Vendasta Citations API

The Citations API from Vendasta — 2 operation(s) for citations.

Operations 3

POST /v1/listings/get-citation-data Get Citation Data #
GET /citations Get Citation Data #
OPTIONS /citations List valid HTTP verbs for /citations #

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vendasta-citations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Vendasta Citations API
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Citations across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: vendasta-listing-products-openapi.json, vendasta-local-seo-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- description: Production
  url: https://prod.apigateway.co/grpc
- url: https://prod.apigateway.co/products/listings
  description: Production
- url: https://demo.apigateway.co/products/listings
  description: Demo
- url: '{local}/products/listings'
  description: Local
- url: http://localhost:11001/products/listings
  description: Localhost
tags:
- name: Citations
paths:
  /v1/listings/get-citation-data:
    post:
      operationId: Citations_GetCitationData
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/v1GetCitationDataRequest'
        description: Request to retrieve citation data for a business, including citation counts, historical trends, and citations grouped by domain.
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/v1GetCitationDataResponse'
          description: A successful response.
        default:
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
          description: An unexpected error response.
      summary: Get Citation Data
      tags:
      - Citations
    servers:
    - description: Production
      url: https://prod.apigateway.co/grpc
  /citations:
    get:
      summary: Get Citation Data
      tags:
      - Citations
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/citations'
                  links:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      self:
                        type: string
                        format: uri
                      first:
                        type: string
                        description: Provides a link back to the first page of results
                        format: uri
                      next:
                        type: string
                        description: The URI at which the next batch of citations can be fetched from
                        format: uri
      operationId: get-citationData
      description: '[Status](https://developers.vendasta.com/platform/ZG9jOjEwMTU2NTYy-versioning): `Trusted Tester`

        Get the citation data information for a specific business. The citations that are returned are sorted by the `foundAt` property in descending order.'
      x-lifecycle:
        status: proposed
      security:
      - OAuth2Demo:
        - listing
      - OAuth2Prod:
        - listing
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
        in: header
        name: Authorization
        description: A Bearer access token to identify the user the app is acting on behalf of. See the Authorization guide for details.
      - schema:
          type: string
        in: query
        name: filter[businessLocation.id]
        description: Return citations for the specified listing profile for Vendasta's unique ID for the business
      - schema:
          type: string
        in: query
        name: page[cursor]
        description: The cursor stores all your filters and current location in the list to allow paging over the results in smaller batches. The value will be provided in the response links. [Pagination Docs](https://developers.vendasta.com/platform/ZG9jOjEwMTkzMDg0-overview#paging).
      - schema:
          type: string
        in: query
        name: page[limit]
        description: '[Pagination Docs](https://developers.vendasta.com/platform/ZG9jOjEwMTkzMDg0-overview#paging).'
    options:
      operationId: options-citationData
      summary: List valid HTTP verbs for /citations
      description: 'Used solely for [CORS](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS) the OPTIONS request returns the list of possible HTTP methods and other headers that browsers use to protect user''s security. You should not call this operation directly. '
      responses:
        '204':
          description: No Content
        '403':
          description: User Cannot Access Citations
        '404':
          description: Business Not Found
        '406':
          description: No Listing Product Active
      tags:
      - Citations
    servers:
    - url: https://prod.apigateway.co/products/listings
      description: Production
    - url: https://demo.apigateway.co/products/listings
      description: Demo
    - url: '{local}/products/listings'
      description: Local
    - url: http://localhost:11001/products/listings
      description: Localhost
components:
  schemas:
    rpcStatus:
      properties:
        code:
          format: int32
          type: integer
        details:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobufAny'
          type: array
        message:
          type: string
      type: object
    v1Citation:
      description: Citation contains details for a citation.
      properties:
        breadcrumb:
          description: Output only. The breadcrumb path of the citation page.
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        created:
          description: Output only. When this citation was first discovered.
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        description:
          description: Output only. The page description or snippet of the citation.
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        domain:
          description: Output only. The domain where the citation was found.
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        matchedFields:
          description: Output only. The NAP fields that matched in this citation.
          items:
            type: string
          readOnly: true
          type: array
        searchTerm:
          description: Output only. The search term that found this citation.
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        title:
          description: Output only. The page title of the citation.
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        url:
          description: Output only. The URL of the citation.
          readOnly: true
          type: string
      type: object
    v1HistoricalCitationsDataPoint:
      properties:
        date:
          description: Output only. Date of the data point.
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        value:
          description: Output only. Total citations found up to this date.
          format: int64
          readOnly: true
          type: string
      type: object
    v1GetCitationDataResponse:
      description: Contains citation data for a business including total count, historical trends, and citations grouped by domain.
      properties:
        citationCount:
          description: Output only. The total number of citations found for the business.
          format: int64
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        citationPercentGrowth:
          description: Output only. The percentage growth in citations over the date range.
          format: int64
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        citationsByDomain:
          description: Output only. Citations grouped by domain.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/v1CitationsByDomain'
          readOnly: true
          type: array
        historicalCitationsSeries:
          description: Output only. Historical citation data points showing citation count over time.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/v1HistoricalCitationsDataPoint'
          readOnly: true
          type: array
        initialCitationCount:
          description: Output only. The initial citation count at the start of tracking.
          format: int64
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        startDate:
          description: Output only. The start date of the citation data range.
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
          type: string
      title: GetCitationDataResponse
      type: object
    v1CitationsByDomain:
      properties:
        citations:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/v1Citation'
          type: array
        domain:
          type: string
      title: CitationsByDomain contains all citations for a domain
      type: object
    v1GetCitationDataRequest:
      description: Request to retrieve citation data for a business, including citation counts, historical trends, and citations grouped by domain.
      properties:
        businessId:
          description: Required. The business ID (account group ID) for which to retrieve citation data.
          type: string
        endDate:
          description: Optional. The end date of the date range for citation data retrieval.
          format: date-time
          type: string
        startDate:
          description: Optional. The start date of the date range for citation data retrieval.
          format: date-time
          type: string
      required:
      - businessId
      title: GetCitationDataRequest
      type: object
    protobufAny:
      additionalProperties: {}
      properties:
        '@type':
          type: string
      type: object
    citations:
      title: Citations
      type: object
      x-examples:
        Example 1:
        - id: c01
          type: citations
          breadcrumb: Home > Page Title
          foundAt: '2021-09-20T12:46:46Z'
          description: page description
          domain: vendasta.com
          title: Page Title Example
          url: https://vendasta.com/page-title-example.com
      properties:
        id:
          description: Public facing name of the source
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          default: citation
          enum:
          - citation
        breadcrumb:
          type: string
          description: The breadcrumb from which the citation was found
        foundAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The date the citation was found
        description:
          type: string
          description: The description of the citation
        domain:
          type: string
          description: The domain from which the citation was found
        title:
          type: string
          description: The title of the website page where the citation was found
        url:
          type: string
          description: The url of the website where the citation was found
      x-lifecycle: proposed
      description: '[Status](https://developers.vendasta.com/platform/ZG9jOjEwMTU2NTYy-versioning): `Proposed`

        The citations found for a specific SMB'
      x-tags:
      - Citations
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://sso-api-prod.apigateway.co/oauth2/auth
          scopes:
            admin: Allows the application to perform administrative tasks that you have access to across the platform
            business-app: Allows the application to manage all features of Business App
          tokenUrl: https://sso-api-prod.apigateway.co/oauth2/token
      type: oauth2
    JWT:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
    OAuth2Demo:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://sso-api-demo.apigateway.co/oauth2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://sso-api-demo.apigateway.co/oauth2/token
          refreshUrl: ''
          scopes:
            listing: Access to the Local SEO REST API
    OAuth2Prod:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://sso-api-prod.apigateway.co/oauth2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://sso-api-prod.apigateway.co/oauth2/token
          refreshUrl: ''
          scopes:
            listing: Access to the Local SEO REST API
x-refined-from:
- vendasta-listing-products-openapi.json
- vendasta-local-seo-openapi.yml