Sift Stack Protobuf Descriptor Service API

Service to programmatically interact with protobuf descriptors used for protobuf ingestion.

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sift-stack-protobufdescriptorservice-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Sift Protobuf Descriptor Service API
  version: '1.0'
  description: Service to programmatically interact with protobuf descriptors used for protobuf ingestion.
servers:
- url: https://api.siftstack.com
  description: Production
- url: https://gov.api.siftstack.com
  description: Gov
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: ProtobufDescriptorService
  description: Service to programmatically interact with protobuf descriptors used for protobuf ingestion.
  externalDocs:
    description: Read more about what protobuf ingestion.
    url: /ingestion/protobuf_ingestion
paths:
  /api/v1/protobuf-descriptors:
    get:
      summary: ListProtobufDescriptors
      description: Retrieve protobuf descriptors using an optional filter.
      operationId: ProtobufDescriptorService_ListProtobufDescriptors
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobuf_descriptorsv1ListProtobufDescriptorsResponse'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
      parameters:
      - name: organizationId
        description: organization_id is deprecated
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: pageSize
        description: 'The maximum number of protobuf descriptors to return.

          The service may return fewer than this value.

          If unspecified, at most 50 protobuf descriptors will be returned.

          The maximum value is 1000; values above 1000 will be coerced to 1000.'
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      - name: pageToken
        description: 'A page token, received from a previous `ListProtobufDescriptors` call.

          Provide this to retrieve the subsequent page.

          When paginating, all other parameters provided to `ListProtobufDescriptors` must match

          the call that provided the page token.'
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: filter
        description: 'A [Common Expression Language (CEL)](https://github.com/google/cel-spec) filter string.

          Available fields to filter by are `protobuf_descriptor_id`, `proto_file_name`, `namespace`, and `message_type_full_name`.

          For further information about how to use CELs, please refer to [this guide](https://github.com/google/cel-spec/blob/master/doc/langdef.md#standard-definitions).

          For more information about the fields used for filtering, please refer to [this definition](/protocol-buffers/documentation#protobufdescriptor). Optional.'
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      tags:
      - ProtobufDescriptorService
    delete:
      summary: DeleteProtobufDescriptors
      description: Delete protobuf descriptors of that match the provided `namespace` and `message_type_full_name`.
      operationId: ProtobufDescriptorService_DeleteProtobufDescriptors
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobuf_descriptorsv1DeleteProtobufDescriptorsResponse'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
      parameters:
      - name: messageTypeFullName
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: namespace
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: organizationId
        description: organization_id is deprecated
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: protobufDescriptorId
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      tags:
      - ProtobufDescriptorService
  /api/v1/protobuf-descriptors:add:
    post:
      summary: AddProtobufDescriptor
      description: Used to register a protobuf message to be ingested.
      operationId: ProtobufDescriptorService_AddProtobufDescriptor
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobuf_descriptorsv1AddProtobufDescriptorResponse'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
      parameters:
      - name: protobufDescriptor.messageTypeFullName
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: protobufDescriptor.fileDescriptorSet
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: byte
      - name: protobufDescriptor.protoFileName
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: protobufDescriptor.namespace
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: protobufDescriptor.protobufDescriptorId
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: organizationId
        description: organization_id is deprecated
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: forceDuplicateRegistration
        description: 'If set to true, the service will ignore checks that this descriptor has already been registered

          and will ensure that it is registered as the latest proto descriptor for the message type.'
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
      tags:
      - ProtobufDescriptorService
  /api/v2/protobuf-descriptors:
    get:
      summary: ListProtobufDescriptors
      description: Retrieve protobuf descriptors using an optional filter.
      operationId: ProtobufDescriptorService_ListProtobufDescriptorsV2
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobuf_descriptorsv2ListProtobufDescriptorsResponse'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
      parameters:
      - name: pageSize
        description: 'The maximum number of protobuf descriptors to return.

          The service may return fewer than this value.

          If unspecified, at most 50 protobuf descriptors will be returned.

          The maximum value is 1000; values above 1000 will be coerced to 1000.'
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      - name: pageToken
        description: 'A page token, received from a previous `ListProtobufDescriptors` call.

          Provide this to retrieve the subsequent page.

          When paginating, all other parameters provided to `ListProtobufDescriptors` must match

          the call that provided the page token.'
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: filter
        description: 'A [Common Expression Language (CEL)](https://github.com/google/cel-spec) filter string.

