Quickbase Trustees API

The Trustees API from Quickbase — 1 operation(s) for trustees.

Operations 4

GET /app/{appId}/trustees Get trustees for an app #
POST /app/{appId}/trustees Add trustees to an app #
DELETE /app/{appId}/trustees Remove trustees from an app #
PATCH /app/{appId}/trustees Update trustees of an app #

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OpenAPI Specification

quickbase-trustees-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Quickbase Trustees API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'Operations tagged Trustees across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: qb-openapi-v3.json, quickbase-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.quickbase.com/v1
tags:
- name: Trustees
paths:
  /app/{appId}/trustees:
    get:
      tags:
      - Trustees
      summary: Get trustees for an app
      description: Returns the list of trustees for a specific application. Trustees include users, groups and email domain groups.
      operationId: getTrustees
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/pathAppId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/qbRealmHostname'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/userAgent'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/authorization'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeList'
    post:
      tags:
      - Trustees
      summary: Add trustees to an app
      description: Add trustees to the specified application. Trustees include users, groups and email domain groups.
      operationId: addTrustees
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/pathAppId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/qbRealmHostname'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/userAgent'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/authorization'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeList'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeChangeResponse'
        '207':
          description: Partial success. Some trustees were added successfully, while others failed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeChangeResponse'
    delete:
      tags:
      - Trustees
      summary: Remove trustees from an app
      description: Remove trustees from the specified application. Trustees include users, groups and email domain groups.
      operationId: removeTrustees
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/pathAppId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/qbRealmHostname'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/userAgent'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/authorization'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeList'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeChangeResponse'
        '207':
          description: Partial success. Some trustees were added successfully, while others failed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeChangeResponse'
    patch:
      tags:
      - Trustees
      summary: Update trustees of an app
      description: Update trustees for the specified application. Trustees include users, groups and email domain groups.
      operationId: updateTrustees
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/pathAppId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/qbRealmHostname'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/userAgent'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/authorization'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeUpdateList'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeUpdateResponse'
        '207':
          description: Partial success. Some trustees were added successfully, while others failed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeUpdateResponse'
    servers:
    - url: https://api.quickbase.com/v1
components:
  parameters:
    authorization:
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: The Quickbase authentication scheme you are using to authenticate the request, as described on the [authorization page](../auth).
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      example: QB-USER-TOKEN xxxxxx_xxx_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    qbRealmHostname:
      name: QB-Realm-Hostname
      in: header
      description: Your Quickbase domain, for example demo.quickbase.com
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      example: demo.quickbase.com
    userAgent:
      name: User-Agent
      in: header
      description: This is entered by the person or utility invoking the API. You might custom create this or use the default one of your toolkit. Being descriptive here may offer more identification and troubleshooting capabilities.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: FileService_Integration_V2.1
    pathAppId:
      name: appId
      in: path
      description: The unique identifier of an app
      required: true
      allowReserved: true
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/appId'
  schemas:
    appId:
      type: string
      pattern: ^\w+$
      description: The unique identifier (dbid) of the app.
      example: bck7gp3q2
    trusteeList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeInput'
      description: A list of trustees. Each trustee is represented by an object containing the trustee's ID, type, and role ID.
      minItems: 1
      maxItems: 1000
      example:
      - id: 123456.ab1s
        type: user
        roleId: 10
      - id: 1002.czm8
        type: group
        roleId: 11
    trusteeUpdateResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - failure
      - success
      properties:
        failure:
          description: A list of trustees that were not updated. This includes invalid IDs or IDs that could not be processed.
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              error:
                type: string
                description: The error message associated with the trustee that could not be updated.
              trustee:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeUpdateInput'
        success:
          description: A list of trustees that have been successfully updated.
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeUpdateInput'
      example:
        failure:
        - error: Invalid user ID
          trustee:
            id: 78910.ba1s
            type: user
            roleId: 12
            oldRoleId: 15
        success:
        - id: 123456.ab1s
          type: user
          roleId: 10
          oldRoleId: 15
    trusteeUpdateList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeUpdateInput'
      description: A list of trustees to be updated in an app. Each trustee is represented by an object containing the trustee's ID, type, and role ID.
      minItems: 1
      maxItems: 1000
      example:
      - id: 123456.ab1s
        type: user
        roleId: 10
        oldRoleId: 15
      - id: 1002.czm8
        type: group
        roleId: 11
        oldRoleId: 16
    trusteeInput:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the user, group, or email domain group to be added as a trustee. For users and groups, this is the user's or group's ID in Quickbase. For email domain groups, this is the email domain.
          example: 123456.ab1s
        type:
          type: string
          description: The type of trustee being added. This can be a user, group, or email domain group.
          enum:
          - user
          - group
          - dom-group
          example: user
        roleId:
          type: integer
          description: The ID of the role to be assigned or currently assigned to the trustee.
          example: 10
      required:
      - id
      - type
      - roleId
      description: Object used for operations to read, create, or update trustees in an app.
      example:
        id: 123456.ab1s
        type: user
        roleId: 10
    trusteeUpdateInput:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeInput'
      - type: object
        properties:
          oldRoleId:
            type: integer
            description: The ID of the role to be changed for the trustee. This is used to identify the current role before updating it.
        required:
        - oldRoleId
    trusteeChangeResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - failure
      - success
      properties:
        failure:
          description: A list of trustees that were not updated. This includes invalid IDs or IDs that could not be processed.
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              error:
                type: string
                description: The error message associated with the trustee that could not be updated.
              trustee:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeInput'
        success:
          description: A list of trustees that have been successfully updated.
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/trusteeInput'
      example:
        failure:
        - error: Invalid user ID
          trustee:
            id: 78910.ba1s
            type: user
            roleId: 12
        success:
        - id: 123456.ab1s
          type: user
          roleId: 10
x-refined-from:
- qb-openapi-v3.json
- quickbase-openapi.yml