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Manage the authentication needed for publishing your site.

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  • The SitePublishingAuth object
  • GETGet a site auth config
  • PATCHUpdate a site auth config
  • POSTRegenerate a site auth

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Configure the credentials or tokens required to publish documentation externally. This helps ensure your site is consistently kept up to date.

The SitePublishingAuth object

Attributes
all ofOptional
one ofOptional
or
and

The SitePublishingAuth object

{
  "backend": "custom",
  "object": "publishing-auth",
  "privateKey": "text",
  "fallbackURL": "https://example.com",
  "integration": "text"
}

Get a site auth config

get
Authorizations
Path parameters
organizationIdstringRequired

The unique id of the organization

siteIdstringRequired

The unique id of the site

Responses
200

OK

application/json
Responseall of
one ofOptional
or
and
400

Bad Request

application/json
get
GET /v1/orgs/{organizationId}/sites/{siteId}/publishing/auth HTTP/1.1
Host: api.gitbook.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*
{
  "backend": "custom",
  "object": "publishing-auth",
  "privateKey": "text",
  "fallbackURL": "https://example.com",
  "integration": "text"
}

Update a site auth config

patch
Authorizations
Path parameters
organizationIdstringRequired

The unique id of the organization

siteIdstringRequired

The unique id of the site

Body
all ofOptional
one ofOptional
or
and
Responses
200

OK

application/json
Responseall of
one ofOptional
or
and
400

Bad Request

application/json
patch
PATCH /v1/orgs/{organizationId}/sites/{siteId}/publishing/auth HTTP/1.1
Host: api.gitbook.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 56

{
  "backend": "custom",
  "fallbackURL": "https://example.com"
}
{
  "backend": "custom",
  "object": "publishing-auth",
  "privateKey": "text",
  "fallbackURL": "https://example.com",
  "integration": "text"
}

Regenerate a site auth

post

Regenerate the publishing authentication settings for a site. This will re-generate the private key.

Authorizations
Path parameters
organizationIdstringRequired

The unique id of the organization

siteIdstringRequired

The unique id of the site

Responses
200

OK

application/json
Responseall of
one ofOptional
or
and
400

Bad Request

application/json
post
POST /v1/orgs/{organizationId}/sites/{siteId}/publishing/auth/regenerate HTTP/1.1
Host: api.gitbook.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*
{
  "backend": "custom",
  "object": "publishing-auth",
  "privateKey": "text",
  "fallbackURL": "https://example.com",
  "integration": "text"
}