
  /assets/v2:
    post:
      tags:
      - Assets
      operationId: CreateAssetV2
      summary: Upload an asset available to the authenticated user.
      security:
      - oauth2:
        - offline_access
      - api_key:
        - Session-Token
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: X-File-Name
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: This header must contain the desired filename including file extension. If the client does not support sending UTF-8 Unicode characters, it may Base64 encode this value, which the server will decode.
      requestBody:
        description: The request body should be the file binary itself passed as application/octet-stream. This endpoint does not currently support multipart uploads.
        content:
          application/octet-stream:
            schema:
              type: string
              format: binary
      responses:
        '201':
          description: A single asset with basic metadata.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - data
                properties:
                  data:
                    title: asset
                    type: object
                    required:
                    - id
                    - type
                    - attributes
                    - relationships
                    additionalProperties: false
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                        format: uuid
                      type:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                        - asset
                      attributes:
                        type: object
                        required:
                        - bytes
                        - created_at
                        - download_url_override
                        - duration
                        - file_extension
                        - file_name
                        - height
                        - mime_type
                        - updated_at
                        - url
                        - width
                        additionalProperties: false
                        properties:
                          url:
                            type: string
                          download_url_override:
                            type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                            description: 'An alternative download URL for the file. If set, downloading the

                              asset will result in a redirect to the overridden location instead of

                              downloading the asset data directly. When not present, `url` should

                              be used.

                              '
                          width:
                            type:
                            - integer
                            - 'null'
                            description: When applicable, the width in pixels of an image or video.
                          height:
                            type:
                            - integer
                            - 'null'
                            description: When applicable, the height in pixels of an image or video.
                          duration:
                            type:
                            - integer
                            - 'null'
                            description: When applicable, the play time of a video in seconds.
                          pages:
                            type:
                            - integer
                            - 'null'
                            description: When applicable, the number of pages in a PDF document.
                          mime_type:
                            type: string
                            description: The [MIME type](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types/Common_types) that corresponds to the uploaded file.
                          file_name:
                            type: string
                          file_extension:
                            type: string
                          bytes:
                            type: integer
                            description: The size of the file in bytes.
                          created_at:
                            type: string
                            format: date-time
                            description: An ISO8601 date-time.
                            readOnly: true
                          updated_at:
                            type: string
                            format: date-time
                            description: An ISO8601 date-time.
                            readOnly: true
                      relationships:
                        required:
                        - opal
                        type: object
                        additionalProperties: false
                        properties:
                          opal:
                            type: object
                            required:
                            - data
                            additionalProperties: false
                            properties:
                              data:
                                type: object
                                required:
                                - id
                                - type
                                additionalProperties: false
                                properties:
                                  id:
                                    type: string
                                  type:
                                    type: string
                                    enum:
                                    - opal
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - errors
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        status:
                          type: string
                        title:
                          type: string
                        detail:
                          type: string
                      required:
                      - status
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - errors
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        status:
                          type: string
                        title:
                          type: string
                        detail:
                          type: string
                      required:
                      - status
        '422':
          description: Unprocessable entity
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - errors
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        status:
                          type: string
                        title:
                          type: string
                        detail:
                          type: string
                      required:
                      - status
    get:
      tags:
      - Assets
      operationId: GetAssetsV2
      summary: '[UNSTABLE] Get a collection of assets available to the authenticated user.'
      security:
      - oauth2:
        - offline_access
      - api_key:
        - Session-Token
      parameters:
      - name: filter
        in: query
        description: 'Filters for limiting the results.

          '
        required: false
        schema:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: array
              description: 'The IDs of the resources that should be returned.

                Comma separated list of IDs. If included, will only attempt to fetch resources matching those  IDs. (Note that some or all resources may not be available.) If not included, will return all resources matching the other provided filters. For example, `filter[id]=798ac6d9-b3fc-4155-88ee-237f43f3404b` will fetch the resource with id `798ac6d9-b3fc-4155-88ee-237f43f3404b`, while `filter[id]=798ac6d9-b3fc-4155-88ee-237f43f3404b,d79e513e-9246-454e-80bf-8268bc39cd6e,f2b19a4a-ba0c-49be-8aa7-a1bf68a4a4ed` will fetch each of the resources with the ids `798ac6d9-b3fc-4155-88ee-237f43f3404b`, `d79e513e-9246-454e-80bf-8268bc39cd6e`, or `f2b19a4a-ba0c-49be-8aa7-a1bf68a4a4ed`.

                '
              items:
                type: string
                format: uuid
            created_at:
              type: object
              description: 'Filter for exact dates or for dates greater than or less than a given date.


                Supports the comparison operators: `eq` (equal to), `gt` (greater than),

                `gteq` (greater than or equal to), `lt` (less than), and `lteq` (less than or

                equal to).


                Filters are formatted as `filter[created_at][gt]=2025-01-01T12:01:00Z` where

                `created_at` is the field you want to filter on, `gt` is the operator, and

                `2025-01-01T12:01:00Z` can be either a date or date-time value.


