Phraseanet Metadata API

Record captions, metadata values, and status flags.

Business capability
Metadata Cataloguing BC-3710.20

Operations 5

GET /records/{databox_id}/{record_id}/caption Get record caption #
GET /records/{databox_id}/{record_id}/metadatas Get record metadatas #
POST /records/{databox_id}/{record_id}/setmetadatas Set record metadatas #
GET /records/{databox_id}/{record_id}/status Get record status #
POST /records/{databox_id}/{record_id}/setstatus Set record status #

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OpenAPI Specification

phraseanet-metadata-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Phraseanet API (v1) Metadata API
  description: Phraseanet is an open-source (GPL-v3) Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform by Alchemy.
  version: 1.5.0
  contact:
    name: Alchemy - Phraseanet
    url: https://www.phraseanet.com/
  license:
    name: GPL-3.0
    url: https://github.com/alchemy-fr/Phraseanet/blob/4.1/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://{host}/api/v1
  description: Phraseanet instance (self-hosted)
  variables:
    host:
      default: your-phraseanet-instance
      description: Hostname of your Phraseanet installation.
security:
- oauth2: []
- oauthTokenParam: []
tags:
- name: Metadata
  description: Record captions, metadata values, and status flags.
paths:
  /records/{databox_id}/{record_id}/caption:
    get:
      operationId: getRecordCaption
      tags:
      - Metadata
      summary: Get record caption
      description: Returns the caption (display metadata) of a record.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DataboxId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RecordId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The record caption.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
  /records/{databox_id}/{record_id}/metadatas:
    get:
      operationId: getRecordMetadatas
      tags:
      - Metadata
      summary: Get record metadatas
      description: Returns the raw metadata values of a record.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DataboxId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RecordId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The record metadatas.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
  /records/{databox_id}/{record_id}/setmetadatas:
    post:
      operationId: setRecordMetadatas
      tags:
      - Metadata
      summary: Set record metadatas
      description: Adds or modifies metadata on a record. Each entry references a metadata structure id and a value.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DataboxId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RecordId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetMetadatasRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
  /records/{databox_id}/{record_id}/status:
    get:
      operationId: getRecordStatus
      tags:
      - Metadata
      summary: Get record status
      description: Returns the status-bit values of a record.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DataboxId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RecordId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The record status.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
  /records/{databox_id}/{record_id}/setstatus:
    post:
      operationId: setRecordStatus
      tags:
      - Metadata
      summary: Set record status
      description: Sets status-bit values on a record.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DataboxId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RecordId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                status:
                  type: object
                  additionalProperties:
                    type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
components:
  schemas:
    SetMetadatasRequest:
      type: object
      description: Metadata values to apply to a record.
      properties:
        metadatas:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              meta_struct_id:
                type: integer
                description: The databox metadata structure id.
              value:
                type: string
              meta_id:
                type:
                - integer
                - 'null'
              append:
                type: boolean
                default: false
    Envelope:
      type: object
      description: Standard Phraseanet response wrapper. Every response contains a meta object and a response payload.
      properties:
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Meta'
        response:
          type: object
          description: The endpoint-specific payload.
    Meta:
      type: object
      description: Response envelope metadata.
      properties:
        api_version:
          type: string
        request:
          type: string
        response_time:
          type: string
        http_code:
          type: integer
        error_type:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        error_message:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
  parameters:
    RecordId:
      name: record_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The record identifier within the databox.
      schema:
        type: integer
    DataboxId:
      name: databox_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The databox identifier.
      schema:
        type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth2. Register an application in Phraseanet to obtain a client id and secret.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://your-phraseanet-instance/api/oauthv2/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://your-phraseanet-instance/api/oauthv2/token
          scopes: {}
    oauthTokenParam:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: oauth_token
      description: OAuth2 access token passed as the oauth_token query parameter.