Opal Boards API

The Boards API from Opal — 5 operation(s) for boards.

Operations 11

GET /boards/v3 Get Boards available to the authenticated user. #
POST /boards/v3 Create a new Board. #
GET /boards/v3/{board_id} Get a Board. #
PATCH /boards/v3/{board_id} Update an existing Board. #
DELETE /boards/v3/{board_id} Delete a Board. #
PATCH /boards/v3/{board_id}/user_setting [UNSTABLE] Update the user’s settings for a given Board #
GET /board_object_collections/v3 Get Object Collections available to the authenticated user. #
POST /board_object_collections/v3 Create a new Board Object Collection. #
GET /board_object_collections/v3/{board_object_collection_id} Get a Board Object Collection. #
PATCH /board_object_collections/v3/{board_object_collection_id} Update a new Board Object Collection. #
DELETE /board_object_collections/v3/{board_object_collection_id} Delete an Object Collection. #

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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 3.0.0
  title: Opal API (⚠️ WIP) Boards 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 [v2 API](/api/documentation/v2) is more complete than the v3 API. 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*Note:* Endpoints will be added to the v3 API as needed, and we will continue to support all v2 API endpoints in the  “JSON:API” and “Other” categories, even if we add an equivalent v3 API endpoint.\n\n# Key differences between v2 and v3 APIs\n\n## Resource Identifiers\n\nThe v3 API uses a different format for primary resource identifiers than the v2 API. Responses from v3 API endpoints include the resource’s v2 API id in the `attributes.legacy_id` field, in case you need to use both API versions. (v2 API resource identifiers are generally integers, but v2 API endpoints **MAY** use a different format.)\n\n*Note:* These are opaque strings, and you **MUST NOT** rely on the structure. Currently newly-created resources have a UUIDv4 identifier, but this behavior **MAY** change at any time. Existing identifiers will not be affected.\n\n# Documentation Organization\n\nv3 API endpoints are categorized by stability:\n\n1. Stable\n2. Unstable\n3. Proposed\n4. Experimental\n\nAll v3 API endpoints 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\nYour requests **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\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 “Stable” 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,” \"Experimental,\" or “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: Boards
paths:
  /boards/v3:
    get:
      tags:
      - Boards
      operationId: ReadBoardsV3
      summary: Get Boards available to the authenticated user.
      security:
      - oauth2:
        - offline_access
      - api_key: []
      parameters:
      - name: filter
        in: query
        description: 'Filters for limiting the results.

          '
        required: false
        schema:
          type: object
          properties:
            workspace_id:
              type: array
              description: 'The IDs of the workspaces to which results should be filtered.

                Comma separated list of IDs. If included, will only fetch resources associated with these workspaces. If not included, will return resources associated with all workspaces that the user belongs to. For example, `filter[workspace_id]=798ac6d9-b3fc-4155-88ee-237f43f3404b` will fetch all resources associated with workspace `798ac6d9-b3fc-4155-88ee-237f43f3404b`, while `filter[workspace_id]=798ac6d9-b3fc-4155-88ee-237f43f3404b,d79e513e-9246-454e-80bf-8268bc39cd6e,f2b19a4a-ba0c-49be-8aa7-a1bf68a4a4ed` will fetch any resources associated with workspaces `798ac6d9-b3fc-4155-88ee-237f43f3404b`, `d79e513e-9246-454e-80bf-8268bc39cd6e`, or `f2b19a4a-ba0c-49be-8aa7-a1bf68a4a4ed`.

                '
              items:
                type: string
                format: uuid
            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
            is_archived:
              description: By default archived boards are omitted. Set this filter to `true` to retrieve archived boards.
              type: boolean
            is_starred:
              description: Setting to `true` will only returns boards that the current user has ‘starred’.
              type: boolean
        style: deepObject
        explode: true
      - name: include
        in: query
        required: false
        description: A comma separated value of related objects to include.
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - asset_reference
            - board_collaborators
            - board_objects
            - board_columns
            - board_user_setting
            - collaborators
            - collaborators.profile
            - collaborators.profile.avatar_asset_reference
            - object_collections
            - created_by_user
            - created_by_user.profile
            - created_by_user.profile.avatar_asset_reference
            - default_story
        style: form
        explode: false
      - name: fields
        in: query
        description: 'A JSON:API [sparse fieldset](https://jsonapi.org/format/#fetching-sparse-fieldsets) declaration. The resource type can be that of the primary resource (i.e. `board`) or any of the included resources (e.g. `title` or `workspace`).

          '
        required: false
        schema:
          type: object
          properties:
            asset_reference:
              type: string
            board:
              type: string
            board_columns:
              type: string
            board_collaborators:
              type: string
            board_objects:
              type: string
            board_user_setting:
              type: string
            collaborators:
              type: string
            created_by_user:
              type: string
            object_collections:
              type: string
            workspace:
              type: string
        style: deepObject
        explode: true
      - name: sort
        in: query
        description: 'A comma separated value specifying how a collection in the response body should be sorted, where each value is an attribute of the board. When specifying multiple values, each value in the sequence determines the ordering precedence.


          Each board in the collection will appear in ascending order, unless any of the enumerated values are prefixed with a minus "-" sign, in which case each board will appear in descending order for the specified values.

          '
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - created_at
          - -created_at
          - updated_at
          - -updated_at
          - title
          - -title
      - 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 Boards.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - data
                - meta
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      title: board
                      type: object
                      required:
                      - id
                      - type
                      - attributes
                      - relationships
                      additionalProperties: false
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type: string
                          format: uuid
                        type:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                          - board
                        attributes:
                          type: object
                          required:
                          - created_at
                          - description
                          - is_public
                          - is_archived
                          - title
                          - updated_at
                          additionalProperties: false
                          properties:
                            created_at:
                              type: string
                              format: date-time
                              description: An ISO8601 date-time.
                              readOnly: true
                            description:
                              type:
                              - string
                              - 'null'
                              description: A description of the board.
                            is_public:
                              type: boolean
                              description: 'Indicates whether or not a board and all of its contents are visible

                                to users in the workspace. Unless otherwise specified, this value is

                                `false` by default. Boards are always visible to the user that created

                                them.

