Ruby Programming Language and Popular API Gems

Ruby Programming Language and Popular API Gems Versions API

The Versions API from Ruby Programming Language and Popular API Gems — 3 operation(s) for versions.

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Operations 3

GET /api/v1/versions/{gem_name}.json List All Versions Of A Gem #

GET /api/v1/versions/{gem_name}/latest.json Get Latest Version Of A Gem #

GET /api/v2/rubygems/{gem_name}/versions/{version}.json Get Gem Version Details #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: RubyGems.org Registry Activity Versions API
  description: OpenAPI description of the public REST API for rubygems.org, the Ruby community's gem hosting service. Covers the v1 surface documented at https://guides.rubygems.org/rubygems-org-api/ and the v2 versions endpoint documented at https://guides.rubygems.org/rubygems-org-api-v2/.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: RubyGems.org Support
    url: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/blob/master/MIT-LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://rubygems.org
  description: Production registry
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Versions
paths:
  /api/v1/versions/{gem_name}.json:
    get:
      operationId: listVersions
      summary: List All Versions Of A Gem
      description: Returns every version of the named gem ordered most-recent first.
      tags:
      - Versions
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/GemName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Versions list
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Version'
  /api/v1/versions/{gem_name}/latest.json:
    get:
      operationId: getLatestVersion
      summary: Get Latest Version Of A Gem
      description: Returns the latest stable version number for the named gem.
      tags:
      - Versions
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/GemName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Latest version
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  version:
                    type: string
  /api/v2/rubygems/{gem_name}/versions/{version}.json:
    get:
      operationId: getVersionDetails
      summary: Get Gem Version Details
      description: Returns full details for a specific gem version, optionally filtered by platform. This is the API v2 endpoint.
      tags:
      - Versions
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/GemName'
      - name: version
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: platform
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Version detail
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Version'
components:
  schemas:
    Version:
      type: object
      properties:
        number:
          type: string
        platform:
          type: string
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        downloads_count:
          type: integer
        summary:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        authors:
          type: string
        sha:
          type: string
        prerelease:
          type: boolean
        ruby_version:
          type: string
        rubygems_version:
          type: string
        licenses:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        requirements:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
  parameters:
    GemName:
      name: gem_name
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Canonical gem name.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: RubyGems API key issued in the user account settings.
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic

Ruby Programming Language and Popular API Gems Versions API

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