          Available fields to filter by are `protobuf_descriptor_id`, `proto_file_name`, `namespace`, and `message_type_full_name`.

          For further information about how to use CELs, please refer to [this guide](https://github.com/google/cel-spec/blob/master/doc/langdef.md#standard-definitions).'
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: orderBy
        description: 'How to order the retrieved protobuf descriptors. Formatted as a comma-separated string i.e. "FIELD_NAME[ desc],...".

          Available fields to order_by are `created_date`, `modified_date`, and `message_type_full_name` and `namespace`.

          If left empty, items are ordered by `created_date` in ascending order (oldest-first).

          For more information about the format of this field, read [this](https://google.aip.dev/132#ordering)

          Example: "created_date desc,modified_date"'
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      tags:
      - ProtobufDescriptorService
    delete:
      summary: DeleteProtobufDescriptors
      description: Delete protobuf descriptors of that match the provided `namespace` and `message_type_full_name`.
      operationId: ProtobufDescriptorService_DeleteProtobufDescriptorsV2
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobuf_descriptorsv2DeleteProtobufDescriptorsResponse'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
      parameters:
      - name: messageTypeFullName
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: namespace
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: organizationId
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: protobufDescriptorId
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      tags:
      - ProtobufDescriptorService
  /api/v2/protobuf-descriptors:add:
    post:
      summary: AddProtobufDescriptor
      description: Used to register a protobuf message to be ingested.
      operationId: ProtobufDescriptorService_AddProtobufDescriptorV2
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobuf_descriptorsv2AddProtobufDescriptorResponse'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobuf_descriptorsv2AddProtobufDescriptorRequest'
        required: true
      tags:
      - ProtobufDescriptorService
  /api/v2/protobuf-descriptors:check-compatibility:
    post:
      summary: CheckProtobufDescriptorCompatibility
      description: Used to check if a protobuf descriptor is compatible with the existing descriptors.
      operationId: ProtobufDescriptorService_CheckProtobufDescriptorCompatibilityV2
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/v2CheckProtobufDescriptorCompatibilityResponse'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/v2CheckProtobufDescriptorCompatibilityRequest'
        required: true
      tags:
      - ProtobufDescriptorService
components:
  schemas:
    protobufAny:
      type: object
      properties:
        '@type':
          type: string
          description: "A URL/resource name that uniquely identifies the type of the serialized\nprotocol buffer message. This string must contain at least\none \"/\" character. The last segment of the URL's path must represent\nthe fully qualified name of the type (as in\n`path/google.protobuf.Duration`). The name should be in a canonical form\n(e.g., leading \".\" is not accepted).\n\nIn practice, teams usually precompile into the binary all types that they\nexpect it to use in the context of Any. However, for URLs which use the\nscheme `http`, `https`, or no scheme, one can optionally set up a type\nserver that maps type URLs to message definitions as follows:\n\n* If no scheme is provided, `https` is assumed.\n* An HTTP GET on the URL must yield a [google.protobuf.Type][]\n  value in binary format, or produce an error.\n* Applications are allowed to cache lookup results based on the\n  URL, or have them precompiled into a binary to avoid any\n  lookup. Therefore, binary compatibility needs to be preserved\n  on changes to types. (Use versioned type names to manage\n  breaking changes.)\n\nNote: this functionality is not currently available in the official\nprotobuf release, and it is not used for type URLs beginning with\ntype.googleapis.com. As of May 2023, there are no widely used type server\nimplementations and no plans to implement one.\n\nSchemes other than `http`, `https` (or the empty scheme) might be\nused with implementation specific semantics."
      additionalProperties: {}
      description: "`Any` contains an arbitrary serialized protocol buffer message along with a\nURL that describes the type of the serialized message.\n\nProtobuf library provides support to pack/unpack Any values in the form\nof utility functions or additional generated methods of the Any type.\n\nExample 1: Pack and unpack a message in C++.\n\n    Foo foo = ...;\n    Any any;\n    any.PackFrom(foo);\n    ...\n    if (any.UnpackTo(&foo)) {\n      ...\n    }\n\nExample 2: Pack and unpack a message in Java.\n\n    Foo foo = ...;\n    Any any = Any.pack(foo);\n    ...\n    if (any.is(Foo.class)) {\n      foo = any.unpack(Foo.class);\n    }\n    // or ...\n    if (any.isSameTypeAs(Foo.getDefaultInstance())) {\n      foo = any.unpack(Foo.getDefaultInstance());\n    }\n\n Example 3: Pack and unpack a message in Python.