Document Lists

Get List by Id

History
VersionChange
release-2020-12Initial support
release-2024-03Added ignoreComponentConditions and componentConditions query parameters.

Required scope: public-api:read

Description

This endpoint resolves the referenced documents in a list.
The response is a JSON object including list information with resolved documents.

Use Cases

  • Resolve a Document List in the delivery
Curl Example
ACCESS_TOKEN=ey1234
curl -k -X GET "https://server.livingdocs.io/api/2025-09/document-lists/{id}?reverse=false&limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN"

Endpoint

GET /api/2025-09/document-lists/{id}

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredNotes
idintegerx
?reversebooleanPass ‘reverse=false’ to get the list in the same order as you see it in the editor. (the default is reverse=true for backwards compatibility reasons)
?fieldsstringFilters which (comma separated) document properties are included in the response. Defaults to ‘systemdata,metadata’ also accepts ‘content’.
?limitintegerA limit for how much documents to resolve for the requested list. Defaults to 100. Max. 100.
?ignoreComponentConditionsbooleanAdded in: release-2024-03

Provides a way to opt out of component filtering and return all content regardless of whether each component passes the conditional checks.

Default: false

?componentConditionsstringAdded in: release-2024-03

JSON stringified object which contains the component conditions you would like to apply.

Default: dateTime: new Date()
Example: ?componentConditions={"dateTime":"2024-02-14T17:25:10.391Z"}

Response

200
OK
/api/2025-09/document-lists/1
{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "List one",
  "documents": [
    {
      "systemdata": {
        "projectId": 1,
        "channelId": 1,
        "documentId": 1,
        "contentType": "article",
        "documentType": "article",
        "design": {
          "name": "timeline",
          "version": "1.1.0"
        }
      },
      "metadata": {
        "title": "a title",
        "description": "some lead",
        "dependencies": {},
        "test": {
          "callCount": 3,
          "message": "li-test called 3 times",
          "events": [
            "onUpdate",
            "onUpdate",
            "onPreparePublish"
          ]
        },
        "testDependency": "li-test-dependency.onUpdate is correct"
      }
    }
  ],
  "createdAt": "2020-11-05T10:55:51.255Z",
  "updatedAt": "2020-11-05T10:55:51.255Z"
}

Get Lists

History
VersionChange
release-2020-12Initial support

Required scope: public-api:read

Description

The response is a JSON array including only document lists without resolving documents.
Curl Example
ACCESS_TOKEN=ey1234
curl -k -X GET "https://server.livingdocs.io/api/2025-09/document-lists" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN"

Endpoint

GET /api/2025-09/document-lists

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredNotes
?namestringFilters the result set and allows searching by list name
?limitintegerA limit for how much document lists to retrieve. Defaults to 10. Max. 100
?offsetintegerAn offset into the query. Useful when getting more than 100 results (pagination)

Response

200
OK
/api/2025-09/document-lists
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "List one",
    "createdAt": "2020-11-05T10:55:51.255Z",
    "updatedAt": "2020-11-05T10:55:51.255Z"
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "List two",
    "createdAt": "2020-11-05T11:09:16.561Z",
    "updatedAt": "2020-11-05T11:09:16.561Z"
  },
  {
    "id": 3,
    "name": "List three",
    "createdAt": "2020-11-05T11:09:37.213Z",
    "updatedAt": "2020-11-05T11:09:37.213Z"
  },
  {
    "id": 4,
    "name": "List four",
    "createdAt": "2020-11-05T11:08:53.765Z",
    "updatedAt": "2020-11-05T11:08:53.765Z"
  }
]