Outline Auth API

openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Outline AccessRequests Auth API
  description: "# Introduction\n\nThe Outline API is structured in an RPC style. It enables you to\nprogramatically interact with all aspects of Outline’s data – in fact, the\nmain application is built on exactly the same API.\n\nThe API structure is available as an\n[openapi specification](https://github.com/outline/openapi) if that’s your\njam – it can be used to generate clients for most programming languages.\n\n# Making requests\n\nOutline’s API follows simple RPC style conventions where each API endpoint is\na `POST` method on `https://app.getoutline.com/api/:method`. Only HTTPS is\nsupported and all response payloads are JSON.\n\nWhen making `POST` requests, request parameters are parsed depending on\nContent-Type header. To make a call using JSON payload, you must pass\nContent-Type: application/json header, here’s an example using CURL:\n\n```\ncurl https://app.getoutline.com/api/documents.info \\\n-X 'POST' \\\n-H 'authorization: Bearer MY_API_KEY' \\\n-H 'content-type: application/json' \\\n-H 'accept: application/json' \\\n-d '{\"id\": \"outline-api-NTpezNwhUP\"}'\n```\n\nOr, with JavaScript:\n\n```javascript\nconst response = await fetch(\"https://app.getoutline.com/api/documents.info\", {\n  method: \"POST\",\n  headers: {\n    Accept: \"application/json\",\n    \"Content-Type\": \"application/json\",\n    Authorization: \"Bearer MY_API_KEY\"\n  }\n})\n\nconst body = await response.json();\nconst document = body.data;\n```\n\n# Authentication\n\n## API key\n\nYou can create new API keys under **Settings => API & Apps**. Be\ncareful when handling your keys as they allow full access to your data,\nyou should treat them like passwords and they should never be committed to\nsource control.\n\n### Usage\n\nTo authenticate with API, you should supply the API key as a \"Bearer\" token in the `Authorization` header\n(`Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY`).\n\nAPI keys can be revoked at any time by the creating user or an administrator of the workspace. If an API\nkey is revoked, any requests made with that key will return a `401 Unauthenticated` response.\n\n### Format\n\nAll API keys always begin with `ol_api_` followed by a random string of 38 letters and numbers.\n\n## OAuth 2.0\n\nOAuth 2.0 is a widely used protocol for authorization and authentication. It allows users\nto grant third-party _or_ internal applications access to their resources without sharing\ntheir credentials. To use OAuth 2.0 you need to follow these steps:\n\n1. Register your application under **Settings => Applications**\n2. Obtain an access token by exchanging the client credentials for an access token\n3. Use the access token to authenticate requests to the API\n\nSome API endpoints allow unauthenticated requests for public resources and\nthey can be called without authentication.\n\n# Scopes\n\nScopes are used to limit the access of an API key or application to specific resources. For example,\nan application may only need access to read documents, but not write them. Scopes can be global in\nthe case of `read` and `write` scopes, scoped to a namespace, scoped to an API endpoint, or use\nwildcard scopes like `documents.*`. Some examples of scopes that can be used are:\n\n## Global\n\n- `read`: Allows all read actions\n- `write`: Allows all read and write actions\n\n## Namespaced\n\n- `documents:read`: Allows all document read actions\n- `collections:write`: Allows all collection write actions\n\n## Endpoints\n\n- `documents.info`: Allows only one specific API method\n- `documents.*`: Allows all document API methods\n- `users.*`: Allows all user API methods\n\n# Errors\n\nAll successful API requests will be returned with a 200 or 201 status code\nand `ok: true` in the response payload. If there’s an error while making the\nrequest, the appropriate status code is returned with the error message:\n\n```\n{\n  \"ok\": false,\n  \"error\": \"Not Found\"\n}\n```\n\n# Pagination\n\nMost top-level API resources have support for \"list\" API methods. For instance,\nyou can list users, documents, and collections. These list methods share\ncommon parameters, taking both `limit` and `offset`.\n\nResponses will echo these parameters in the root `pagination` key, and also\ninclude a `nextPath` key which can be used as a handy shortcut to fetch the\nnext page of results. For example:\n\n```\n{\n  ok: true,\n  status: 200,\n  data: […],\n  pagination: {\n    limit: 25,\n    offset: 0,\n    nextPath: \"/api/documents.list?limit=25&offset=25\"\n  }\n}\n```\n\n# Rate limits\n\nLike most APIs, Outline has rate limits in place to prevent abuse. Endpoints\nthat mutate data are more restrictive than read-only endpoints. If you exceed\nthe rate limit for a given endpoint, you will receive a `429 Too Many Requests`\nstatus code.\n\nThe response will include a `Retry-After` header that indicates how many seconds\nyou should wait before making another request.\n\n# Policies\n\nMost API resources have associated \"policies\", these objects describe the\ncurrent authentications authorized actions related to an individual resource. It\nshould be noted that the policy \"id\" is identical to the resource it is\nrelated to, policies themselves do not have unique identifiers.\n\nFor most usecases of the API, policies can be safely ignored. Calling\nunauthorized methods will result in the appropriate response code – these can\nbe used in an interface to adjust which elements are visible.\n"
  version: 0.1.0
  contact:
    email: hello@getoutline.com
  license:
    name: BSD-3-Clause
    url: https://github.com/outline/openapi/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://app.getoutline.com/api
  description: Cloud hosted
- url: https://{domain}/api
  description: Self-hosted on your own server
  variables:
    domain:
      default: example.com
security:
- BearerAuth: []
- OAuth2:
  - read
  - write
tags:
- name: Auth
  description: '`Auth` represents the current API Keys authentication details. It can be

    used to check that a token is still valid and load the IDs for the current

    user and workspace.