\n\n    foo = Foo(...)\n    any = Any()\n    any.Pack(foo)\n    ...\n    if any.Is(Foo.DESCRIPTOR):\n      any.Unpack(foo)\n      ...\n\n Example 4: Pack and unpack a message in Go\n\n     foo := &pb.Foo{...}\n     any, err := anypb.New(foo)\n     if err != nil {\n       ...\n     }\n     ...\n     foo := &pb.Foo{}\n     if err := any.UnmarshalTo(foo); err != nil {\n       ...\n     }\n\nThe pack methods provided by protobuf library will by default use\n'type.googleapis.com/full.type.name' as the type URL and the unpack\nmethods only use the fully qualified type name after the last '/'\nin the type URL, for example \"foo.bar.com/x/y.z\" will yield type\nname \"y.z\".\n\nJSON\n====\nThe JSON representation of an `Any` value uses the regular\nrepresentation of the deserialized, embedded message, with an\nadditional field `@type` which contains the type URL. Example:\n\n    package google.profile;\n    message Person {\n      string first_name = 1;\n      string last_name = 2;\n    }\n\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"type.googleapis.com/google.profile.Person\",\n      \"firstName\": <string>,\n      \"lastName\": <string>\n    }\n\nIf the embedded message type is well-known and has a custom JSON\nrepresentation, that representation will be embedded adding a field\n`value` which holds the custom JSON in addition to the `@type`\nfield. Example (for message [google.protobuf.Duration][]):\n\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.Duration\",\n      \"value\": \"1.212s\"\n    }"
    protobuf_descriptorsv1DeleteProtobufDescriptorsResponse:
      type: object
    v2CheckProtobufDescriptorCompatibilityRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        protobufDescriptor:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobuf_descriptorsv2ProtobufDescriptor'
    protobuf_descriptorsv2DeleteProtobufDescriptorsResponse:
      type: object
    protobuf_descriptorsv1ProtobufDescriptor:
      type: object
      properties:
        messageTypeFullName:
          type: string
        fileDescriptorSet:
          type: string
          format: byte
        protoFileName:
          type: string
        namespace:
          type: string
        protobufDescriptorId:
          type: string
    protobuf_descriptorsv1ListProtobufDescriptorsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        protobufDescriptors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobuf_descriptorsv1ProtobufDescriptor'
        nextPageToken:
          type: string
      description: The response of a call to `ProtobufDescriptorService_ListProtobufDescriptors`.
    rpcStatus:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        message:
          type: string
        details:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobufAny'
    protobuf_descriptorsv1AddProtobufDescriptorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        protobufDescriptor:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobuf_descriptorsv1ProtobufDescriptor'
    v2IncompatibleProtobufField:
      type: object
      properties:
        protobufDescriptorId:
          type: string
        messageFullName:
          type: string
        desiredFieldName:
          type: string
        currentFieldName:
          type: string
        fieldNumber:
          type: string
        reason:
          type: string
        details:
          type: string
        fieldKind:
          type: string
    protobuf_descriptorsv2ProtobufDescriptor:
      type: object
      properties:
        messageTypeFullName:
          type: string
        fileDescriptorSet:
          type: string
          format: byte
        protoFileName:
          type: string
        namespace:
          type: string
        protobufDescriptorId:
          type: string
        createdDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
    protobuf_descriptorsv2AddProtobufDescriptorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        protobufDescriptor:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobuf_descriptorsv2ProtobufDescriptor'
    protobuf_descriptorsv2ListProtobufDescriptorsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        protobufDescriptors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobuf_descriptorsv2ProtobufDescriptor'
        nextPageToken:
          type: string
      description: The response of a call to `ProtobufDescriptorService_ListProtobufDescriptors`.
    protobuf_descriptorsv2AddProtobufDescriptorRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        protobufDescriptor:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobuf_descriptorsv2ProtobufDescriptor'
        forceDuplicateRegistration:
          type: boolean
          description: 'If set to true, the service will ignore checks that this descriptor has already been registered

            and will ensure that it is registered as the latest proto descriptor for the message type.'
    v2CheckProtobufDescriptorCompatibilityResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        isValid:
          type: boolean
        incompatibleProtobufDescriptorFields:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/v2IncompatibleProtobufField'
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT