Savee Boards API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Savee Public Boards API
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Savee
    url: https://docs.savee.com
    email: hey@savee.com
  termsOfService: https://savee.com/terms/
  license:
    name: Proprietary — Savee Terms of Service
    url: https://savee.com/terms/
  description: 'Read-only REST API exposing a Savee user’s own saves, boards, and home feed, plus search over Savee’s public library.


    Authenticate with either a personal access token (`sv_live_…`) generated in your Savee settings, or an OAuth 2.1 access token (`sv_at_…`) obtained on one of your users’ behalf. OAuth tokens are limited to the scopes the user approved; personal tokens carry all of them.


    **Image format** — `media.thumbnail` and `media.original` for image saves are AVIF by default. Clients that cannot decode AVIF should send the request header `Avif-Fallback: 1` to receive JPG URLs instead. Video originals are always MP4.'
servers:
- url: https://api.savee.com
tags:
- name: Boards
paths:
  /v1/boards:
    get:
      summary: List the authenticated user's boards
      description: 'Returns every board the caller can see as a tree in a single response (not paginated): personal boards they own, boards they collaborate on, and boards from any Savee Teams workspace they''re a member of. Only top-level boards appear at the root of `data`; a board''s children are nested under its `sub_boards` array (single-level, so each sub-board is a leaf). Use the `ownership_type` field on each board to tell user-owned boards apart from team boards. The order at every level follows the caller''s chosen boards-sort preference on savee.com.'
      tags:
      - Boards
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
      - OAuth2:
        - boards:read
      responses:
        '200':
          description: All boards visible to the caller, as a tree.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoardsList'
        '400':
          description: Invalid input.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid Bearer token.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '402':
          description: Authenticated but the user has no active subscription.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: The Public API is not available on this account.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the number of seconds in `Retry-After`.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Unexpected server error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  /v1/boards/{boardID}:
    get:
      summary: Get a single board
      description: '`boardID` is the board `id` returned by `/v1/boards`. Returns the board with its child boards nested under `sub_boards` — the same shape as a node in the `/v1/boards` tree — so there is no separate sub-boards endpoint. Accessible by any user with a role on the board (owner, admin, editor, viewer) and by team members for team-owned boards. Returns 404 when the board does not exist or the caller has no role on it — the API does not confirm whether someone else’s board exists.'
      tags:
      - Boards
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
      - OAuth2:
        - boards:read
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          description: The board id (the `id` returned by `/v1/boards`).
        required: true
        description: The board id (the `id` returned by `/v1/boards`).
        name: boardID
        in: path
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The board, with its sub-boards nested.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoardResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid input.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid Bearer token.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '402':
          description: Authenticated but the user has no active subscription.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: The Public API is not available on this account.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Board not found or not accessible to the caller.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the number of seconds in `Retry-After`.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Unexpected server error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  /v1/boards/{boardID}/saves:
    get:
      summary: List saves on a specific board
      description: '`boardID` is the board `id` returned by `/v1/boards`. Accessible by any user with a role on the board (owner, admin, editor, viewer) and by team members for team-owned boards. Returns 404 when the board does not exist or the caller has no role on it — the API does not confirm whether someone else’s board exists.'
      tags:
      - Boards
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
      - OAuth2:
        - boards:read
        - saves:read
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          description: The board id (the `id` returned by `/v1/boards`).
        required: true
        description: The board id (the `id` returned by `/v1/boards`).
        name: boardID
        in: path
      - schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          description: Page size (default 30, max 100).
          example: 30
        required: false
        name: limit
        in: query
      - schema:
          type: string
          description: Opaque cursor returned in `next_cursor` from the previous page. Pass it through verbatim — the encoding is an implementation detail and may change.
          example: eyJjIjoiMjAyNi0wNS0wOFQxMjowMDowMFoiLCJpIjoiNjdhYWRhMjAifQ
        required: false
        name: cursor
        in: query
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of saves on the board.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SavesPage'
        '400':
          description: Invalid input.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid Bearer token.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '402':
          description: Authenticated but the user has no active subscription.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: The Public API is not available on this account.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Board not found or not accessible to the caller.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the number of seconds in `Retry-After`.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Unexpected server error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    SubBoard:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Board identifier. Stable across renames and slug changes; safe to store as a foreign key on the caller’s side.
        name:
          type: string
        slug:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Canonical page on savee.com for this board (uses the current slug).
        is_private:
          type: boolean
        saves_count:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        og_image:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        ownership_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - team
          - user
          description: '`user` if the board belongs to a person (the caller, or someone who''s added the caller as a collaborator); `team` if it belongs to a Savee Teams workspace the caller is a member of.'
        sub_boards:
          type: array
          description: Always empty — sub-boards do not nest further (nesting is single-level).
          items: {}
          maxItems: 0
      required:
      - id
      - name
      - slug
      - url
      - is_private
      - saves_count
      - created_at
      - og_image
      - ownership_type
      - sub_boards
