Zalando Types API

The Types API from Zalando — 1 operation(s) for types.

Operations 1

GET /merchants/{merchant_id}/attribute-types/{type_label} Returns the attribute type

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OpenAPI Specification

zalando-types-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 0.0.9
  title: 'OpenAPI Specification: Merchant Product Attributes Types API'
  description: This service enumerates and describes Zalando product attributes.
  x-audience: external-merchant
  x-api-id: 84689b31-793f-4583-91e5-9ab195be36ca
tags:
- name: Types
paths:
  /merchants/{merchant_id}/attribute-types/{type_label}:
    get:
      summary: Returns the attribute type
      tags:
      - Types
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - products/attributes/read
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/merchant_id'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/type_label'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/flow_id'
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TypeResponse'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericError'
components:
  schemas:
    TypeCardinality:
      description: 'The allowed cardinality of this type when used - i.e. how many

        attributes of this type can be used.

        '
      type: string
      x-extensible-enum:
      - one
      - many
      example: one
    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
    TypeDefinition:
      description: 'The specification of the actual type of this type.

        '
      required:
      - type
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          x-extensible-enum:
          - BooleanDefinition
          - StringDefinition
          - LocalizedStringDefinition
          - IntegerDefinition
          - DecimalDefinition
          - DatetimeDefinition
          - StructuredDefinition
        types:
          type: array
          items:
            required:
            - label
            - optional
            properties:
              label:
                type: string
              optional:
                type: boolean
      example:
        type: LocalizedStringDefinition
    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
    TypeUsage:
      description: 'How this type is to be used. Reference attributes established within

        this service, or Literal values provided.

        '
      type: string
      x-extensible-enum:
      - literal
      - reference_by_label
      - reference_by_value
      example: reference_by_label
    Type:
      required:
      - label
      - name
      - definition
      - type_variants
      - cardinality
      - usage
      properties:
        label:
          type: string
          example: color_code
        name:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
        description:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Description'
        cardinality:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TypeCardinality'
        usage:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TypeUsage'
        definition:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TypeDefinition'
        type_variants:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TypeVariants'
    TypeVariants:
      description: 'Allow aliases for types, when used it would be:

        "{type_label}.{type_variant}", this way it would be allowed to have the

        same type used multiple times in the same outline/attributes

        E.g: color.primary being color the type and primary the variant

        '
      type: array
      items:
        required:
        - label
        - name
        properties:
          label:
            type: string
          name:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
      example:
      - label: primary
        name: Primary Type
      - label: secondary
        name: Secondary Type
  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
    type_label:
      name: type_label
      in: path
      description: Label of the attribute type
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: string
    merchant_id:
      name: merchant_id
      in: path
      description: Id of the merchant
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: string
  responses:
    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
    TypeResponse:
      description: a single attribute type
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Type'
  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