Zalando Outlines API

The Outlines API from Zalando — 2 operation(s) for outlines.

Operations 2

GET /merchants/{merchant_id}/outlines List sellable outlines for the merchant
GET /merchants/{merchant_id}/outlines/{outline_label} Return the outline

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OpenAPI Specification

zalando-outlines-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 0.0.9
  title: 'OpenAPI Specification: Merchant Product Attributes Outlines API'
  description: This service enumerates and describes Zalando product attributes.
  x-audience: external-merchant
  x-api-id: 84689b31-793f-4583-91e5-9ab195be36ca
tags:
- name: Outlines
paths:
  /merchants/{merchant_id}/outlines:
    get:
      summary: 'List sellable outlines for the merchant

        '
      description: 'Returns a list of product outlines that a given merchant can sell. The

        merchant can use these outlines to create a new product.

        '
      tags:
      - Outlines
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - products/attributes/read
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/merchant_id'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/flow_id'
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/OutlinesPagedResponse'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericError'
  /merchants/{merchant_id}/outlines/{outline_label}:
    get:
      summary: Return the outline
      description: 'Provide the structure of the outline.

        '
      tags:
      - Outlines
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - products/attributes/read
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/merchant_id'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/outline_label'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/flow_id'
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/OutlinesPagedResponse'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericError'
components:
  schemas:
    Name:
      description: 'Map of language to text, key must follow (rfc-2616, section

        3.10)[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-3.10]


        This mapping is only a human readable name of the entity.

        Building logic dependant on this field should be avoided.

        '
      additionalProperties:
        type: string
      example:
        en: The name
        de: Der Name
        es: El nombre
    OutlineTier:
      description: 'Defines the optional and mandatory attributes and attribute constraints

        applied to a product at a given tier.

        '
      required:
      - mandatory_types
      - optional_types
      - restricted_attributes
      properties:
        mandatory_types:
          description: 'All mandatory types must present in the request body for successful

            product submission.

            '
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          example:
          - mandatory_type_1
          - mandatory_type_2
        optional_types:
          description: 'Optional types will improve product quality, however are not

            required for submission.

            '
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          example:
          - optional_type_1
          - optional_type_2
        restricted_attributes:
          description: 'List of restrictive attributes for mandatory/optional types.

            '
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttributePerType'
          example:
          - type:
              label: optional_type_1
              version: 1.0.0
            values:
            - optional_type_1_value_1
            - optional_type_1_value_2
        validation_hints:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: object
            properties:
              related_types:
                type:
                - array
                - 'null'
                items:
                  type: string
              description:
                type: object
                additionalProperties:
                  type: string
                example:
                  en: Please specify the material composition if the product has filling.
              hint_type:
                type: string
                example: mandatory_if_applicable
          example:
            material.filling:
              related_types: null
              description:
                en: Please specify the material composition if the product has filling.
              hint_type: mandatory_if_applicable
    Description:
      description: 'Map of language to text, key must follow (rfc-2616, section

        3.10)[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-3.10]


        This mapping is only a human readable description of the entity.

        Building logic dependant on the this field should be avoided.

        '
      additionalProperties:
        type: string
      example:
        en: Description
        de: Beschreibung
        es: Descripción
    Outline:
      description: 'Provides an outline of a product, etc., defining the types of attributes

        that must be present, and those which may be present, and also some

        optional additional constraints on the attributes of those types.

        '
      required:
      - label
      - tiers
      properties:
        label:
          type: string
          example: shoe
        name:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
        description:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Description'
        tiers:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tiers'
    AttributePerType:
      type: object
      description: 'Define a relation between an (outline, type) and its allowed values.

        '
      properties:
        type:
          type: object
          properties:
            label:
              type: string
            version:
              type: string
        values:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    Tiers:
      properties:
        model:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/OutlineTier'
        config:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/OutlineTier'
        simple:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/OutlineTier'
  responses:
    OutlinesPagedResponse:
      description: list of outlines
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            required:
            - items
            properties:
              items:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Outline'
    GenericError:
      description: 'error occurred - see status code and problem object for more

        information.

        '
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: https://opensource.zalando.com/problem/schema.yaml#/Problem
  parameters:
    flow_id:
      name: X-Flow-Id
      description: 'A custom header that will be passed onto any further requests and can be

        used for diagnosing.

        '
      in: header
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
    merchant_id:
      name: merchant_id
      in: path
      description: Id of the merchant
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: string
    outline_label:
      name: outline_label
      in: path
      description: Label of the outline
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: string
  securitySchemes:
    merchant_platform:
      type: oauth2
      description: The Products service uses the OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication layer of OAuth 2 to handle the client credentials process flow.
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://api-sandbox.merchants.zalando.com/auth/token
          scopes:
            products/attributes/read: scope to read a product