Latest Publication

Get Latest Publication

History
VersionChange
release-2024-03Added ignoreComponentConditions and componentConditions query parameters.
release-2025-09Support for the renditions query string got removed. An error is reported if used.

Required scope: public-api:read

Description

The endpoint provides an unresolved Publication with 5 possible top-level properties:

  • systemdata
  • metadata
  • references
  • content
Advantages
  • Be able to cache the response, because it only changes on a republish (does not contain resolved refs)
  • Useful for a pull architecture
  • (deprecated) Supports the Render Pipeline with it’s Renditions

Use Cases

  • Load an unresolved Publication with the required information to render a document/page.
  • Export the unresolved Publication to another system and get changes via Publication Events or Webhooks
Curl Example
ACCESS_TOKEN=ey1234
curl -k -X GET "https://server.livingdocs.io/api/2025-09/documents/{documentId}/latestPublication" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN"

Endpoint

GET /api/2025-09/documents/{documentId}/latestPublication

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredNotes
documentIdintegerx
?fieldsstringFilters which (comma separated) properties are included in the response. Defaults to systemdata,references,metadata,content.
?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
{
  "systemdata": {
    "projectId": 1,
    "channelId": 1,
    "documentId": 1,
    "contentType": "regular",
    "documentType": "article",
    "publicationId": 1,
    "firstPublicationDate": "2022-03-16T14:08:11:000Z",
    "significantPublicationDate": "2022-10-26T07:25:00.000Z",
    "visiblePublicationDate": "2022-10-27T06:00:00.000Z",
    "lastPublicationDate": "2023-03-18T16:32:04.170Z",
    "design": {
      "name": "timeline",
      "version": "1.1.0"
    }
  },
  "metadata": {
    "title": "a title",
    "description": "some lead",
    "dependencies": {}
  },
  "content": [
    {
      "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh10",
      "component": "head",
      "identifier": "timeline.head",
      "content": {
        "title": "a title",
        "text": "some lead"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh20",
      "component": "normal",
      "identifier": "timeline.normal",
      "content": {
        "caption": "my caption"
      },
      "styles": {
        "position": "left"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh30",
      "component": "p",
      "identifier": "timeline.p",
      "content": {
        "text": "first paragraph"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "doc-1b8i1me1d0",
      "component": "p",
      "identifier": "timeline.p",
      "content": {
        "text": "second paragraph"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Get Latest Publication

History
VersionChange
release-2024-03Added ignoreComponentConditions and componentConditions query parameters.
release-2025-09The renditions query string is deprecated and logs a warning when used

Required scope: public-api:read

Description

The endpoint provides an unresolved Publication with 5 possible top-level properties:

  • systemdata
  • metadata
  • references
  • content
  • renditions
Advantages
  • Be able to cache the response, because it only changes on a republish (does not contain resolved refs)
  • Useful for a pull architecture
  • (deprecated) Supports the Render Pipeline with it’s Renditions

Use Cases

  • Load an unresolved Publication with the required information to render a document/page.
  • Export the unresolved Publication to another system and get changes via Publication Events or Webhooks
  • (deprecated) Provides a Publication via a Rendition for a delivery in another format like RSS, XML
Curl Example
ACCESS_TOKEN=ey1234
curl -k -X GET "https://server.livingdocs.io/api/2025-09/documents/{documentId}/latestPublication" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN"

Endpoint

GET /api/2025-09/documents/{documentId}/latestPublication

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredNotes
documentIdintegerx
?fieldsstringFilters which (comma separated) properties are included in the response. Defaults to systemdata,metadata,content,references.
?renditionsstring

A comma-separated list of rendition handles.