    User:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: User identifier. Stable across renames; safe to store as a foreign key on the caller’s side.
          example: 63e1a4c2d242ec00094007f1
        username:
          type: string
          description: Current username. May change if the user renames.
          example: aliceb
        name:
          type: string
          example: Alice Bauer
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          example: https://savee.com/aliceb/
        avatar_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          example: https://dm.savee.com/user-avatar/original/8kQ2mZp.jpg
      required:
      - id
      - username
      - name
      - url
      - avatar_url
      description: The user who created this save. Omitted on /v1/saves (the caller is implicitly the author); present on /v1/feed and /v1/boards/{id}/saves where the author may differ from the caller.
    SavesPage:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Save'
        next_cursor:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Pass as `cursor` to fetch the next page. `null` on the last page.
          example: eyJjIjoiMjAyNi0wNS0wOFQxMjowMDowMFoiLCJpIjoiNjdhYWRhMjAifQ
        has_more:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether another page is available. Keep paging while this is `true`.
          example: true
      required:
      - data
      - next_cursor
      - has_more
    BoardResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Board'
      required:
      - data
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
          required:
          - code
          - message
      required:
      - error
    Board:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Board identifier. Stable across renames and slug changes; safe to store as a foreign key on the caller’s side.
          example: 69fbaf96d242ec48009df59a
        name:
          type: string
          example: Posters
        slug:
          type: string
          example: posters
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Canonical page on savee.com for this board (uses the current slug).
          example: https://savee.com/aliceb/posters/
        is_private:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        saves_count:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          example: 128
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2026-04-01T09:00:00.000Z'
        og_image:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
          description: Share image for the board. `null` if one has not been generated yet.
          example: https://dm.savee.com/board-og/original/Lp9wQ2s.jpg
        ownership_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - team
          - user
          description: '`user` if the board belongs to a person (the caller, or someone who''s added the caller as a collaborator); `team` if it belongs to a Savee Teams workspace the caller is a member of.'
          example: user
        sub_boards:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubBoard'
          description: Child boards nested one level under this board, ordered by the same boards-sort preference as the top level.
      required:
      - id
      - name
      - slug
      - url
      - is_private
      - saves_count
      - created_at
      - og_image
      - ownership_type
      - sub_boards
    Save:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Save identifier. Stable across renames; safe to store as a foreign key on the caller’s side.
          example: 67aada20d242ec0009400825
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Canonical page on savee.com for this save.
          example: https://savee.com/i/UXb_bvc/
        name:
          type: string
          example: Brutalist poster
        source_url:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Where the save was originally taken from. `null` if unknown.
          example: https://example.com/poster
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2026-05-08T12:00:00.000Z'
        is_private:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the save itself is marked private. This is a property of the save, independent of whether it also sits in a private board.
          example: false
        total_saves:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          description: How many users across Savee have saved this same asset.
          example: 42
        media:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SaveMedia'
        colors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SaveColor'
          description: Dominant colors of the media, most prominent first. Empty when colors have not been extracted for this save (e.g. shortly after saving).
        user:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
      required:
      - id
      - url
      - name
      - source_url
      - created_at
      - is_private
      - total_saves
      - media
      - colors
    SaveMedia:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - image
          - video
          example: image
        width:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          example: 1600
        height:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          example: 2400
        thumbnail:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: 'Grid-sized preview (~420px wide). AVIF by default; clients that cannot decode AVIF should send `Avif-Fallback: 1` to receive JPG. Applies to both image and video assets (videos return a JPG/AVIF poster frame).'
          example: https://dm.savee.com/asset_image/w420/6r4nDqE.avif
        original:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: 'Full-quality asset. Image: AVIF by default (JPG with `Avif-Fallback: 1`). Video: MP4.'
          example: https://dm.savee.com/asset_image/original/6r4nDqE.avif
      required:
      - type
      - width
      - height
      - thumbnail
      - original
    BoardsList:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Board'
      required:
      - data
    SaveColor:
      type: object
      properties:
        color:
          type: string
          pattern: ^#[0-9A-F]{6}$
          description: Hex color code, e.g. `#1A2B3C`.
          example: '#1A1A1A'
        amount:
          type: number
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 1
          description: Fraction of the media covered by this color (0–1).
          example: 0.62
      required:
      - color
      - amount
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: sv_live_…
      description: '**Personal access token** (`sv_live_…`) — represents you and carries every scope, so no scope is required for this call. Best for your own scripts and internal tools. Generate one at https://savee.com/developers/.'
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: '**OAuth access token** (`sv_at_…`) — obtained on one of your users’ behalf and limited to the scopes they approved. Use this when you’re building a product other people sign into with Savee. See https://docs.savee.com/api/oauth.


        Missing the scope below returns `403` with a `WWW-Authenticate: Bearer error="insufficient_scope"` header naming it.'
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://savee.com/oauth/authorize/
          tokenUrl: https://savee.com/api/oauth/token/
          refreshUrl: https://savee.com/api/oauth/token/
          scopes:
            profile:read: Read the user’s username, name, and avatar
            saves:read: Read the user’s saves and home feed
            boards:read: Read the user’s boards and the saves on them
            search:read: Search Savee’s public library on the user’s behalf