Passbolt Metadata private keys API
Manipulate private keys for metadata.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
contact:
email: contact@passbolt.com
description: This is a low-level overview of the API and its endpoints, if you need higher-level guides for interacting with the endpoints, use the Developer guide.
license:
name: AGPL-3.0
url: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html
termsOfService: https://www.passbolt.com/terms
title: Passbolt Authentication (GPGAuth) Authentication (GPGAuth) Metadata private keys API
version: 5.0.0
servers:
- url: https://passbolt.local
description: API Passbolt
tags:
- name: Metadata private keys
description: Manipulate private keys for metadata.
paths:
/metadata/keys/privates.json:
post:
summary: Create a metadata private key.
description: Can also be used for sharing a missing private key for one or more users.
operationId: addMetadataPrivateKey
security:
- bearerHttpAuthentication: []
x-codeSamples:
- lang: cURL
source: "curl --request POST \\\n --url {{API_BASE_URL}}/metadata/keys/privates.json \\\n --header 'authorization: Bearer {{JWT_TOKEN}}' \\\n --header 'content-type: application/json' \\\n --data '[\n {\n \"metadata_key_id\": \"d00efe12-0892-4111-b08a-fb42d9e0a5de\",\n \"user_id\": \"eca7c94a-02ac-4e08-a7e1-035981c34868\",\n \"data\": \"-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----\"\n },\n {\n \"metadata_key_id\": \"7d316bc3-0cca-4b5d-9d77-3eb9c408f9df\",\n \"user_id\": \"4448fee0-2eef-4d47-b221-2101317f60d1\",\n \"data\": \"-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----\"\n }\n ]'\n"
- lang: JavaScript
source: "const url = '{{API_BASE_URL}}/metadata/keys/privates.json';\nconst options = {\n method: 'POST',\n headers: {authorization: 'Bearer {{JWT_TOKEN}}', 'content-type': 'application/json'},\n body: '[{\"metadata_key_id\":\"d00efe12-0892-4111-b08a-fb42d9e0a5de\",\"user_id\":\"eca7c94a-02ac-4e08-a7e1-035981c34868\",\"data\":\"-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----\"},{\"metadata_key_id\":\"7d316bc3-0cca-4b5d-9d77-3eb9c408f9df\",\"user_id\":\"4448fee0-2eef-4d47-b221-2101317f60d1\",\"data\":\"-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----\"}]'\n};\n\ntry {\n const response = await fetch(url, options);\n const data = await response.json();\n console.log(data);\n} catch (error) {\n console.error(error);\n}\n"
- lang: PHP
source: "<?php\n$curl = curl_init();\n\ncurl_setopt_array($curl, [\n CURLOPT_URL => \"{{API_BASE_URL}}/metadata/keys/privates.json\",\n CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,\n CURLOPT_ENCODING => \"\",\n CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,\n CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,\n CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,\n CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => \"POST\",\n CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([\n [\n 'metadata_key_id' => 'd00efe12-0892-4111-b08a-fb42d9e0a5de',\n 'user_id' => 'eca7c94a-02ac-4e08-a7e1-035981c34868',\n 'data' => '-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----'\n ],\n [\n 'metadata_key_id' => '7d316bc3-0cca-4b5d-9d77-3eb9c408f9df',\n 'user_id' => '4448fee0-2eef-4d47-b221-2101317f60d1',\n 'data' => '-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----'\n ]\n ]),\n CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [\n \"authorization: Bearer {{JWT_TOKEN}}\",\n \"content-type: application/json\"\n ],\n]);\n\n$response = curl_exec($curl);\n$err = curl_error($curl);\n\ncurl_close($curl);\n\nif ($err) {\n echo \"cURL Error #:\" . $err;\n} else {\n echo $response;\n}\n"
tags:
- Metadata private keys
requestBody:
$ref: '#/components/requestBodies/metadataPrivateKeysAdd'
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/emptyBody'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/badRequest'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/authenticationRequired'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/accessRestrictedToAdministrators'
/metadata/keys/private/{metadataPrivateKeyId}.json:
put:
summary: Update a metadata private key.
operationId: updateMetadataPrivateKey
security:
- bearerHttpAuthentication: []
x-codeSamples:
- lang: cURL
source: "curl --request PUT \\\n --url {{API_BASE_URL}}/metadata/keys/privates/2e5d88cb-9b04-4010-806c-a449315ae4d5.json \\\n --header 'authorization: Bearer {{JWT_TOKEN}}' \\\n --header 'content-type: application/json' \\\n --data '{\n \"data\": \"-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----\"\n }'\n"
- lang: JavaScript
source: "const url = '{{API_BASE_URL}}/metadata/keys/privates/2e5d88cb-9b04-4010-806c-a449315ae4d5.json';\nconst options = {\n method: 'PUT',\n headers: {authorization: 'Bearer {{JWT_TOKEN}}', 'content-type': 'application/json'},\n body: '{\"data\":\"-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----\"}'\n};\n\ntry {\n const response = await fetch(url, options);\n const data = await response.json();\n console.log(data);\n} catch (error) {\n console.error(error);\n}\n"
- lang: PHP
source: "<?php\n$curl = curl_init();\n\ncurl_setopt_array($curl, [\n CURLOPT_URL => \"{{API_BASE_URL}}/metadata/keys/privates/2e5d88cb-9b04-4010-806c-a449315ae4d5.json\",\n CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,\n CURLOPT_ENCODING => \"\",\n CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,\n CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,\n CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,\n CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => \"PUT\",\n CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([\n 'data' => '-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----'\n ]),\n CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [\n \"authorization: Bearer {{JWT_TOKEN}}\",\n \"content-type: application/json\"\n ],\n]);\n\n$response = curl_exec($curl);\n$err = curl_error($curl);\n\ncurl_close($curl);\n\nif ($err) {\n echo \"cURL Error #:\" . $err;\n} else {\n echo $response;\n}\n"
tags:
- Metadata private keys
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/metadataPrivateKeyId'
requestBody:
$ref: '#/components/requestBodies/metadataPrivateKeysUpdate'
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/metadataPrivateKeysUpdate'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/badRequest'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/authenticationRequired'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/notFound'
components:
schemas:
e2eeDataUserId:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/e2eeDataOnly'
- type: object
required:
- user_id
properties:
user_id:
type: string
format: uuid
x-nullable: true
e2eeDataOnly:
required:
- data
properties:
data:
type: string
header:
type: object
required:
- id
- status
- servertime
- action
- message
- url
- code
properties:
id:
type: string
format: uuid
status:
type: string
enum:
- success
- error
servertime:
type: integer
example: 1720702619
action:
type: string
format: uuid
message:
type: string
example: The operation was successful.
