Passbolt Metadata private keys API

Manipulate private keys for metadata.

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passbolt-metadata-private-keys-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
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:
    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
    e2eeDataUserIdMetadataKeyId:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/e2eeDataUserId'
      - type: object
        required:
        - metadata_key_id
        properties:
          metadata_key_id:
            type: string
            format: uuid
    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
    metadataPrivateKeysAdd:
      type: array
      items:
        allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/e2eeDataUserIdMetadataKeyId'
        - properties:
            user_id:
              x-nullable: false
    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
  responses:
    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
    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: ''
    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: {}
  requestBodies:
    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-----'
    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-----'
  parameters:
    metadataPrivateKeyId:
      name: metadataPrivateKeyId
      description: ID for the metadata private key manipulated.
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
  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