Savee Search API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Savee Public Search 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: Search
paths:
  /v1/search:
    get:
      summary: Search Savee's public library
      description: 'Full-text search across Savee''s public library — not the caller''s own saves. Results include the user who saved each item, since they come from across the platform.


        Search is metered separately from the rest of the API and far more tightly: 20 searches per 5 minutes and 200 per week, reported as the `search-burst` and `search-weekly` policies in the `RateLimit` header. Pace against the weekly figure. Requires the `search:read` scope.'
      tags:
      - Search
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
      - OAuth2:
        - search:read
      parameters:
      - 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
      - schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 2
          description: What to search for. Must be at least 2 characters.
          example: brutalist poster
        required: true
        description: What to search for. Must be at least 2 characters.
        name: query
        in: query
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of matching saves.
          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'
        '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:
    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
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
          required:
          - code
          - message
      required:
      - error
    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:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
      required:
      - id
      - url
      - name
      - source_url
      - created_at
      - is_private
      - total_saves
      - media
      - colors
    SaveMedia:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - image
          - video
          example: image
        width:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          example: 1600
        height:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          example: 2400
        thumbnail:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: 'Grid-sized preview (~420px wide). AVIF by default; clients that cannot decode AVIF should send `Avif-Fallback: 1` to receive JPG. Applies to both image and video assets (videos return a JPG/AVIF poster frame).'
          example: https://dm.savee.com/asset_image/w420/6r4nDqE.avif
        original:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: 'Full-quality asset. Image: AVIF by default (JPG with `Avif-Fallback: 1`). Video: MP4.'
          example: https://dm.savee.com/asset_image/original/6r4nDqE.avif
      required:
      - type
      - width
      - height
      - thumbnail
      - original
    SaveColor:
      type: object
      properties:
        color:
          type: string
          pattern: ^#[0-9A-F]{6}$
          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