API v3

The Read the Docs API uses REST. JSON is returned by all API responses including errors and HTTP response status codes are to designate success and failure.

Authentication and authorization

Requests to the Read the Docs public API are for public and private information. All endpoints require authentication.

Token

The Authorization HTTP header can be specified with Token <your-access-token> to authenticate as a user and have the same permissions that the user itself.

Note

On Read the Docs Community, you will find your access Token under your profile settings.

Session

Warning

Authentication via session is not enabled yet.

Session authentication is allowed on very specific endpoints, to allow hitting the API when reading documentation.

When a user is trying to authenticate via session, CSRF check is performed.

Resources

This section shows all the resources that are currently available in APIv3. There are some URL attributes that applies to all of these resources:

?fields=:: Specify which fields are going to be returned in the response.
?omit=:: Specify which fields are going to be omitted from the response.
?expand=:: Some resources allow to expand/add extra fields on their responses (see Project details for example).

Tip

You can browse the full API by accessing its root URL: https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/

Note

If you are using Read the Docs for Business take into account that you will need to replace https://readthedocs.org/ by https://readthedocs.com/ in all the URLs used in the following examples.

Projects

Projects list

GET /api/v3/projects/

Retrieve a list of all the projects for the current logged in user.

Example request:

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response:

{
    "count": 25,
    "next": "/api/v3/projects/?limit=10&offset=10",
    "previous": null,
    "results": [{
        "id": 12345,
        "name": "Pip",
        "slug": "pip",
        "created": "2010-10-23T18:12:31+00:00",
        "modified": "2018-12-11T07:21:11+00:00",
        "language": {
            "code": "en",
            "name": "English"
        },
        "programming_language": {
            "code": "py",
            "name": "Python"
        },
        "repository": {
            "url": "https://github.com/pypa/pip",
            "type": "git"
        },
        "default_version": "stable",
        "default_branch": "master",
        "subproject_of": null,
        "translation_of": null,
        "urls": {
            "documentation": "http://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/",
            "home": "https://pip.pypa.io/"
        },
        "tags": [
            "distutils",
            "easy_install",
            "egg",
            "setuptools",
            "virtualenv"
        ],
        "users": [
            {
                "username": "dstufft"
            }
        ],
        "active_versions": {
            "stable": "{VERSION}",
            "latest": "{VERSION}",
            "19.0.2": "{VERSION}"
        },
        "_links": {
            "_self": "/api/v3/projects/pip/",
            "versions": "/api/v3/projects/pip/versions/",
            "builds": "/api/v3/projects/pip/builds/",
            "subprojects": "/api/v3/projects/pip/subprojects/",
            "superproject": "/api/v3/projects/pip/superproject/",
            "redirects": "/api/v3/projects/pip/redirects/",
            "translations": "/api/v3/projects/pip/translations/"
        }
    }]
}

Query Parameters:

name (string) – return projects with matching name
slug (string) – return projects with matching slug
language (string) – language code as en, es, ru, etc.
programming_language (string) – programming language code as py, js, etc.

The results in response is an array of project data, which is same as GET /api/v3/projects/(string:project_slug)/.

Note

Read the Docs for Business, also accepts

Query Parameters:

expand (string) – with organization and teams.

Project details

GET /api/v3/projects/(string: project_slug)/

Retrieve details of a single project.

Example request:

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response:

