API Evangelist enhancements — Paubox Forms API

overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enhancements — Paubox Forms API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: ../openapi/paubox-forms-api-openapi.yaml
x-generated: '2026-08-26'
x-method: generated
x-source: >-
  Derived from https://docs.paubox.com/forms/index, /forms/authentication and the
  per-operation pages under /forms/*. Records the two-tier auth model, the archive
  semantics and the "does not verify the form exists" behaviour the provider states
  explicitly.
actions:
  - target: $.info
    update:
      x-auth-tiers:
        public: >-
          getPublicForm and createFormSubmission require NO credential. The form UUID is
          the access control.
        managed: >-
          Every other operation requires a Paubox API key carrying the `forms` scope, sent
          as a Bearer token. The `Token token=` format used by the Marketing API is
          rejected.
      x-max-request-bytes: 262144000
      x-max-request-bytes-note: >-
        250 MB total request size including attachments, per
        https://docs.paubox.com/cli/commands
  - target: $.paths['/public/form_data/{form_id}'].get
    update:
      x-agent-note: >-
        Returns HTML, JSON schema and CSS. Read the JSON schema to learn which fields
        exist and which are required before asking a respondent anything.
  - target: $.paths['/api/forms/{form_id}/submissions'].post
    update:
      x-reversibility:
        reversal: null
        window: null
        note: >-
          No delete-submission operation is published. A respondent submission, including
          any PHI it carries, cannot be withdrawn through the API.
      x-response-note: Returns 201 with NO body. Do not expect a submission ID back.
  - target: $.paths['/api/forms/{form_id}/submissions'].get
    update:
      x-payload-note: >-
        Each submission's form_data is a JSON-ENCODED STRING, not a nested object. Parse
        it before use.
  - target: $.paths['/api/forms/{form_id}/archive'].post
    update:
      x-reversibility:
        reversal: unarchiveForm
        window: null
        note: >-
          PARTIAL. Archiving sets archived=true AND active=false; unarchiving clears only
          archived. Restoring a form to service takes unarchiveForm THEN updateForm with
          active:true.
      x-existence-not-verified: >-
        The provider states this endpoint does not verify the form exists — an unknown
        form ID still returns 200. A 200 is NOT proof the form was found.
  - target: $.paths['/api/forms/{form_id}/unarchive'].post
    update:
      x-existence-not-verified: >-
        Same as archive: an unknown form ID returns 200.
      x-does-not-reactivate: >-
        active stays false until the form is separately updated with active:true.
  - target: $.paths['/api/forms/copy'].post
    update:
      x-copy-semantics: >-
        The copy starts with submission_count 0 and no vanity URL, and carries old_form_id
        pointing at the original.