VS Code Marketplace Extensions API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: VS Code Marketplace Gallery Assets Extensions API
  description: The VS Code Marketplace Gallery API provides programmatic access to the Visual Studio Marketplace, enabling search, discovery, and retrieval of extensions for Visual Studio Code and other Microsoft developer tools. It supports querying extensions by name, publisher, category, and tags, as well as fetching extension details, versions, statistics, and reviews.
  version: 7.2-preview.1
  contact:
    name: Microsoft Visual Studio Code
    url: https://code.visualstudio.com/
  termsOfService: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/policies/agree
servers:
- url: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery
  description: VS Code Marketplace Gallery API
security: []
tags:
- name: Extensions
  description: Query, search, and retrieve VS Code extensions from the Marketplace
paths:
  /extensionquery:
    post:
      operationId: queryExtensions
      summary: Query Extensions
      description: Search and filter extensions in the VS Code Marketplace using criteria such as text search, tags, categories, publisher name, or extension ID. Supports pagination and response flag bitmasks to control the detail level returned.
      tags:
      - Extensions
      parameters:
      - name: api-version
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          default: 7.2-preview.1
        description: API version string.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExtensionQueryRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Extension query results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExtensionQueryResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    ExtensionQueryResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              extensions:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Extension'
              pagingToken:
                type: string
              resultMetadata:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    metadataType:
                      type: string
                    metadataItems:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          name:
                            type: string
                          count:
                            type: integer
    ExtensionVersion:
      type: object
      properties:
        version:
          type: string
          description: Semantic version string (e.g., 2024.1.0).
        flags:
          type: integer
        lastUpdated:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        files:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              assetType:
                type: string
              source:
                type: string
                format: uri
        properties:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              key:
                type: string
              value:
                type: string
        assetUri:
          type: string
          format: uri
        fallbackAssetUri:
          type: string
          format: uri
    ExtensionStatistic:
      type: object
      properties:
        statisticName:
          type: string
          description: Statistic type name (e.g., install, averagerating, ratingcount, trendingdaily, trendingweekly, trendingmonthly, updateCount).
        value:
          type: number
          description: The statistic value.
    Publisher:
      type: object
      properties:
        publisherId:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Unique identifier for the publisher.
        publisherName:
          type: string
          description: Publisher's unique name (used in extension IDs).
        displayName:
          type: string
          description: Publisher's display name.
        flags:
          type: integer
        domain:
          type: string
          description: Publisher's verified domain.
        isDomainVerified:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the publisher's domain is verified.
        extensions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Extension'
    ExtensionQueryRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        filters:
          type: array
          description: Array of filter criteria to apply to the query.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryFilter'
        assetTypes:
          type: array
          description: Specific asset types to include in the response.
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VSIXPackage
            - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Icons.Default
            - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Icons.Small
            - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Content.Details
            - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Content.Changelog
            - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Content.License
        flags:
          type: integer
          description: 'Bitmask of ExtensionQueryFlags controlling response detail level. Common values: 16863 (AllAttributes), 914 (basic details), 7 (minimal).'
          example: 16863
      example:
        filters:
        - criteria:
          - filterType: 10
            value: python
          pageNumber: 1
          pageSize: 10
          sortBy: 4
          sortOrder: 0
        flags: 16863
    QueryFilter:
      type: object
      properties:
        criteria:
          type: array
          description: Filter criteria items.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FilterCriteria'
        pageNumber:
          type: integer
          default: 1
          description: Page number for pagination.
        pageSize:
          type: integer
          default: 10
          maximum: 100
          description: Number of results per page.
        sortBy:
          type: integer
          description: Sort order field. 0=Default, 1=NoneOrRelevance, 4=Downloads, 5=Rating, 6=PublishedDate, 12=InstallCount.
          default: 0
        sortOrder:
          type: integer
          description: Sort direction. 0=Default, 1=Ascending, 2=Descending.
          default: 0
    FilterCriteria:
      type: object
      required:
      - filterType
      - value
      properties:
        filterType:
          type: integer
          description: The type of filter to apply. 1=Tag, 4=ExtensionId, 5=Category, 7=ExtensionName (publisher.name), 8=Target (VSCode), 10=FullText, 12=ExcludeWithFlags.
          example: 10
        value:
          type: string
          description: The filter value to match.
          example: python
    Extension:
      type: object
      properties:
        publisher:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Publisher'
        extensionId:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Unique identifier for the extension.
        extensionName:
          type: string
          description: The extension's short name.
        displayName:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable display name.
        flags:
          type: integer
          description: Extension flags bitmask.
        lastUpdated:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When the extension was last updated.
        publishedDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When the extension was first published.
        releaseDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When the current version was released.
        shortDescription:
          type: string
          description: Brief description of the extension.
        versions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExtensionVersion'
        categories:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Extension categories.
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Extension tags.
        statistics:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExtensionStatistic'
        installationTargets:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              target:
                type: string
              targetVersion:
                type: string
        deploymentType:
          type: integer
        averageRating:
          type: number
          description: Average user rating (0-5).
        ratingCount:
          type: integer
          description: Number of ratings submitted.