{
    "id": 12345,
    "name": "Pip",
    "slug": "pip",
    "created": "2010-10-23T18:12:31+00:00",
    "modified": "2018-12-11T07:21:11+00:00",
    "language": {
        "code": "en",
        "name": "English"
    },
    "programming_language": {
        "code": "py",
        "name": "Python"
    },
    "repository": {
        "url": "https://github.com/pypa/pip",
        "type": "git"
    },
    "default_version": "stable",
    "default_branch": "master",
    "subproject_of": null,
    "translation_of": null,
    "urls": {
        "documentation": "http://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/",
        "home": "https://readthedocs.org/projects/pip/",
        "downloads": "https://readthedocs.org/projects/pip/downloads/",
        "builds": "https://readthedocs.org/projects/pip/builds/",
        "versions": "https://readthedocs.org/projects/pip/versions/",
    },
    "tags": [
        "distutils",
        "easy_install",
        "egg",
        "setuptools",
        "virtualenv"
    ],
    "users": [
        {
            "username": "dstufft"
        }
    ],
    "active_versions": {
        "stable": "{VERSION}",
        "latest": "{VERSION}",
        "19.0.2": "{VERSION}"
    },
    "privacy_level": "public",
    "external_builds_privacy_level": "public",
    "versioning_scheme": "multiple_versions_with_translations",
    "_links": {
        "_self": "/api/v3/projects/pip/",
        "versions": "/api/v3/projects/pip/versions/",
        "builds": "/api/v3/projects/pip/builds/",
        "subprojects": "/api/v3/projects/pip/subprojects/",
        "superproject": "/api/v3/projects/pip/superproject/",
        "redirects": "/api/v3/projects/pip/redirects/",
        "translations": "/api/v3/projects/pip/translations/"
    }
}

Query Parameters:

expand (string) – allows to add/expand some extra fields in the response. Allowed values are active_versions, active_versions.last_build and active_versions.last_build.config. Multiple fields can be passed separated by commas.

Note

versioning_scheme can be one of the following values:

multiple_versions_with_translations
multiple_versions_without_translations
single_version_without_translations

Note

Read the Docs for Business, also accepts

Query Parameters:

expand (string) – with organization and teams.

Note

The single_version attribute is deprecated, use versioning_scheme instead.

Project create

POST /api/v3/projects/

Import a project under authenticated user.

Example request:

$ curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @body.json

import requests
import json
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
data = json.load(open('body.json', 'rb'))
response = requests.post(
    URL,
    json=data,
    headers=HEADERS,
)
print(response.json())

The content of body.json is like,

{
    "name": "Test Project",
    "repository": {
        "url": "https://github.com/readthedocs/template",
        "type": "git"
    },
    "homepage": "http://template.readthedocs.io/",
    "programming_language": "py",
    "language": "es",
    "privacy_level": "public",
    "external_builds_privacy_level": "public",
    "tags": [
        "automation",
        "sphinx"
    ]
}

Example response:

See Project details

Note

Read the Docs for Business, also accepts

Request JSON Object:

organization (string) – required organization’s slug under the project will be imported.
teams (string) – optional teams’ slugs the project will belong to.

Note

Privacy levels are only available in Read the Docs for Business.

Project update

PATCH /api/v3/projects/(string: project_slug)/

Update an existing project.

Example request:

$ curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @body.json

import requests
import json
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
data = json.load(open('body.json', 'rb'))
response = requests.patch(
    URL,
    json=data,
    headers=HEADERS,
)
print(response.json())

The content of body.json is like,

{
    "name": "New name for the project",
    "repository": {
        "url": "https://github.com/readthedocs/readthedocs.org",
        "type": "git"
    },
    "language": "ja",
    "programming_language": "py",
    "homepage": "https://readthedocs.org/",
    "tags" : [
        "extension",
        "mkdocs"
    ]
    "default_version": "v0.27.0",
    "default_branch": "develop",
    "analytics_code": "UA000000",
    "analytics_disabled": false,
    "versioning_scheme": "multiple_versions_with_translations",
    "external_builds_enabled": true,
    "privacy_level": "public",
    "external_builds_privacy_level": "public"
}

Note

Adding tags will replace existing tags with the new list, and if omitted won’t change the tags.

Note

Privacy levels are only available in Read the Docs for Business.

Status Codes:

204 No Content – Updated successfully

Versions

Versions are different versions of the same project documentation.

The versions for a given project can be viewed in a project’s version page. For example, here is the Pip project’s version page. See Versions for more information.

Versions listing

GET /api/v3/projects/(string: project_slug)/versions/

Retrieve a list of all versions for a project.

