PlayCanvas Projects API

Project-level operations.

OpenAPI Specification

playcanvas-projects-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: PlayCanvas REST Apps Projects API
  version: 1.0.0-beta
  description: The PlayCanvas REST API lets you automate the PlayCanvas platform — manage project assets, branches and checkpoints (version control), list scenes, export projects, download self-hostable apps, poll asynchronous jobs, and publish Gaussian splats to the SuperSplat platform. The API is currently in beta; endpoints and responses may change. All access is over HTTPS using a Bearer access token generated on your Organization's Account page.
  termsOfService: https://playcanvas.com/terms
  contact:
    name: PlayCanvas Support
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  license:
    name: MIT (engine)
    url: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://playcanvas.com/api
  description: PlayCanvas REST API (beta)
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Projects
  description: Project-level operations.
paths:
  /projects/{projectId}/export:
    post:
      tags:
      - Projects
      operationId: exportProject
      summary: Export project
      description: Start a job to export the entire project as a ZIP. Returns job details; poll GET /jobs/{id} until complete, then read the download URL from the job data. Uses a strict rate limit.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ProjectId'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                branch_id:
                  type: string
                  description: The id of the branch; defaults to the main branch.
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Export job started.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Job'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
components:
  responses:
    Forbidden:
      description: Forbidden.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    TooManyRequests:
      description: Rate limit exceeded.
      headers:
        X-RateLimit-Limit:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: Requests allowed per minute.
        X-RateLimit-Remaining:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: Remaining requests this minute.
        X-RateLimit-Reset:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: UTC epoch seconds when the window resets.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    Job:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        modified_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - running
          - complete
          - error
        messages:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        data:
          type: object
          description: Contents depend on the job type.
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: The error message.
      required:
      - error
  parameters:
    ProjectId:
      name: projectId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The id of the project.
      schema:
        type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Access token generated on the Organization Account page, sent as `Authorization: Bearer {accessToken}`.'