    '
paths:
  /auth.info:
    post:
      tags:
      - Auth
      summary: Retrieve auth
      description: Retrieve authentication details for the current API key
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Auth'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthenticated'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
      operationId: authInfo
  /auth.config:
    post:
      tags:
      - Auth
      summary: Retrieve auth config
      description: Retrieve authentication options
      security: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      name:
                        type: string
                        example: Acme Inc
                      hostname:
                        type: string
                        example: acme-inc.getoutline.com
                      services:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          properties:
                            id:
                              type: string
                              example: slack
                            name:
                              type: string
                              example: Slack
                            authUrl:
                              type: string
                              example: https://acme-inc.getoutline.com/auth/slack
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
      operationId: authConfig
components:
  headers:
    RateLimit-Reset:
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Timestamp in the future the duration will reset.
    RateLimit-Remaining:
      schema:
        type: integer
      description: How many requests are left in the current duration.
    Retry-After:
      schema:
        type: integer
      description: Seconds in the future to retry the request, if rate limited.
    RateLimit-Limit:
      schema:
        type: integer
      description: The maximum requests available in the current duration.
  schemas:
    User:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the object.
          readOnly: true
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of this user, it is migrated from Slack or Google Workspace when the SSO connection is made but can be changed if necessary.
          example: Jane Doe
        avatarUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: The URL for the image associated with this user, it will be displayed in the application UI and email notifications.
        color:
          type: string
          description: A color representing the user, used in the UI for avatars without an image.
          readOnly: true
        email:
          type: string
          description: The email associated with this user, it is migrated from Slack or Google Workspace when the SSO connection is made but can be changed if necessary.
          format: email
          readOnly: true
        role:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserRole'
        isSuspended:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this user has been suspended.
          readOnly: true
        lastActiveAt:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: The last time this user made an API request, this value is updated at most every 5 minutes.
          readOnly: true
          format: date-time
        timezone:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: The timezone this user has registered.
        createdAt:
          type: string
          description: The date and time that this user first signed in or was invited as a guest.
          readOnly: true
          format: date-time
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          description: The date and time that this user was last updated.
          readOnly: true
          format: date-time
        deletedAt:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: The date and time that this user was deleted, if applicable.
          readOnly: true
          format: date-time
    UserRole:
      type: string
      enum:
      - admin
      - member
      - viewer
      - guest
    Auth:
      type: object
      properties:
        user:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
        team:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Team'
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        ok:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        error:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        status:
          type: number
        data:
          type: object
    Team:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the object.
          readOnly: true
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of this workspace, it is usually auto-generated when the first SSO connection is made but can be changed if necessary.
        description:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: A short description of this workspace.
        avatarUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: The URL for the image associated with this workspace, it will be displayed in the workspace switcher and in the top left of the knowledge base along with the name.
        sharing:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this workspace has share links globally enabled. If this value is false then all sharing UI and APIs are disabled.
        defaultCollectionId:
          type: string
          description: If set then the referenced collection is where users will be redirected to after signing in instead of the Home screen
          format: uuid
        defaultUserRole:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserRole'
        memberCollectionCreate:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether members are allowed to create new collections. If false then only admins can create collections.
        memberTeamCreate:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether members are allowed to create new groups. If false then only admins can create groups.
        documentEmbeds:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this workspace has embeds in documents globally enabled. It can be disabled to reduce potential data leakage to third parties.
        inviteRequired:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether an invite is required to join this workspace, if false users may join with a linked SSO provider.
        allowedDomains:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            description: A hostname that user emails are restricted to
        guestSignin:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this workspace has guest signin enabled. Guests can signin with an email address and are not required to have a Google Workspace/Slack SSO account once invited.
        subdomain:
          type: string
          description: Represents the subdomain at which this workspace's knowledge base can be accessed.
        domain:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: The custom domain configured for this workspace, if any.
        url:
          type: string
          description: The fully qualified URL at which this workspace's knowledge base can be accessed.
          readOnly: true
          format: uri
        passkeysEnabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether passkey authentication is enabled for this workspace.
        preferences:
          type: object
          nullable: true
          description: Workspace-level preference flags.
        guidanceMCP:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Guidance text provided to MCP integrations.
  responses:
    Unauthenticated:
      description: The API key is missing or otherwise invalid.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    RateLimited:
      description: The request was rate limited.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After'
        RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
        RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
        RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              ok:
                type: boolean
                example: false
              error:
                type: string
                example: rate_limit_exceeded
              status:
                type: number
                example: 429
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://app.getoutline.com/oauth/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://app.getoutline.com/oauth/token
          refreshUrl: https://app.getoutline.com/oauth/token
          scopes:
            read: Read access
            write: Write access