Example request:

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/versions/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/versions/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response:

{
    "count": 25,
    "next": "/api/v3/projects/pip/versions/?limit=10&offset=10",
    "previous": null,
    "results": ["VERSION"]
}

Query Parameters:

active (boolean) – return only active versions
built (boolean) – return only built versions
privacy_level (string) – return versions with specific privacy level (public or private)
slug (string) – return versions with matching slug
type (string) – return versions with specific type (branch or tag)
verbose_name (string) – return versions with matching version name

Version detail

GET /api/v3/projects/(string: project_slug)/versions/(string: version_slug)/

Retrieve details of a single version.

Example request:

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/versions/stable/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/versions/stable/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response:

{
    "id": 71652437,
    "slug": "stable",
    "verbose_name": "stable",
    "identifier": "3a6b3995c141c0888af6591a59240ba5db7d9914",
    "ref": "19.0.2",
    "built": true,
    "active": true,
    "aliases": ["VERSION"],
    "hidden": false,
    "type": "tag",
    "last_build": "{BUILD}",
    "privacy_level": "public",
    "downloads": {
        "pdf": "https://pip.readthedocs.io/_/downloads/pdf/pip/stable/",
        "htmlzip": "https://pip.readthedocs.io/_/downloads/htmlzip/pip/stable/",
        "epub": "https://pip.readthedocs.io/_/downloads/epub/pip/stable/"
    },
    "urls": {
        "dashboard": {
            "edit": "https://readthedocs.org/dashboard/pip/version/stable/edit/"
        },
        "documentation": "https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/",
        "vcs": "https://github.com/pypa/pip/tree/19.0.2"
    },
    "_links": {
        "_self": "/api/v3/projects/pip/versions/stable/",
        "builds": "/api/v3/projects/pip/versions/stable/builds/",
        "project": "/api/v3/projects/pip/"
    }
}

Response JSON Object:

ref (string) – the version slug where the stable version points to. null when it’s not the stable version.
built (boolean) – the version has at least one successful build.

Query Parameters:

expand (string) – allows to add/expand some extra fields in the response. Allowed values are last_build and last_build.config. Multiple fields can be passed separated by commas.

Version update

PATCH /api/v3/projects/(string: project_slug)/versions/(string: version_slug)/

Update a version.

When a version is deactivated, its documentation is removed, and when it’s activated, a new build is triggered.

Updates to a version also invalidates its CDN cache.

Example request:

$ curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/versions/0.23/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @body.json

import requests
import json
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/versions/0.23/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
data = json.load(open('body.json', 'rb'))
response = requests.patch(
    URL,
    json=data,
    headers=HEADERS,
)
print(response.json())

The content of body.json is like,

{
    "active": true,
    "hidden": false,
    "privacy_level": "public"
}

Status Codes:

204 No Content – Updated successfully

Note

Privacy levels are only available in Read the Docs for Business.

Builds

Builds are created by Read the Docs whenever a Project has its documentation built. Frequently this happens automatically via a web hook but can be triggered manually.

Builds can be viewed in the build page for a project. For example, here is Pip’s build page. See Build process overview for more information.

Build details

GET /api/v3/projects/(str: project_slug)/builds/(int: build_id)/

Retrieve details of a single build for a project.

Example request:

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/builds/8592686/?expand=config

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/builds/8592686/?expand=config'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response:

{
    "id": 8592686,
    "version": "latest",
    "project": "pip",
    "created": "2018-06-19T15:15:59+00:00",
    "finished": "2018-06-19T15:16:58+00:00",
    "duration": 59,
    "state": {
        "code": "finished",
        "name": "Finished"
    },
    "success": true,
    "error": null,
    "commit": "6f808d743fd6f6907ad3e2e969c88a549e76db30",
    "config": {
        "version": "1",
        "formats": [
            "htmlzip",
            "epub",
            "pdf"
        ],
        "python": {
            "version": 3,
            "install": [
                {
                    "requirements": ".../stable/tools/docs-requirements.txt"
                }
            ],
        },
        "conda": null,
        "build": {
            "image": "readthedocs/build:latest"
        },
        "doctype": "sphinx_htmldir",
        "sphinx": {
            "builder": "sphinx_htmldir",
            "configuration": ".../stable/docs/html/conf.py",
            "fail_on_warning": false
        },
        "mkdocs": {
            "configuration": null,
            "fail_on_warning": false
        },
        "submodules": {
            "include": "all",
            "exclude": [],
            "recursive": true
        }
    },
    "_links": {
        "_self": "/api/v3/projects/pip/builds/8592686/",
        "project": "/api/v3/projects/pip/",
        "version": "/api/v3/projects/pip/versions/latest/"
    }
}

