ReadMe · Schema

ReadMe API Definition

An OpenAPI/Swagger/Postman definition uploaded to a ReadMe branch.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	string
title	string
version	string
branch	string
source	string	How the definition was added to ReadMe.
type	string
filename	string
createdAt	string
updatedAt	string

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/readme/refs/heads/main/json-schema/readme-api-definition-schema.json",
  "title": "ReadMe API Definition",
  "description": "An OpenAPI/Swagger/Postman definition uploaded to a ReadMe branch.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["id", "title"],
  "properties": {
    "id": { "type": "string" },
    "title": { "type": "string" },
    "version": { "type": "string" },
    "branch": { "type": "string" },
    "source": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["api", "upload", "url", "rdme"],
      "description": "How the definition was added to ReadMe."
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["openapi", "swagger", "postman"]
    },
    "filename": { "type": "string" },
    "createdAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
    "updatedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" }
  }
}

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