Vanilla Forums

Vanilla Forums Media API

The Media API from Vanilla Forums — 11 operation(s) for media.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 15

GET /media List media files #
POST /media Upload a media file #
DELETE /media/by-url Delete a media item, using its URL #
GET /media/by-url Get a media item, using its URL #
DELETE /media/list Delete a list of media by their ID's #
DELETE /media/list-by-url Delete a list of media by their URL's #
POST /media/scrape Scrape information from a URL #
POST /media/upload-session-complete/{uploadSessionID} Complete a chunked media upload session #
GET /media/upload-session-part/{uploadSessionID}/{partNumber} Get a presigned URL for a chunked upload part #
PUT /media/upload-session-part/{uploadSessionID}/{partNumber} Upload a chunked media part through the API #
DELETE /media/upload-session/{uploadSessionID} Abort a chunked media upload session #
POST /media/upload-sessions Start a chunked media upload session #
DELETE /media/{id} Delete a media item #
GET /media/{id} Get a media item #
PATCH /media/{id}/attachment Update a media item's attachment to another record #

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-media-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

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


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