Response JSON Object:

created (string) – The ISO-8601 datetime when the build was created.
finished (string) – The ISO-8601 datetime when the build has finished.
duration (integer) – The length of the build in seconds.
state (string) – The state of the build (one of triggered, building, installing, cloning, finished or cancelled)
error (string) – An error message if the build was unsuccessful

Query Parameters:

expand (string) – allows to add/expand some extra fields in the response. Allowed value is config.

Builds listing

GET /api/v3/projects/(str: project_slug)/builds/

Retrieve list of all the builds on this project.

Example request:

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/builds/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/builds/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response:

{
    "count": 15,
    "next": "/api/v3/projects/pip/builds?limit=10&offset=10",
    "previous": null,
    "results": ["BUILD"]
}

Query Parameters:

commit (string) – commit hash to filter the builds returned by commit
running (boolean) – filter the builds that are currently building/running

Build triggering

POST /api/v3/projects/(string: project_slug)/versions/(string: version_slug)/builds/

Trigger a new build for the version_slug version of this project.

Example request:

$ curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/versions/latest/builds/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/versions/latest/builds/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.post(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response:

{
    "build": "{BUILD}",
    "project": "{PROJECT}",
    "version": "{VERSION}"
}

Status Codes:

202 Accepted – the build was triggered

Subprojects

Projects can be configured in a nested manner, by configuring a project as a subproject of another project. This allows for documentation projects to share a search index and a namespace or custom domain, but still be maintained independently. See Subprojects for more information.

Subproject details

GET /api/v3/projects/(str: project_slug)/subprojects/(str: alias_slug)/

Retrieve details of a subproject relationship.

Example request:

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/subprojects/subproject-alias/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/subprojects/subproject-alias/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response:

{
    "alias": "subproject-alias",
    "child": ["PROJECT"],
    "_links": {
        "parent": "/api/v3/projects/pip/"
    }
}

Subprojects listing

GET /api/v3/projects/(str: project_slug)/subprojects/

Retrieve a list of all sub-projects for a project.

Example request:

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/subprojects/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/subprojects/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response:

{
    "count": 25,
    "next": "/api/v3/projects/pip/subprojects/?limit=10&offset=10",
    "previous": null,
    "results": ["SUBPROJECT RELATIONSHIP"]
}

Subproject create

POST /api/v3/projects/(str: project_slug)/subprojects/

Create a subproject relationship between two projects.

Example request:

$ curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/subprojects/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @body.json

import requests
import json
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/subprojects/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
data = json.load(open('body.json', 'rb'))
response = requests.post(
    URL,
    json=data,
    headers=HEADERS,
)
print(response.json())

The content of body.json is like,

{
    "child": "subproject-child-slug",
    "alias": "subproject-alias"
}

Note

child must be a project that you have access to. Or if you are using Business hosting, additionally the project must be under the same organization as the parent project.

Example response:

See Subproject details

Response JSON Object:

child (string) – slug of the child project in the relationship.
alias (string) – optional slug alias to be used in the URL (e.g /projects/<alias>/en/latest/). If not provided, child project’s slug is used as alias.

Status Codes:

201 Created – Subproject created successfully

Subproject delete

DELETE /api/v3/projects/(str: project_slug)/subprojects/(str: alias_slug)/

Delete a subproject relationship.