                                '
                            is_archived:
                              type: boolean
                              description: 'Indicates whether or not a board has been archived. If set to

                                `true`, the UI will only display the board in the ‘Archived

                                Boards’ view. If set to `false` (the default), the board may be

                                displayed in other views, depending on the user’s filter

                                settings.

                                '
                            title:
                              type: string
                              description: The name of the board.
                            updated_at:
                              type:
                              - string
                              - 'null'
                              format: date-time
                              description: An ISO8601 date-time.
                              readOnly: true
                        relationships:
                          type: object
                          additionalProperties: false
                          required:
                          - created_by_user
                          - workspace
                          properties:
                            asset_reference:
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - data
                              additionalProperties: false
                              properties:
                                data:
                                  type:
                                  - object
                                  - 'null'
                                  required:
                                  - id
                                  - type
                                  additionalProperties: false
                                  properties:
                                    id:
                                      type: string
                                    type:
                                      type: string
                                      enum:
                                      - asset_reference
                            board_collaborators:
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - data
                              additionalProperties: false
                              properties:
                                data:
                                  type: array
                                  items:
                                    type: object
                                    required:
                                    - id
                                    - type
                                    additionalProperties: false
                                    properties:
                                      id:
                                        type: string
                                        format: uuid
                                      type:
                                        type: string
                                        enum:
                                        - board_collaborator
                            board_objects:
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - data
                              additionalProperties: false
                              properties:
                                data:
                                  type: array
                                  items:
                                    type: object
                                    required:
                                    - id
                                    - type
                                    additionalProperties: false
                                    properties:
                                      id:
                                        type: string
                                        format: uuid
                                      type:
                                        type: string
                                        enum:
                                        - board_object
                            collaborators:
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - data
                              additionalProperties: false
                              properties:
                                data:
                                  type: array
                                  items:
                                    type: object
                                    required:
                                    - id
                                    - type
                                    additionalProperties: false
                                    properties:
                                      id:
                                        type: string
                                        format: uuid
                                      type:
                                        type: string
                                        enum:
                                        - user
                            created_by_user:
                              title: User
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - data
                              additionalProperties: false
                              properties:
                                data:
                                  type: object
                                  required:
                                  - id
                                  - type
                                  additionalProperties: false
                                  properties:
                                    id:
                                      type: string
                                      format: uuid
                                    type:
                                      type: string
                                      enum:
                                      - user
                            object_collections:
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - data
                              additionalProperties: false
                              properties:
                                data:
                                  type: array
                                  items:
                                    type: object
                                    required:
                                    - id
                                    - type
                                    additionalProperties: false
                                    properties:
                                      id:
                                        type: string
                                        format: uuid
                                      type:
                                        type: string
                                        enum:
                                        - board_object_collection
                            workspace:
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - data
                              additionalProperties: false
                              properties:
                                data:
                                  type: object
                                  required:
                                  - id
                                  - type
                                  additionalProperties: false
                                  properties:
                                    id:
                                      type: string
                                      format: uuid
                                    type:
                                      type: string
                                      enum:
                                      - workspace
                            board_columns:
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - data
                              additionalProperties: false
                              properties:
                                data:
                                  type: array
                                  items:
                                    type: object
                                    required:
                                    - id
                                    - type
                                    additionalProperties: false
                                    properties:
                                      id:
                                        type: string
                                        format: uuid
                                      type:
                                        type: string
                                        enum:
                                        - board_column
                            board_user_setting:
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - data
                              additionalProperties: false
                              properties:
                                data:
                                  type: object
                                  required:
                                  - id
                                  - type
                                  additionalProperties: false
                                  properties:
                                    id:
                                      type: string
                                      format: uuid
                                    type:
                                      type: string
                                      enum:
                                      - board_user_setting
                            default_story:
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - data
                              additionalProperties: false
                              properties:
                                data:
                                  type:
                                  - object
                                  - 'null'
                                  required:
                                  - id
                                  - type
                                  additionalProperties: false
                                  properties:
                                    id:
                                      type: string
                                    type:
                                      type: string
                                      enum:
                                      - story
                  included:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      oneOf:
                      - title: asset_reference
                        type: object
                        required:
                        - id
                        - type
                        - attributes
                        additionalProperties: false
                        properties:
                          id:
                            type: string
                            format: uuid
                          type:
                            type: string
                            enum:
                            - asset_reference
                          attributes:
                            type: object
                            required:
                            - asset_type
                            - content_type
                            - created_at
                            - description
                            - escaped_filename
                            - filename
                            - filesize
                            - format
                            - full_url
                            - height
                            - legacy_id
                            - meta_data
                            - original_url
                            - preview_url
                            - public_id
                            - updated_at
                            - width
                            additionalProperties: false
                            properties:
                              asset_type:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              content_type:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              created_at:
                                type: string
                                description: An ISO8601 date-time. Formatted as an 'Internet Date/Time' (RFC 3339).
                                format: date-time
                                readOnly: true
                              description:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              escaped_filename:
                                type: string
                              filename:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              filesize:
                                type:
                                - integer
                                - 'null'
                                description: Size of file in bytes.
                              format:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              full_url:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                              height:
                                type:
                                - integer
                                - 'null'
                              legacy_id:
                                type: string
                                description: A legacy ID that can be used with `v2` API endpoints.
                              meta_data:
                                ty

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