Perforce

Perforce Version API

Endpoints for retrieving Swarm server version information.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 1

GET /version Perforce Get Server Version #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.perforce.com/manuals/p4api/
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Authentication
https://www.perforce.com/manuals/p4api/Content/P4API/authentication.html
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GettingStarted
https://www.perforce.com/products/helix-core/learning-resources
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Documentation
https://www.perforce.com/manuals/swarm/Content/Swarm/swarm-apidoc.html
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APIReference
https://www.perforce.com/manuals/swarm/api/index.html
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Authentication
https://www.perforce.com/manuals/swarm/Content/Swarm/swarm-apidoc_endpoints.html

Specifications

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

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/perforce/refs/heads/main/json-schema/perforce-review-schema.json

Other Resources

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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/perforce/refs/heads/main/json-ld/perforce-context.jsonld

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OpenAPI Specification

perforce-version-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Perforce Helix Swarm Version API
  version: '9'
  description: 'REST API for Perforce Helix Swarm (P4 Code Review), providing programmatic

    access to code reviews, changelists, comments, activity streams, and project

    management.'
  contact:
    name: Perforce Support
    url: https://www.perforce.com/support
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://www.perforce.com/terms-use
  termsOfService: https://www.perforce.com/terms-use
servers:
- url: '{scheme}://{host}/api/v9'
  description: Helix Swarm server instance
  variables:
    scheme:
      default: https
      enum:
      - https
      - http
      description: The protocol scheme.
    host:
      default: swarm.example.com
      description: The hostname of your Helix Swarm instance.
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Version
  description: Endpoints for retrieving Swarm server version information.
paths:
  /version:
    get:
      operationId: getVersion
      summary: Perforce Get Server Version
      description: Retrieves the installed Helix Swarm version, release year, and available API versions.
      tags:
      - Version
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Server version information.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  version:
                    type: string
                    description: The installed Swarm version string.
                  year:
                    type: string
                    description: The release year of the installed version.
                  apiVersions:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: integer
                    description: List of supported API version numbers.
              examples:
                Getversion200Example:
                  summary: Default getVersion 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    version: example_value
                    year: example_value
                    apiVersions:
                    - 10
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic authentication using Perforce username and password or ticket. The password can be a standard Perforce password or a Swarm-generated API ticket.
externalDocs:
  description: Helix Swarm API Documentation
  url: https://help.perforce.com/helix-core/helix-swarm/swarm/current/Content/Swarm/swarm-apidoc_endpoints.html