Outline

Outline Collections API

`Collections` represent grouping of documents in the knowledge base, they offer a way to structure information in a nested hierarchy and a level at which read and write permissions can be granted to individual users or groups of users.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 14

POST /collections.info Retrieve a collection #
POST /collections.documents Retrieve a collections document structure #
POST /collections.list List all collections #
POST /collections.create Create a collection #
POST /collections.update Update a collection #
POST /collections.add_user Add a collection user #
POST /collections.remove_user Remove a collection user #
POST /collections.memberships List all collection memberships #
POST /collections.add_group Add a group to a collection #
POST /collections.remove_group Remove a collection group #
POST /collections.group_memberships List all collection group members #
POST /collections.delete Delete a collection #
POST /collections.export Export a collection #
POST /collections.export_all Export all collections #

Documentation

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https://www.getoutline.com/developers

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/outline/refs/heads/main/openapi/outline-collections-api-openapi.yml

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/outline/openapi

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OpenAPI Specification

outline-collections-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Outline Collections API
  description: '# Introduction


    The Outline API is structured in an RPC style.'
  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:


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# Full source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/outline/refs/heads/main/openapi/outline-collections-api-openapi.yml