Example request:

$ curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/subprojects/subproject-alias/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/subprojects/subproject-alias/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.delete(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Status Codes:

204 No Content – Subproject deleted successfully

Translations

Translations are the same version of a Project in a different language. See Localization and Internationalization for more information.

Translations listing

GET /api/v3/projects/(str: project_slug)/translations/

Retrieve a list of all translations for a project.

Example request:

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/translations/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/translations/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response:

{
    "count": 25,
    "next": "/api/v3/projects/pip/translations/?limit=10&offset=10",
    "previous": null,
    "results": [{
        "id": 12345,
        "name": "Pip",
        "slug": "pip",
        "created": "2010-10-23T18:12:31+00:00",
        "modified": "2018-12-11T07:21:11+00:00",
        "language": {
            "code": "en",
            "name": "English"
        },
        "programming_language": {
            "code": "py",
            "name": "Python"
        },
        "repository": {
            "url": "https://github.com/pypa/pip",
            "type": "git"
        },
        "default_version": "stable",
        "default_branch": "master",
        "subproject_of": null,
        "translation_of": null,
        "urls": {
            "documentation": "http://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/",
            "home": "https://pip.pypa.io/"
        },
        "tags": [
            "distutils",
            "easy_install",
            "egg",
            "setuptools",
            "virtualenv"
        ],
        "users": [
            {
                "username": "dstufft"
            }
        ],
        "active_versions": {
            "stable": "{VERSION}",
            "latest": "{VERSION}",
            "19.0.2": "{VERSION}"
        },
        "_links": {
            "_self": "/api/v3/projects/pip/",
            "versions": "/api/v3/projects/pip/versions/",
            "builds": "/api/v3/projects/pip/builds/",
            "subprojects": "/api/v3/projects/pip/subprojects/",
            "superproject": "/api/v3/projects/pip/superproject/",
            "redirects": "/api/v3/projects/pip/redirects/",
            "translations": "/api/v3/projects/pip/translations/"
        }
    }]
}

The results in response is an array of project data, which is same as GET /api/v3/projects/(string:project_slug)/.

Redirects

Redirects allow the author to redirect an old URL of the documentation to a new one. This is useful when pages are moved around in the structure of the documentation set. See Redirects for more information.

Redirect details

GET /api/v3/projects/(str: project_slug)/redirects/(int: redirect_id)/

Retrieve details of a single redirect for a project.

Example request

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/redirects/1/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/redirects/1/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response

{
    "pk": 1,
    "created": "2019-04-29T10:00:00Z",
    "modified": "2019-04-29T12:00:00Z",
    "project": "pip",
    "from_url": "/docs/",
    "to_url": "/documentation/",
    "type": "page",
    "http_status": 302,
    "description": "",
    "enabled": true,
    "force": false,
    "position": 0,
    "_links": {
        "_self": "/api/v3/projects/pip/redirects/1/",
        "project": "/api/v3/projects/pip/"
    }
}

Redirects listing

GET /api/v3/projects/(str: project_slug)/redirects/

Retrieve list of all the redirects for this project.

Example request

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/redirects/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/redirects/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response

{
    "count": 25,
    "next": "/api/v3/projects/pip/redirects/?limit=10&offset=10",
    "previous": null,
    "results": ["REDIRECT"]
}

Redirect create

POST /api/v3/projects/(str: project_slug)/redirects/

Create a redirect for this project.

Example request:

$ curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/redirects/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @body.json

import requests
import json
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/redirects/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
data = json.load(open('body.json', 'rb'))
response = requests.post(
    URL,
    json=data,
    headers=HEADERS,
)
print(response.json())

The content of body.json is like,

{
    "from_url": "/docs/",
    "to_url": "/documentation/",
    "type": "page",
    "position": 0,
}

Note

type can be one of page, exact, clean_url_to_html and html_to_clean_url.
Depending on the type of the redirect, some fields may not be needed:
- page and exact types require from_url and to_url.
- clean_url_to_html and html_to_clean_url types do not require from_url and to_url.
Position starts at 0 and is used to order redirects.

