Pusher

Pusher Channels API

The Channels API from Pusher — 3 operation(s) for channels.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Pusher HTTP Channels API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'Server-side HTTP API for Pusher Channels. Used to trigger events on

    channels, batch events, retrieve channel state, and list users on

    presence channels. Authentication uses query-string HMAC-SHA256

    signing of the request: every request requires `auth_key`,

    `auth_timestamp`, `auth_version=1.0`, `body_md5` (when there is a

    body) and `auth_signature`. The signature is computed over the HTTP

    method, request path and the sorted query string using the

    application secret.

    '
  contact:
    name: Pusher
    url: https://pusher.com/
servers:
- url: https://api-{cluster}.pusher.com
  description: Pusher Channels HTTP API
  variables:
    cluster:
      default: mt1
      description: Pusher cluster (e.g. mt1, eu, us2, us3, ap1, ap2, ap3).
security:
- hmacAuth: []
tags:
- name: Channels
paths:
  /apps/{app_id}/channels:
    get:
      tags:
      - Channels
      summary: List occupied channels
      operationId: listChannels
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AppId'
      - name: filter_by_prefix
        in: query
        description: Only include channels whose name starts with this prefix.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: info
        in: query
        description: Comma-separated attributes to include (e.g. `user_count`).
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Map of channel names to attributes.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  channels:
                    type: object
                    additionalProperties:
                      type: object
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /apps/{app_id}/channels/{channel_name}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Channels
      summary: Retrieve info for a single channel
      operationId: getChannel
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AppId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ChannelName'
      - name: info
        in: query
        description: Comma-separated attributes to include (e.g. `user_count`, `subscription_count`, `cache`).
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Channel attributes.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  occupied:
                    type: boolean
                  user_count:
                    type: integer
                  subscription_count:
                    type: integer
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /apps/{app_id}/channels/{channel_name}/users:
    get:
      tags:
      - Channels
      summary: List users in a presence channel
      operationId: listChannelUsers
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AppId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ChannelName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of user IDs subscribed to the presence channel.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  users:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type: string
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid signature.
  parameters:
    AppId:
      name: app_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Pusher application identifier.
      schema:
        type: string
    ChannelName:
      name: channel_name
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Channel name (e.g. `presence-room-1`).
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    hmacAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: auth_signature
      description: 'Pusher request signing. Every request must include the query

        parameters `auth_key`, `auth_timestamp` (Unix seconds),

        `auth_version=1.0`, `body_md5` (hex MD5 of the request body when

        present), and `auth_signature`. `auth_signature` is the

        HMAC-SHA256 (hex) of the canonical string

        `"<METHOD>\n<PATH>\n<SORTED_QUERY_STRING>"` using the application

        secret as the key.

        '
externalDocs:
  description: Pusher Channels REST API reference
  url: https://pusher.com/docs/channels/library_auth_reference/rest-api/