Languages

BASE URL: https://api.umbraco.io

Table of Contents

• Common Headers

• Authentication

• Errors

• Get languages

• Get by ISO code

• Create language

• Update language

• Delete language

Common Headers

Api-Version: 2
Umb-Project-Alias: {project-alias}

Authentication

Authentication is required for this API. You must supply a Bearer Token via an Authorization header or an API Key via an Authorization or Api-Key header.

Errors

If an error occours you will receive a HTTP status code along with an API error code and an error message in the response body.

Status Code	Error Code	Message
400	BadRequest	Body cannot be empty.
401	Unauthorized	Authorization has been denied for this request.
403	Forbidden	You are not authorized to access the given resource.
404	NotFound	Language with id '{id}' could not be found.
409	LanguageForCultureAlreadyExist	The language '{isoCode}' already exists.
422	ValidationFailed	Validation error occured when trying to save or update the language.
500	InternalServerError	Internal server error.

JSON example:

{
  "error": {
    "code": "Unauthorized",
    "message": "Authorization has been denied for this request."
  }
}

Get languages

Gets all languages available for content creation.

URL: /language

Method: GET

Permissions required : Access to Settings section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

{
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language"
        },
        "languages": [
            {
                "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language/en-US"
            },
            {
                "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language/da-DK"
            }
        ]
    },
    "_embedded": {
        "languages": [
            {
                "isoCode": "en-US",
                "cultureName": "English (United States)",
                "isDefault": true,
                "isMandatory": false,
                "_createDate": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
                "_id": "2a8adac1-c405-4de8-997b-cacc68f75dd2",
                "_updateDate": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language/en-US"
                    },
                    "root": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language"
                    }
                }
            },
            {
                "isoCode": "da-DK",
                "cultureName": "Danish",
                "isDefault": false,
                "isMandatory": false,
                "_createDate": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
                "_id": "afe0b0d0-7bb9-4b1b-b4f3-3c2b5d14c4cc",
                "_updateDate": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language/da-DK"
                    },
                    "root": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language"
                    }
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

Get by ISO code

Get a specific langauge by its ISO code.

URL: /language/{id}

Method: GET

Permissions required : Access to Settings section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

{
    "isoCode": "en-US",
    "cultureName": "English (United States)",
    "isDefault": true,
    "isMandatory": false,
    "_createDate": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "_id": "d29bb164-7afb-471f-b49f-81c91200b56c",
    "_updateDate": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language/en-US"
        },
        "root": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language"
        }
    }
}

Create language

Create a new language for use on content.

The number of languages that can be created is determined by the pricing tier.

URL: /language

Method: POST

Permissions required : Access to Settings section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Request

{
    "isoCode": "da-DK",
    "cultureName": "Danish",
    "isDefault": false,
    "isMandatory": false
}

Success Response

Code: 201

Content Example:

{
    "isoCode": "da-DK",
    "cultureName": "Danish",
    "isDefault": false,
    "isMandatory": false,
    "_createDate": "2019-10-10T11:39:57.270409Z",
    "_id": "4cb6b2c5-0de4-42c9-bcfc-a86f58eb8763",
    "_updateDate": "2019-10-10T11:39:57.270409Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language/da-DK"
        },
        "root": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language"
        }
    }
}

Update language

Updates an existing language.

URL: /language/{id}

Method: PUT

Permissions required : Access to Settings section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Request

{
    "isoCode": "da-DK",
    "cultureName": "Danish",
    "isDefault": false,
    "isMandatory": true
}

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

{
    "isoCode": "da-DK",
    "cultureName": "Danish",
    "isDefault": false,
    "isMandatory": true,
    "_createDate": "2019-10-10T11:39:57.270409Z",
    "_id": "4cb6b2c5-0de4-42c9-bcfc-a86f58eb8763",
    "_updateDate": "2019-10-10T11:39:57.270409Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language/da-DK"
        },
        "root": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language"
        }
    }
}

Delete language

Deletes an existing language.

Deleting a language that is in use will result in setting the content based on this language to invariant.

URL: /language/{id}

Method: DELETE

Permissions required : Access to Settings section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

DELETE https://api.umbraco.io/language/da-DK

{
    "isoCode": "da-DK",
    "cultureName": "Danish",
    "isDefault": false,
    "isMandatory": false,
    "_createDate": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "_id": "afe0b0d0-7bb9-4b1b-b4f3-3c2b5d14c4cc",
    "_updateDate": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "_deleteDate": "2019-10-10T11:43:16.0824903Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language/da-DK"
        },
        "root": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language"
        }
    }
}