Example response:

See Redirect details

Status Codes:

201 Created – redirect created successfully

Redirect update

PUT /api/v3/projects/(str: project_slug)/redirects/(int: redirect_id)/

Update a redirect for this project.

Example request:

$ curl \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/redirects/1/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @body.json

import requests
import json
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/redirects/1/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
data = json.load(open('body.json', 'rb'))
response = requests.put(
    URL,
    json=data,
    headers=HEADERS,
)
print(response.json())

The content of body.json is like,

{
    "from_url": "/docs/",
    "to_url": "/documentation.html",
    "type": "page"
}

Note

If the position of the redirect is changed, it will be inserted in the new position and the other redirects will be reordered.

Example response:

See Redirect details

Redirect delete

DELETE /api/v3/projects/(str: project_slug)/redirects/(int: redirect_id)/

Delete a redirect for this project.

Example request:

$ curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/redirects/1/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/redirects/1/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.delete(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Status Codes:

204 No Content – Redirect deleted successfully

Environment variables

Environment variables are variables that you can define for your project. These variables are used in the build process when building your documentation. They are for example useful to define secrets in a safe way that can be used by your documentation to build properly. Environment variables can also be made public, allowing for them to be used in PR builds. See Environment variable overview.

Environment variable details

GET /api/v3/projects/(str: project_slug)/environmentvariables/(int: environmentvariable_id)/

Retrieve details of a single environment variable for a project.

Example request

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/environmentvariables/1/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/environmentvariables/1/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response

{
    "_links": {
        "_self": "https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/project/environmentvariables/1/",
        "project": "https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/project/"
    },
"created": "2019-04-29T10:00:00Z",
"modified": "2019-04-29T12:00:00Z",
"pk": 1,
"project": "project",
"public": false,
"name": "ENVVAR"
}

Environment variables listing

GET /api/v3/projects/(str: project_slug)/environmentvariables/

Retrieve list of all the environment variables for this project.

Example request

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/environmentvariables/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/environmentvariables/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response

{
    "count": 15,
    "next": "/api/v3/projects/pip/environmentvariables/?limit=10&offset=10",
    "previous": null,
    "results": ["ENVIRONMENTVARIABLE"]
}

Environment variable create

POST /api/v3/projects/(str: project_slug)/environmentvariables/

Create an environment variable for this project.

Example request:

$ curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/environmentvariables/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @body.json

import requests
import json
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/environmentvariables/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
data = json.load(open('body.json', 'rb'))
response = requests.post(
    URL,
    json=data,
    headers=HEADERS,
)
print(response.json())

The content of body.json is like,

{
    "name": "MYVAR",
    "value": "My secret value"
}

Example response:

See Environment Variable details

Status Codes:

201 Created – Environment variable created successfully

Environment variable delete

DELETE /api/v3/projects/(str: project_slug)/environmentvariables/(int: environmentvariable_id)/

Delete an environment variable for this project.

Example request:

$ curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/environmentvariables/1/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/pip/environmentvariables/1/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.delete(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Request Headers:

Authorization – token to authenticate.

Status Codes:

204 No Content – Environment variable deleted successfully

Organizations

Note

The /api/v3/organizations/ endpoint is only available in Read the Docs for Business currently. We plan to have organizations on Read the Docs Community in a near future and we will add support for this endpoint at the same time.

Organizations list

GET /api/v3/organizations/

Retrieve a list of all the organizations for the current logged in user.

Example request:

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/organizations/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/organizations/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response:

{
    "count": 1,
    "next": null,
    "previous": null,
    "results": [
        {
            "_links": {
                "_self": "https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/organizations/pypa/",
                "projects": "https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/organizations/pypa/projects/"
            },
            "created": "2019-02-22T21:54:52.768630Z",
            "description": "",
            "disabled": false,
            "email": "pypa@psf.org",
            "modified": "2020-07-02T12:35:32.418423Z",
            "name": "Python Package Authority",
            "owners": [
                {
                    "username": "dstufft"
                }
            ],
            "slug": "pypa",
            "url": "https://github.com/pypa/"
        }
}

Organization details

GET /api/v3/organizations/(string: organization_slug)/

Retrieve details of a single organization.

