Val Town alias API

Many API endpoints accept IDs instead of user-facing names. The alias endpoints let you convert between the user-facing name of a val or another object into an ID that can be used with other API endpoints

Operations 2

GET /v1/alias/{username} #
GET /v2/alias/vals/{username}/{val_name} #

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OpenAPI Specification

val-town-alias-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Val Town Alias API
  description: 'Val Town’s public API


    OpenAPI JSON endpoint:


    https://api.val.town/openapi.json'
  termsOfService: https://www.val.town/termsofuse
  version: '1'
servers:
- url: https://api.val.town
  description: Production
tags:
- name: alias
  description: 'Many API endpoints

    accept IDs instead of user-facing names. The alias

    endpoints let you convert between the user-facing name of a

    val or another object into an ID that can be used with other

    API endpoints'
paths:
  /v1/alias/{username}:
    get:
      operationId: aliasUsername
      tags:
      - alias
      description: Get basic details about a user, given their username
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
        in: path
        name: username
        required: true
        description: Username of the user who you are looking for
      responses:
        '200':
          description: User object
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
  /v2/alias/vals/{username}/{val_name}:
    get:
      operationId: aliasVal2
      tags:
      - alias
      description: Get a val
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
        in: path
        name: username
        required: true
        description: Username of the user whose val you are looking for
      - schema:
          type: string
        in: path
        name: val_name
        required: true
        description: Name of the val you're looking for
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A Val
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Val'
components:
  schemas:
    User:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - type
      - bio
      - username
      - profileImageUrl
      - url
      - links
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: The ID of this user
        type:
          enum:
          - user
          - org
          description: Whether this is a user or an organization
        bio:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            description: The user’s biography, if they have provided one
          - type: 'null'
        username:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            description: The user’s handle that they chose for themselves. Does not include the @ symbol
          - type: 'null'
        profileImageUrl:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            description: URL that points to the user’s profile image, if one exists
            format: uri
          - type: 'null'
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL of this user’s profile on Val Town’s website
        links:
          type: object
          required:
          - self
          properties:
            self:
              type: string
              format: uri
              description: URL of this user on this API
      description: User object
      example:
        id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
        bio: Hello world
        username: tmcw
        url: https://val.town/u/tmcw
        profileImageUrl: null
    Val:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - id
      - createdAt
      - privacy
      - author
      - imageUrl
      - description
      - links
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: The id of the val
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        privacy:
          enum:
          - public
          - unlisted
          - private
          description: This resource's privacy setting. Unlisted resources do not appear on profile pages or elsewhere, but you can link to them.
        author:
          type: object
          required:
          - type
          - id
          - username
          properties:
            type:
              anyOf:
              - type: string
                enum:
                - user
              - type: string
                enum:
                - org
            id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            username:
              anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
        imageUrl:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            description: The URL of this val's image
          - type: 'null'
        description:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
        links:
          type: object
          required:
          - self
          - html
          properties:
            self:
              type: string
              format: uri
              description: The URL of this resource on this API
            html:
              type: string
              format: uri
              description: The URL of this resource on Val Town
      description: A Val
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Endpoints that support authorization expect Bearer authentication, using an API token provided from Val Town.
externalDocs:
  url: https://api.val.town/documentation
  description: Find more info here