Web API (JSON/HTTPS)
Both the cloud and on-premises versions of Structurizr provide a JSON/HTTPS API for getting and putting workspaces.
The API consists of two endpoints, to get and put a workspace definition respectively.
GET /workspace/{workspaceId}
PUT /workspace/{workspaceId}
There are also some endpoints to lock and unlock a workspace (paid subscriptions only).
PUT /workspace/{workspaceId}/lock
DELETE /workspace/{workspaceId}/lock
Authentication/authorisation
Authentication/authorisation of API calls is performed using a HMAC scheme, with the workspace API key and secret pair being used in creating the request.
HTTP headers
GET and PUT requests must include the following HTTP headers.
X-Authorization
: The authorisation header, taking the formapiKey:base64(HMAC(apiSecret, messageDigest))
(see below).Nonce
: A "number once" to prevent reply attacks; for example the current UTC timestamp in milliseconds.
PUT requests must also include the following HTTP headers.
Content-Type
:application/json; charset=UTF-8
Content-MD5
: A base64 encoded version of the MD5 hash of the workspace definition being sent to the server.
Message digest
The message digest is calculated by appending the following items together, with a newline character (\n
) after every item:
- The HTTP verb (i.e.
GET
orPUT
). - The URI path (e.g.
/workspace/1234
). - The MD5 hash of the workspace definition being sent to the server (or the MD5 hash of an empty string,
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
, for GET requests), as a hex string. - The content type being sent to the server (
application/json; charset=UTF-8
for PUT requests, and an empty string for GET requests). - The nonce (e.g. the current UTC timestamp in milliseconds;
1529225966174
).
The message digest must then be hashed using the HMAC-SHA256 algorithm, and the result base64 encoded for inclusion into the X-Authorization
HTTP header.
The workspace API secret should be used as the key for the HMAC process. The final X-Authorization
would look something like this:
caea989b-80a3-4db2-8e5e-7e89be284847:YTQ1NzgxZWQxZjkzYjQwNjk2MzAxNmQ5YTkyODdkZTZlNDEyYjIwZDJhMjc3OWU3MjgxM2RhODE0NzkyMDZlZg==
On receiving the request, the server will check that the workspace ID and API key combination is valid, before calculating its own version of the HMAC message digest based upon the information contained within the HTTP request.
This is then compared with the version submitted in the X-Authorization
header, to determine whether the API call is permitted or not.
API rate limiting
To help ensure a fair service to all users, API rate limiting is enforced for all workspace API calls (GET and PUT).
Workspace JSON schema
See Structurizr JSON for details of the JSON schema.