Vanilla Forums

Vanilla Forums Collections API

The Collections API from Vanilla Forums — 5 operation(s) for collections.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 9

GET /collections List collections #
POST /collections Create new collection #
GET /collections/by-resource List the collections a given record belongs to #
PUT /collections/by-resource Add a record to one or more collections #
GET /collections/contents/{locale} List collections & contents #
GET /collections/{id} Get a single collection #
PATCH /collections/{id} Update a collection #
DELETE /collections/{id} Delete a collection #
GET /collections/{id}/content/{locale} List collection with the each record expanded #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/categories/97-api-and-webhooks

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vanilla-forums/refs/heads/main/openapi/vanilla-forums-collections-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

vanilla-forums-collections-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: API access to your community.
  title: Vanilla Collections API
  version: '2.0'
servers:
- url: https://open.vanillaforums.com/api/v2
tags:


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