Phraseanet Stories API

Records that group other records.

Business capability
Media Asset Management BC-3710

Operations 5

POST /stories/add Create a story #
GET /stories/{databox_id}/{story_id} Get a story #
POST /stories/{databox_id}/{story_id}/addrecords Add records to a story #
POST /stories/{databox_id}/{story_id}/delrecords Remove records from a story #
POST /stories/{databox_id}/{story_id}/setcover Set story cover #

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OpenAPI Specification

phraseanet-stories-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Phraseanet API (v1) Stories 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: Stories
  description: Records that group other records.
paths:
  /stories/add:
    post:
      operationId: addStory
      tags:
      - Stories
      summary: Create a story
      description: Creates a new story (a record that groups other records).
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                base_id:
                  type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The created story.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
  /stories/{databox_id}/{story_id}:
    get:
      operationId: getStory
      tags:
      - Stories
      summary: Get a story
      description: Returns a single story and its child records.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DataboxId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/StoryId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The story.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
  /stories/{databox_id}/{story_id}/addrecords:
    post:
      operationId: addRecordsToStory
      tags:
      - Stories
      summary: Add records to a story
      description: Adds one or more records to a story.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DataboxId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/StoryId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                records:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated story.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
  /stories/{databox_id}/{story_id}/delrecords:
    post:
      operationId: removeRecordsFromStory
      tags:
      - Stories
      summary: Remove records from a story
      description: Removes one or more records from a story.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DataboxId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/StoryId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated story.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
  /stories/{databox_id}/{story_id}/setcover:
    post:
      operationId: setStoryCover
      tags:
      - Stories
      summary: Set story cover
      description: Sets the cover image of a story from one of its child records.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DataboxId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/StoryId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                record_id:
                  type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated story.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
components:
  parameters:
    StoryId:
      name: story_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The story identifier within the databox.
      schema:
        type: integer
    DataboxId:
      name: databox_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The databox identifier.
      schema:
        type: integer
  schemas:
    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'
  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.