Relations

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

Table of Contents

• Common Headers

• Authentication

• Errors

• Get By Id

• Get by relation type alias

• Get by parent id

• Get by child id

• Create relation

• Delete relation

Common Headers

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

Authentication

Auth is required for this API meaning that 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	Relation with id '{id}' could not be found.
422	ValidationFailed	Validation error occured when trying to save or update the relation.
500	InternalServerError	Internal server error.

JSON example:

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

Get by id

Get a specific relation by its integer ID.

URL: /relation/{id}

Method: GET

Permissions required : Access to Settings section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

{
    "_id": 4,
    "parentId": "af3e08fc-fb90-4c78-b11c-c1a0cf43bd31",
    "childId": "e0c5f0e5-c1f0-4422-9ac0-6dbb536e8eb5",
    "relationTypeAlias": "relateDocumentOnCopy",
    "comment": "Testing relations for relateDocumentOnCopy",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/relation/4"
        }
    }
}

Get by relation type alias

Get a list of relations by their Relation Type alias.

URL: /relation/{alias}

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/relation/parent/"
        },
        "relations": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/relation/4"
        }
    },
    "_embedded": {
        "relations": [
            {
                "_id": 4,
                "parentId": "af3e08fc-fb90-4c78-b11c-c1a0cf43bd31",
                "childId": "e0c5f0e5-c1f0-4422-9ac0-6dbb536e8eb5",
                "relationTypeAlias": "relateDocumentOnCopy",
                "comment": "Testing relations for relateDocumentOnCopy",
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/relation/4"
                    }
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

Get by parent id

Get a list of relations by their parents GUID ID.

URL: /relation/parent/{id}

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/relation/parent/af3e08fc-fb90-4c78-b11c-c1a0cf43bd31"
        },
        "relations": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/relation/4"
        }
    },
    "_embedded": {
        "relations": [
            {
                "_id": 4,
                "parentId": "af3e08fc-fb90-4c78-b11c-c1a0cf43bd31",
                "childId": "e0c5f0e5-c1f0-4422-9ac0-6dbb536e8eb5",
                "relationTypeAlias": "relateDocumentOnCopy",
                "comment": "Testing relations for relateDocumentOnCopy",
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/relation/4"
                    }
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

Get by child id

Get a list of relations by their childs GUID ID.

URL: /relation/child/{id}

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/relation/child/e0c5f0e5-c1f0-4422-9ac0-6dbb536e8eb5"
        },
        "relations": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/relation/4"
        }
    },
    "_embedded": {
        "relations": [
            {
                "_id": 4,
                "parentId": "af3e08fc-fb90-4c78-b11c-c1a0cf43bd31",
                "childId": "e0c5f0e5-c1f0-4422-9ac0-6dbb536e8eb5",
                "relationTypeAlias": "relateDocumentOnCopy",
                "comment": "Testing relations for relateDocumentOnCopy",
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/relation/4"
                    }
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

Create relation

Create a new relation.

URL: /relation/

Method: POST

Permissions required : Access to Settings section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Request

{
    "parentId": "af3e08fc-fb90-4c78-b11c-c1a0cf43bd31",
    "childId": "e0c5f0e5-c1f0-4422-9ac0-6dbb536e8eb5",
    "relationTypeAlias": "relateDocumentOnCopy",
    "comment": "Testing relations for relateDocumentOnCopy"
}

Success Response

Code: 201

Content Example:

{
    "_id": 4,
    "parentId": "af3e08fc-fb90-4c78-b11c-c1a0cf43bd31",
    "childId": "e0c5f0e5-c1f0-4422-9ac0-6dbb536e8eb5",
    "relationTypeAlias": "relateDocumentOnCopy",
    "comment": "Testing relations for relateDocumentOnCopy",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/relation/4"
        }
    }
}

Delete relation

Delete a relation by its integer ID.

URL: /relation/{id}

Method: DELETE

Permissions required : Access to Settings section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

DELETE https://api.umbraco.io/relation/4

{
    "_id": 4,
    "parentId": "af3e08fc-fb90-4c78-b11c-c1a0cf43bd31",
    "childId": "e0c5f0e5-c1f0-4422-9ac0-6dbb536e8eb5",
    "relationTypeAlias": "relateDocumentOnCopy",
    "comment": "Testing relations for relateDocumentOnCopy",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/relation/4"
        }
    }
}