Example request:

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/organizations/pypa/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/organizations/pypa/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response:

{
    "_links": {
        "_self": "https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/organizations/pypa/",
        "projects": "https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/organizations/pypa/projects/"
    },
    "created": "2019-02-22T21:54:52.768630Z",
    "description": "",
    "disabled": false,
    "email": "pypa@psf.com",
    "modified": "2020-07-02T12:35:32.418423Z",
    "name": "Python Package Authority",
    "owners": [
        {
            "username": "dstufft"
        }
    ],
    "slug": "pypa",
    "url": "https://github.com/pypa/"
}

Organization projects list

GET /api/v3/organizations/(string: organization_slug)/projects/

Retrieve list of projects under an organization.

Example request:

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/organizations/pypa/projects/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/organizations/pypa/projects/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response:

{
    "count": 1,
    "next": null,
    "previous": null,
    "results": [
        {
            "_links": {
                "_self": "https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/projects/pypa-pip/",
                "builds": "https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/projects/pypa-pip/builds/",
                "environmentvariables": "https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/projects/pypa-pip/environmentvariables/",
                "redirects": "https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/projects/pypa-pip/redirects/",
                "subprojects": "https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/projects/pypa-pip/subprojects/",
                "superproject": "https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/projects/pypa-pip/superproject/",
                "translations": "https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/projects/pypa-pip/translations/",
                "versions": "https://readthedocs.com/api/v3/projects/pypa-pip/versions/"
            },
            "created": "2019-02-22T21:59:13.333614Z",
            "default_branch": "master",
            "default_version": "latest",
            "homepage": null,
            "id": 2797,
            "language": {
                "code": "en",
                "name": "English"
            },
            "modified": "2019-08-08T16:27:25.939531Z",
            "name": "pip",
            "programming_language": {
                "code": "py",
                "name": "Python"
            },
            "repository": {
                "type": "git",
                "url": "https://github.com/pypa/pip"
            },
            "slug": "pypa-pip",
            "subproject_of": null,
            "tags": [],
            "translation_of": null,
            "urls": {
                "builds": "https://readthedocs.com/projects/pypa-pip/builds/",
                "documentation": "https://pypa-pip.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/",
                "home": "https://readthedocs.com/projects/pypa-pip/",
                "versions": "https://readthedocs.com/projects/pypa-pip/versions/"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Remote organizations

Remote organizations are the VCS organizations connected via GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket.

Remote organization listing

GET /api/v3/remote/organizations/

Retrieve a list of all Remote Organizations for the authenticated user.

Example request:

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/remote/organizations/

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/remote/organizations/'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response:

{
    "count": 20,
    "next": "api/v3/remote/organizations/?limit=10&offset=10",
    "previous": null,
    "results": [
        {
            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12345?v=4",
            "created": "2019-04-29T10:00:00Z",
            "modified": "2019-04-29T12:00:00Z",
            "name": "Organization Name",
            "pk": 1,
            "slug": "organization",
            "url": "https://github.com/organization",
            "vcs_provider": "github"
        }
    ]
}

The results in response is an array of remote organizations data.

Query Parameters:

name (string) – return remote organizations with containing the name
vcs_provider (string) – return remote organizations for specific vcs provider (github, gitlab or bitbucket)

Request Headers:

Authorization – token to authenticate.

Remote repositories

Remote repositories are the importable repositories connected via GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket.

Remote repository listing

GET /api/v3/remote/repositories/

Retrieve a list of all Remote Repositories for the authenticated user.