url:
type: string
format: uri
example: /auth/verify.json
code:
type: integer
example: 200
metadataPrivateKeysAdd:
type: array
items:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/e2eeDataUserIdMetadataKeyId'
- properties:
user_id:
x-nullable: false
e2eeDataUserIdMetadataKeyId:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/e2eeDataUserId'
- type: object
required:
- metadata_key_id
properties:
metadata_key_id:
type: string
format: uuid
metadataPrivateKeysShortIndex:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/e2eeDataUserId'
- type: object
required:
- created_by
- modified_by
properties:
created_by:
type: string
format: uuid
x-nullable: true
modified_by:
type: string
format: uuid
x-nullable: true
user_id:
x-nullable: false
responses:
authenticationRequired:
description: Authentication required.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- header
- body
properties:
header:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/header'
body:
type: string
examples:
base:
value:
header:
id: f7be85c0-afb1-4d8e-a9e1-e05abb0bb71a
status: error
servertime: 1721727753
action: e2aa01a9-84ec-55f8-aaed-24ee23259339
message: Authentication is required to continue.
url: <API ENDPOINT URL>
code: 401
body: ''
accessRestrictedToAdministrators:
description: Access restricted
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- header
- body
properties:
header:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/header'
body:
type: string
examples:
example:
value:
header:
id: f7be85c0-afb1-4d8e-a9e1-e05abb0bb71a
status: error
servertime: 1721727753
action: e2aa01a9-84ec-55f8-aaed-24ee23259339
message: Access restricted to administrators.
url: <API ENDPOINT URL>
code: 403
body: ''
badRequest:
description: Bad request
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- header
- body
properties:
header:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/header'
body:
type: string
examples:
example:
value:
header:
id: 7ff2828c-1092-4897-8e0a-1dc64ada889f
status: error
servertime: 1721207029
action: 4d0c0996-ce30-4bce-9918-9062ab35c542
message: <ERROR MESSAGE>
url: <API ENDPOINT URL>
code: 400
body: ''
metadataPrivateKeysUpdate:
description: Operation is successful
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- header
- body
properties:
header:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/header'
body:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/metadataPrivateKeysShortIndex'
examples:
base:
value:
user_id: eca7c94a-02ac-4e08-a7e1-035981c34868
data: '-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----'
created_by: eca7c94a-02ac-4e08-a7e1-035981c34868
modified_by: 4448fee0-2eef-4d47-b221-2101317f60d1
notFound:
description: Not found
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- header
- body
properties:
header:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/header'
body:
type: string
examples:
example:
value:
header:
id: 7ff2828c-1092-4897-8e0a-1dc64ada889f
status: error
servertime: 1721207029
action: 4d0c0996-ce30-4bce-9918-9062ab35c542
message: The <MODEL> does not exist.
url: <API ENDPOINT URL>
code: 404
body: ''
emptyBody:
description: Operation is successful.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- header
- body
properties:
header:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/header'
body:
type: object
examples:
base:
value:
header:
id: f7be85c0-afb1-4d8e-a9e1-e05abb0bb71a
status: success
servertime: 1721727753
action: e2aa01a9-84ec-55f8-aaed-24ee23259339
message: <SUCCESS MESSAGE>
url: <API ENDPOINT URL>
code: 200
body: {}
parameters:
metadataPrivateKeyId:
name: metadataPrivateKeyId
description: ID for the metadata private key manipulated.
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
requestBodies:
metadataPrivateKeysAdd:
description: The metadata private keys that you want to create.
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/metadataPrivateKeysAdd'
examples:
base:
value:
- metadata_key_id: d00efe12-0892-4111-b08a-fb42d9e0a5de
user_id: eca7c94a-02ac-4e08-a7e1-035981c34868
data: '-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----'
- metadata_key_id: 7d316bc3-0cca-4b5d-9d77-3eb9c408f9df
user_id: 4448fee0-2eef-4d47-b221-2101317f60d1
data: '-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----'
metadataPrivateKeysUpdate:
description: The metadata private keys that you want to update.
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/e2eeDataOnly'
examples:
base:
value:
data: '-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----'
securitySchemes:
bearerHttpAuthentication:
description: Bearer token using a JWT
type: http
scheme: Bearer
bearerFormat: JWT
gpgCookieAuthentication:
description: Session-based authentication. Note that a CSRF token needs to be provided through a header named `X-CSRF-Token`.
type: apiKey
in: cookie
name: passbolt_session