Pay-i

Pay-i Categories API

System and Custom Categories

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Operations 4

GET /api/v1/categories Get all Categories #
GET /api/v1/categories/{category}/resources Get all Resources for a Category #
DELETE /api/v1/categories/{category} Delete a Category and all of its Resources #
DELETE /api/v1/categories/{category}/resources/{resource} Delete all versions of Resource from a Category #

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OpenAPI Specification

pay-i-categories-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Pay I Categories API
  version: v1
  description: 'Operations tagged Categories across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: pay-i-openapi-original.json, pay-i-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.pay-i.com
security:
- Pay_I_API_Key: []
tags:
- name: Categories
  description: System and Custom Categories
paths:
  /api/v1/categories:
    get:
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: Get all Categories
      operationId: getCategories
      parameters:
      - name: Active
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: sort_ascending
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      - name: cursor
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Calculator.Models.ApiQueries.PaginatedCursorCategoryResponseList'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.ApiError'
    servers:
    - url: https://api.pay-i.com
  /api/v1/categories/{category}/resources:
    get:
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: Get all Resources for a Category
      operationId: getResourcesList
      parameters:
      - name: Active
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: sort_ascending
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      - name: cursor
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: category
        in: path
        description: category
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Calculator.Models.ApiQueries.PaginatedCursorCategoryResourceResponseList'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.ApiError'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.ApiError'
    servers:
    - url: https://api.pay-i.com
  /api/v1/categories/{category}:
    delete:
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: Delete a Category and all of its Resources
      operationId: deleteCategoryResources
      parameters:
      - name: category
        in: path
        description: Category
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.CategoryResource.CategoryResourceResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.ApiError'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.ApiError'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.ApiError'
    servers:
    - url: https://api.pay-i.com
  /api/v1/categories/{category}/resources/{resource}:
    delete:
      tags:
      - Categories
      summary: Delete all versions of Resource from a Category
      operationId: deleteCategoryResource
      parameters:
      - name: category
        in: path
        description: Category
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: resource
        in: path
        description: Resource
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.CategoryResource.CategoryResourceResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.ApiError'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.ApiError'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.ApiError'
    servers:
    - url: https://api.pay-i.com
components:
  schemas:
    PayI.Common.Models.CategoryResource.SystemResourceScope:
      enum:
      - global
      - datazone
      - region
      type: string
    PayI.Common.Models.Reservation.GoogleVertexReservationResource:
      required:
      - gsus
      type: object
      properties:
        gsus:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      additionalProperties: false
    PayI.Calculator.Models.ApiQueries.PaginatedCursorCategoryResourceResponseList:
      type: object
      properties:
        request_id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        cursor:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        items:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.CategoryResource.CategoryResourceResponse'
      additionalProperties: false
    PayI.Common.Models.Reservation.AzureReservationResource:
      required:
      - ptus
      type: object
      properties:
        ptus:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      additionalProperties: false
    PayI.Common.Models.Reservation.AwsBedrockReservationResource:
      required:
      - model_units
      type: object
      properties:
        model_units:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      additionalProperties: false
    PayI.Calculator.Models.ApiQueries.PaginatedCursorCategoryResponseList:
      type: object
      properties:
        request_id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        cursor:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        items:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Calculator.Models.CategoryResponse'
      additionalProperties: false
    PayI.Common.Models.ApiError:
      required:
      - message
      - statusCode
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          minLength: 1
          type: string
        statusCode:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        xproxy_error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.ProxyError'
      additionalProperties: false
    PayI.Common.Models.CategoryResource.MappedResourceResponse:
      required:
      - category
      - host_name
      - mapping_name
      - resource
      type: object
      properties:
        host_name:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        mapping_name:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        resource:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        category:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        scope:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.CategoryResource.SystemResourceScope'
        sub_scope:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      additionalProperties: false
    PayI.Common.Models.ProxyError:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        message:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      additionalProperties: false
    PayI.Common.Models.CategoryResource.ResourcePriceUnits:
      type: object
      properties:
        input_price:
          type: number
          format: double
        output_price:
          type: number
          format: double
      additionalProperties: false
    PayI.Common.Models.CategoryResource.CategoryResourceResponse:
      required:
      - active
      - category
      - proxy_allowed
      - resource
      - resource_id
      - start_timestamp
      - units
      type: object
      properties:
        max_input_units:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int32
        max_output_units:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int32
        max_total_units:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int32
        units:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.CategoryResource.ResourcePriceUnits'
        resource_id:
          minLength: 1
          type: string
        start_timestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        end_timestamp:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        category:
          minLength: 1
          type: string
        resource:
          minLength: 1
          type: string
        active:
          type: boolean
        description:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        deprecated_timestamp:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        proxy_allowed:
          type: boolean
        mapped_resource:
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.CategoryResource.MappedResourceResponse'
        cost_per_hour:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
          format: double
        character_billing:
          type:
          - boolean
          - 'null'
        large_context_threshold:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int32
        aliased_resource:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        reservation_id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        azure_resource:
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.Reservation.AzureReservationResource'
        aws_bedrock_resource:
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.Reservation.AwsBedrockReservationResource'
        google_vertex_resource:
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayI.Common.Models.Reservation.GoogleVertexReservationResource'
      additionalProperties: false
    PayI.Calculator.Models.CategoryResponse:
      required:
      - category
      type: object
      properties:
        category:
          minLength: 1
          type: string
      additionalProperties: false
  securitySchemes:
    Pay_I_API_Key:
      type: apiKey
      description: 'Pay-I API Key. Example: "{apikey}"'
      name: xProxy-api-key
      in: header
x-refined-from:
- pay-i-openapi-original.json
- pay-i-openapi.yml