Example request:

$ curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/remote/repositories/?expand=projects,remote_organization

import requests
URL = 'https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/remote/repositories/?expand=projects,remote_organization'
TOKEN = '<token>'
HEADERS = {'Authorization': f'token {TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.json())

Example response:

{
    "count": 20,
    "next": "api/v3/remote/repositories/?expand=projects,remote_organization&limit=10&offset=10",
    "previous": null,
    "results": [
        {
            "remote_organization": {
                "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12345?v=4",
                "created": "2019-04-29T10:00:00Z",
                "modified": "2019-04-29T12:00:00Z",
                "name": "Organization Name",
                "pk": 1,
                "slug": "organization",
                "url": "https://github.com/organization",
                "vcs_provider": "github"
            },
            "project": [{
                "id": 12345,
                "name": "project",
                "slug": "project",
                "created": "2010-10-23T18:12:31+00:00",
                "modified": "2018-12-11T07:21:11+00:00",
                "language": {
                    "code": "en",
                    "name": "English"
                },
                "programming_language": {
                    "code": "py",
                    "name": "Python"
                },
                "repository": {
                    "url": "https://github.com/organization/project",
                    "type": "git"
                },
                "default_version": "stable",
                "default_branch": "master",
                "subproject_of": null,
                "translation_of": null,
                "urls": {
                    "documentation": "http://project.readthedocs.io/en/stable/",
                    "home": "https://readthedocs.org/projects/project/"
                },
                "tags": [
                    "test"
                ],
                "users": [
                    {
                        "username": "dstufft"
                    }
                ],
                "_links": {
                    "_self": "/api/v3/projects/project/",
                    "versions": "/api/v3/projects/project/versions/",
                    "builds": "/api/v3/projects/project/builds/",
                    "subprojects": "/api/v3/projects/project/subprojects/",
                    "superproject": "/api/v3/projects/project/superproject/",
                    "redirects": "/api/v3/projects/project/redirects/",
                    "translations": "/api/v3/projects/project/translations/"
                }
            }],
            "avatar_url": "https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/test-organization?v=4",
            "clone_url": "https://github.com/organization/project.git",
            "created": "2019-04-29T10:00:00Z",
            "description": "This is a test project.",
            "full_name": "organization/project",
            "html_url": "https://github.com/organization/project",
            "modified": "2019-04-29T12:00:00Z",
            "name": "project",
            "pk": 1,
            "ssh_url": "git@github.com:organization/project.git",
            "vcs": "git",
            "vcs_provider": "github",
            "default_branch": "master",
            "private": false,
            "admin": true
        }
    ]
}

The results in response is an array of remote repositories data.

Query Parameters:

name (string) – return remote repositories containing the name
full_name (string) – return remote repositories containing the full name (it inclues the username/organization the project belongs to)
vcs_provider (string) – return remote repositories for specific vcs provider (github, gitlab or bitbucket)
organization (string) – return remote repositories for specific remote organization (using remote organization slug)
expand (string) – allows to add/expand some extra fields in the response. Allowed values are projects and remote_organization. Multiple fields can be passed separated by commas.

Request Headers:

Authorization – token to authenticate.

Embed

GET /api/v3/embed/

Retrieve HTML-formatted content from documentation page or section. Read How to embed content from your documentation to know more about how to use this endpoint.

Warning

The content will be returned as is, without any sanitization or escaping. You should not include content from arbitrary projects, or projects you do not trust.

Example request:

curl https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/embed/?url=https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/features.html%23read-the-docs-features

Example response:

{
    "url": "https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/features.html#read-the-docs-features",
    "fragment": "read-the-docs-features",
    "content": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"read-the-docs-features\">\n<h1>Read the Docs ...",
    "external": false
}

Response JSON Object:

url (string) – URL of the document.
fragment (string) – fragmet part of the URL used to query the page.
content (string) – HTML content of the section.
external (string) – whether or not the page is hosted on Read the Docs or externally.

Query Parameters:

url (string) – full URL of the document (with optional fragment) to fetch content from.
doctool (string) – optional documentation tool key name used to generate the target documentation (currently, only sphinx is accepted)
doctoolversion (string) – optional documentation tool version used to generate the target documentation (e.g. 4.2.0).

Note

Passing ?doctool= and ?doctoolversion= may improve the response, since the endpoint will know more about the exact structure of the HTML and can make better decisions.

Additional APIs

Server side search API.