Outline Views API
`Views` represent a compressed record of an individual users views of a document. Individual views are not recorded but a first, last and total is kept per user.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Outline Views 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:
- name: Views
description: '`Views` represent a compressed record of an individual users views of a
document. Individual views are not recorded but a first, last and total
is kept per user.'
paths:
/views.list:
post:
tags:
- Views
summary: List all views
description: List all users that have viewed a document and the overall view count.
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
documentId:
type: string
format: uuid
description: The document ID to retrieve views for
includeSuspended:
type: boolean
description: Whether to include views from suspended users
default: false
required:
- documentId
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/View'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthenticated'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
operationId: viewsList
/views.create:
post:
tags:
- Views
summary: Create a view
description: Creates a new view for a document. This is documented in the interests of thoroughness however it is recommended that views are not created from outside of the Outline UI.
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
documentId:
type: string
format: uuid
required:
- documentId
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
data:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/View'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthenticated'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
operationId: viewsCreate
components:
schemas:
View:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
description: Unique identifier for the object.
readOnly: true
documentId:
type: string
description: Identifier for the associated document.
readOnly: true
format: uuid
firstViewedAt:
type: string
description: When the document was first viewed by the user
readOnly: true
format: date-time
lastViewedAt:
type: string
description: When the document was last viewed by the user
readOnly: true
format: date-time
count:
type: number
description: The number of times the user has viewed the document.
example: 22
readOnly: true
userId:
type: string
format: uuid
description: Identifier of the user who viewed the document.
readOnly: true
user:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
Error:
type: object
properties:
ok:
type: boolean
example: false
error:
type: string
message:
type: string
status:
type: number
data:
type: object
UserRole:
type: string
enum:
- admin
- member
- viewer
- guest
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
- 'null'
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
- 'null'
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
- 'null'
description: The date and time that this user was deleted, if applicable.
readOnly: true
format: date-time
responses:
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
Unauthenticated:
description: The API key is missing or otherwise invalid.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
NotFound:
description: The specified resource was not found.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
Unauthorized:
description: The current API key is not authorized to perform this action.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
headers:
RateLimit-Limit:
schema:
type: integer
description: The maximum requests available in the current duration.
Retry-After:
schema:
type: integer
description: Seconds in the future to retry the request, if rate limited.
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.
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