VS Code Marketplace Publishers API

Publisher management and information

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vs-code-marketplace-publishers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: VS Code Marketplace Gallery Assets Publishers 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: Publishers
  description: Publisher management and information
paths:
  /publishers/{publisherName}:
    get:
      operationId: getPublisher
      summary: Get Publisher
      description: Retrieve information about a specific Marketplace publisher.
      tags:
      - Publishers
      parameters:
      - name: publisherName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The publisher's unique name.
      - name: api-version
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          default: 7.2-preview.1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Publisher details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Publisher'
        '404':
          description: Publisher not found
components:
  schemas:
    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
    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'
    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.
    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.