                If no operator is specified, `eq` is assumed but date values without time

                components will have the semantics of matching all records "on the same day"

                as the given date. For example, `filter[created_at]=2025-01-01T12:01:00Z` is

                equivalent to `filter[created_at][eq]=2025-01-01T12:01:00Z` which will only

                match that exact date and time. Alternatively,

                `filter[created_at]=2025-01-01` has the semantics "greater than midnight on

                2025-01-01 and less than midnight on 2025-01-02."

                '
              properties:
                eq:
                  type: string
                  description: 'Equal to filter. If no other filter is specified, `eq` will be assumed.

                    '
                gt:
                  type: string
                  description: Greater than filter
                gteq:
                  type: string
                  description: Greater than or equal to filter
                lt:
                  type: string
                  description: Less than filter
                lteq:
                  type: string
                  description: Less than or equal to filter
            updated_at:
              type: object
              description: 'Filter for exact dates or for dates greater than or less than a given date.


                Supports the comparison operators: `eq` (equal to), `gt` (greater than),

                `gteq` (greater than or equal to), `lt` (less than), and `lteq` (less than or

                equal to).


                Filters are formatted as `filter[created_at][gt]=2025-01-01T12:01:00Z` where

                `created_at` is the field you want to filter on, `gt` is the operator, and

                `2025-01-01T12:01:00Z` can be either a date or date-time value.


                If no operator is specified, `eq` is assumed but date values without time

                components will have the semantics of matching all records "on the same day"

                as the given date. For example, `filter[created_at]=2025-01-01T12:01:00Z` is

                equivalent to `filter[created_at][eq]=2025-01-01T12:01:00Z` which will only

                match that exact date and time. Alternatively,

                `filter[created_at]=2025-01-01` has the semantics "greater than midnight on

                2025-01-01 and less than midnight on 2025-01-02."

                '
              properties:
                eq:
                  type: string
                  description: 'Equal to filter. If no other filter is specified, `eq` will be assumed.

                    '
                gt:
                  type: string
                  description: Greater than filter
                gteq:
                  type: string
                  description: Greater than or equal to filter
                lt:
                  type: string
                  description: Less than filter
                lteq:
                  type: string
                  description: Less than or equal to filter
        style: deepObject
        explode: true
      - name: page
        description: Specify an offset and limit for pagination
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: object
          properties:
            limit:
              type: integer
              default: 50
            offset:
              type: integer
        style: deepObject
        explode: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A collection of assets
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - data
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      title: asset
                      type: object
                      required:
                      - id
                      - type
                      - attributes
                      - relationships
                      additionalProperties: false
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type: string
                          format: uuid
                        type:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                          - asset
                        attributes:
                          type: object
                          required:
                          - bytes
                          - created_at
                          - download_url_override
                          - duration
                          - file_extension
                          - file_name
                          - height
                          - mime_type
                          - updated_at
                          - url
                          - width
                          additionalProperties: false
                          properties:
                            url:
                              type: string
                            download_url_override:
                              type:
                              - string
                              - 'null'
                              description: 'An alternative download URL for the file. If set, downloading the

                                asset will result in a redirect to the overridden location instead of

                                downloading the asset data directly. When not present, `url` should

                                be used.

                                '
                            width:
                              type:
                              - integer
                              - 'null'
                              description: When applicable, the width in pixels of an image or video.
                            height:
                              type:
                              - integer
                              - 'null'
                              description: When applicable, the height in pixels of an image or video.
                            duration:
                              type:
                              - integer
                              - 'null'
                              description: When applicable, the play time of a video in seconds.
                            pages:
                              type:
                              - integer
                              - 'null'
                              description: When applicable, the number of pages in a PDF document.
                            mime_type:
                              type: string
                              description: The [MIME type](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types/Common_types) that corresponds to the uploaded file.
                            file_name:
                              type: string
                            file_extension:
                              type: string
                            bytes:
                              type: integer
                              description: The size of the file in bytes.
                            created_at:
                              type: string
                              format: date-time
                              description: An ISO8601 date-time.
                              readOnly: true
                            updated_at:
                              type: string
                              format: date-time
                              description: An ISO8601 date-time.
                              readOnly: true
                        relationships:
                          required:
                          - opal
                          type: object
                          additionalProperties: false
                          properties:
                            opal:
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - data
                              additionalProperties: false
                              properties:
                                data:
                                  type: object
                                  required:
                                  - id
                                  - type
                                  additionalProperties: false
                                  properties:
                                    id:
                                      type: string
                                    type:
                                      type: string
                                      enum:
                                      - opal
                  meta:
                    type: object
                    required:
                    - total
                    - page
                    - resource_type
                    properties:
                      resource_type:
                        type: string
                      total:
                        type: integer
                      page:
                        type: object
                        required:
                        - limit
                        - offset
                        properties:
                          limit:
                            type: integer
                          offset:
                            type: integer
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - errors
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        status:
                          type: string
                        title:
                          type: string
                        detail:
                          type: string
                      required:
                      - status
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - errors
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        status:
                          type: string
                        title:
                          type: string
                        detail:
                          type: string
                      required:
                      - status
  /assets/v2/{asset_id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Assets
      operationId: GetAssetV2
      summary: Get an assets metadata
      security:
      - oauth2:
        - offline_access
      - api_key:
        - Session-Token
      parameters:
      - name: asset_id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The ID of the Asset
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: An single asset reference.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
   

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