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Sonatype Nexus Content selectors API

The Content selectors API from Sonatype Nexus — 2 operation(s) for content selectors.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  contact:
    name: Sonatype Community Maintainers
    url: https://github.com/sonatype-nexus-community
  description: This documents the available APIs into [Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager](https://www.sonatype.com/products/sonatype-nexus-repository) as of version 3.91.0-07.
  license:
    name: Apache-2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  title: Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager assets Content selectors API
  version: 3.91.0-07
servers:
- url: /service/rest/
security:
- BasicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Content selectors
paths:
  /v1/security/content-selectors:
    get:
      operationId: getContentSelectors
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentSelectorApiResponse'
                type: array
          description: successful operation
        '403':
          content: {}
          description: Insufficient permissions to read content selectors
      summary: List content selectors
      tags:
      - Content selectors
    post:
      operationId: createContentSelector
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentSelectorApiCreateRequest'
        required: false
      responses:
        '204':
          content: {}
          description: Content selector successfully created
        '400':
          content: {}
          description: Invalid request
        '403':
          content: {}
          description: Insufficient permissions to create content selectors
      summary: Create a new content selector
      tags:
      - Content selectors
      x-codegen-request-body-name: body
  /v1/security/content-selectors/{name}:
    delete:
      operationId: deleteContentSelector
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: name
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          content: {}
          description: Content selector deleted successfully
        '400':
          content: {}
          description: Invalid request
        '403':
          content: {}
          description: Insufficient permissions to delete the content selector
      summary: Delete a content selector
      tags:
      - Content selectors
    get:
      operationId: getContentSelector
      parameters:
      - description: The content selector name
        in: path
        name: name
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentSelectorApiResponse'
          description: successful operation
        '403':
          content: {}
          description: Insufficient permissions to read the content selector
      summary: Get a content selector by name
      tags:
      - Content selectors
    put:
      operationId: updateContentSelector
      parameters:
      - description: The content selector name
        in: path
        name: name
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentSelectorApiUpdateRequest'
        required: false
      responses:
        '204':
          content: {}
          description: Content selector updated successfully
        '400':
          content: {}
          description: Invalid request
        '403':
          content: {}
          description: Insufficient permissions to update the content selector
      summary: Update a content selector
      tags:
      - Content selectors
      x-codegen-request-body-name: body
components:
  schemas:
    ContentSelectorApiUpdateRequest:
      properties:
        description:
          description: An optional description of this content selector
          type: string
        expression:
          description: The expression used to identify content
          example: format == "maven2" and path =^ "/org/sonatype/nexus"
          type: string
      type: object
    ContentSelectorApiCreateRequest:
      properties:
        description:
          description: A human-readable description
          type: string
        expression:
          description: The expression used to identify content
          example: format == "maven2" and path =^ "/org/sonatype/nexus"
          type: string
        name:
          description: The content selector name cannot be changed after creation
          pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9\-]{1}[a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]*$
          type: string
      type: object
    ContentSelectorApiResponse:
      properties:
        description:
          description: A human-readable description
          type: string
        expression:
          description: The expression used to identify content
          example: format == "maven2" and path =^ "/org/sonatype/nexus"
          type: string
        name:
          description: The content selector name cannot be changed after creation
          type: string
        type:
          description: The type of content selector the backend is using
          enum:
          - csel
          - jexl
          type: string
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    BasicAuth:
      scheme: basic
      type: http
x-original-swagger-version: '2.0'

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