// @flow import React from 'react'; import Grid from 'styled-components-grid'; import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet'; import styled from 'styled-components'; const Container = styled.div` max-width: 720px; margin: 0 auto; pre { padding: 0.5em 1em; background: #f9fbfc; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid #e8ebed; overflow: scroll; } code { font-size: 15px; } table { border-collapse: collapse; thead { td { padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: 500; } } tbody, thead { td { padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; } td:last-child { width: 100%; padding-right: 0; } } } h3 { code { font-size: 1.08em; } } `; export default function Pricing() { return ( Developer API - Outline

Outline API

First thing we build for Outline was its API. It’s the heart and sole of the service and as developers, it’s our mission to make the API as rich and easy to use as possible.

While Outline is still in public beta, we might make small adjustments, including breaking changes to the API.

Making requests

Outline’s API follows simple RPC style conventions where each API endpoint is a method on{' '} https://www.getoutline.com/api/<METHOD>. Both{' '} GET and POST methods are supported but it’s recommeded that you make all call using POST. Only HTTPS is supported in production.

For GET requests query string parameters are expected (e.g. /api/document.info?id=...&token=...). When making{' '} POST requests, request parameters are parsed depending on{' '} Content-Type header. To make a call using JSON payload, one must pass Content-Type: application/json header:

Example POST request:

          
            {`curl https://www.getoutline.com/api/documents.info
  -X POST
  -H 'authorization: Bearer API_KEY'
  -H 'content-type: application/json'
  -H 'accept: application/json'
  -d '{"id": "outline-api-NTpezNwhUP"}'
`}
          
        

Example GET request:

          
            {`curl https://www.getoutline.com/api/documents.info?id=outline-api-NTpezNwhUP&token=API_KEY
`}
          
        

Authentication

To access private API endpoints, you must provide a valid API key. You can create new API keys in your{' '} account settings. Be careful when handling your keys as they give access to all of your documents.

To authenticate with Outline API, you can supply the API key as a header (Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY) or as part of the payload using token parameter. If you're making{' '} GET requests, header based authentication is recommended so that your keys don't leak into logs.

Some API endpoints allow unauhenticated requests for public resources and they can be called without an API key.

Errors

All successful API requests will be returned with 200{' '} status code and ok: true in the response payload. If there’s an error while making the request, appropriate status code is returned with the error message:

          
            {`{
  "ok": false,
  "error: "Not Found"
}
`}
          
        

Methods

This method returns the information for currently logged in user. You can upload small files and images as part of your documents. All files are stored using Amazon S3. Instead of uploading files to Outline, you need to upload them directly to S3 with special credentials which can be obtained through this endpoint. List all your document collections. Returns detailed information on a document collection. Creates a new document collection. This method allows you to modify already created document. Delete a collection and all of its documents. This action can't be undone so please be careful.

This method returns information for a document with a specific ID. Following identifiers are allowed:

  • UUID - id field of the document
  • URI identifier - Human readable identifier used in Outline URLs (e.g. outline-api-i48ZEZc5zjXndcP)
This methods allows you to search all of your documents with keywords. This method allows you to publish a new document under an existing collection. By default a document is set to the parent collection root. If you want to create a subdocument, you can pass{' '} parentDocument to set parent document. ID of the collection to which the document is created } required /> ID of the parent document within the collection } /> This method allows you to modify already created document. Move a document into a new location inside the collection. This is easily done by defining the parent document ID and optional index. If no parent document is provided, the document will be moved to the collection root. Delete a document and all of its child documents if any. Get a document with its ID or URL identifier from user’s collections. Star (favorite) a document for authenticated user. Unstar as starred (favorited) a document for authenticated user. Return recently viewed documents for the authenticated user Return recently starred documents for the authenticated user Return revisions for a document. Upon each edit, a new revision is stored.
); } const MethodList = styled.ul` margin-bottom: 80px; `; const Methods = (props: { children: React.Element<*> }) => { const children = React.Children.toArray(props.children); const methods = children.map(child => child.props.method); return (
{methods.map(method => (
  • {method}
  • ))}
    {children}
    ); }; const MethodContainer = styled.div` margin-bottom: 80px; `; const Request = styled.h4` text-transform: capitalize; `; type MethodProps = { method: string, label: string, children: React.Element<*>, }; const Method = (props: MethodProps) => { const children = React.Children.toArray(props.children); const description = children.find(child => child.type === Description); const apiArgs = children.find(child => child.type === Arguments); return (

    {props.method} - {props.label}

    {description}
    HTTP request & arguments

    {`${process.env.URL}/api/${props.method}`}

    {apiArgs}
    ); }; const Description = (props: { children: React.Element<*> }) => (

    {props.children}

    ); type ArgumentsProps = { pagination?: boolean, children?: React.Element<*> | string, }; const Arguments = (props: ArgumentsProps) => ( {props.pagination && ( // $FlowIssue )} {props.children}
    Argument Required Description
    ); type ArgumentProps = { id: string, required?: boolean, description: React.Element<*> | string, }; const Argument = (props: ArgumentProps) => ( {props.id} {props.required ? 'required' : 'optional'} {props.description} ); const PaginationArguments = () => [ , , ];