Example: ?renditions=web,json

?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
{
  "systemdata": {
    "projectId": 1,
    "channelId": 1,
    "documentId": 1,
    "contentType": "regular",
    "documentType": "article",
    "publicationId": 1,
    "firstPublicationDate": "2022-03-16T14:08:11:000Z",
    "significantPublicationDate": "2022-10-26T07:25:00.000Z",
    "visiblePublicationDate": "2022-10-27T06:00:00.000Z",
    "lastPublicationDate": "2023-03-18T16:32:04.170Z",
    "design": {
      "name": "timeline",
      "version": "1.1.0"
    }
  },
  "metadata": {
    "title": "a title",
    "description": "some lead",
    "dependencies": {}
  },
  "content": [
    {
      "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh10",
      "component": "head",
      "identifier": "timeline.head",
      "content": {
        "title": "a title",
        "text": "some lead"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh20",
      "component": "normal",
      "identifier": "timeline.normal",
      "content": {
        "caption": "my caption"
      },
      "styles": {
        "position": "left"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh30",
      "component": "p",
      "identifier": "timeline.p",
      "content": {
        "text": "first paragraph"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "doc-1b8i1me1d0",
      "component": "p",
      "identifier": "timeline.p",
      "content": {
        "text": "second paragraph"
      }
    }
  ],
  "renditions": [
    {
      "handle": "web",
      "content": "<div class=\"head\">\n  <h1>a title</h1>\n  <p class=\"lead\">some lead</p>\n</div>\n<figure class=\"aspect-ratio left\">\n  <img class=\"doc-image-empty\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,…\">\n  <figcaption>my caption</figcaption>\n</figure>\n<p>first paragraph</p>\n<p>second</p>\n<p> and third one. :)</p>"
    },
    {
      "handle": "mobile",
      "content": {
        "content": [
          {
            "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh10",
            "component": "head",
            "identifier": "timeline.head",
            "content": {
              "title": "a title",
              "text": "some lead"
            }
          },
          {
            "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh20",
            "component": "normal",
            "identifier": "timeline.normal",
            "content": {
              "caption": "my caption"
            },
            "styles": {
              "position": "left"
            }
          },
          {
            "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh30",
            "component": "p",
            "identifier": "timeline.p",
            "content": {
              "text": "first paragraph"
            }
          },
          {
            "id": "doc-1b8i1me1d0",
            "component": "p",
            "identifier": "timeline.p",
            "content": {
              "text": "second paragraph"
            }
          }
        ],
        "design": {
          "name": "timeline",
          "version": "1.1.0"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "handle": "app",
      "error": {
        "message": "Processing of Channel 'app' for document '1' failed. Detailed error message…"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Get Latest Publication

With the introduction of the new versioning strategy, the v1 and beta versions are now available as 2025-03 version. If you use any of those versions, you can safely change your integration to the 2025-03 version, which now contains both functionalities without any other changes.
History
VersionChange
release-2024-03Added ignoreComponentConditions and componentConditions query parameters.
release-2023-09The type documents within references changed to document where every document id has a separate reference entry.
release-2025-09The renditions query string is deprecated and logs a warning when used

Required scope: public-api:read

Description

The endpoint provides an unresolved Publication with 5 possible top-level properties:

  • systemdata
  • metadata
  • references
  • content
  • renditions
Advantages
  • Be able to cache the response, because it only changes on a republish (does not contain resolved refs)
  • Useful for a pull architecture
  • (deprecated) Supports the Render Pipeline with it’s Renditions

Use Cases

  • Load an unresolved Publication with the required information to render a document/page.
  • Export the unresolved Publication to another system and get changes via Publication Events or Webhooks
  • (deprecated) Provides a Publication via a Rendition for a delivery in another format like RSS, XML
Curl Example
ACCESS_TOKEN=ey1234
curl -k -X GET "https://server.livingdocs.io/api/beta/documents/{documentId}/latestPublication" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN"

Endpoint

GET /api/beta/documents/{documentId}/latestPublication

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredNotes
documentIdintegerx
?fieldsstringFilters which (comma separated) properties are included in the response. Defaults to systemdata,metadata,content,references.
?renditionsstring

A comma-separated list of rendition handles.

Example: ?renditions=web,json

?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/beta/documents/{documentId}/latestPublication
{
  "systemdata": {
    "projectId": 1,
    "channelId": 1,
    "documentId": 1,
    "contentType": "article",
    "documentType": "article",
    "publicationId": 1,
    "firstPublicationDate": "2022-03-16T14:08:11:000Z",
    "significantPublicationDate": "2022-10-26T07:25:00.000Z",
    "visiblePublicationDate": "2022-10-27T06:00:00.000Z",
    "lastPublicationDate": "2023-03-18T16:32:04.170Z",
    "design": {
      "name": "timeline",
      "version": "1.1.0"
    }
  },
  "metadata": {
    "title": "a title",
    "description": "some lead",
    "dependencies": {}
  },
  "content": [
    {
      "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh10",
      "component": "head",
      "identifier": "timeline.head",
      "content": {
        "title": "a title",
        "text": "some lead"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh20",
      "component": "normal",
      "identifier": "timeline.normal",
      "content": {
        "caption": "my caption"
      },
      "styles": {
        "position": "left"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh30",
      "component": "p",
      "identifier": "timeline.p",
      "content": {
        "text": "first paragraph"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "doc-1b8i1me1d0",
      "component": "p",
      "identifier": "timeline.p",
      "content": {
        "text": "second paragraph"
      }
    }
  ],
  "renditions": [
    {
      "handle": "web",
      "content": "<div class=\"head\">\n  <h1>a title</h1>\n  <p class=\"lead\">some lead</p>\n</div>\n<figure class=\"aspect-ratio left\">\n  <img class=\"doc-image-empty\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,…\">\n  <figcaption>my caption</figcaption>\n</figure>\n<p>first paragraph</p>\n<p>second</p>\n<p> and third one. :)</p>"
    },
    {
      "handle": "mobile",
      "content": {
        "content": [
          {
            "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh10",
            "component": "head",
            "identifier": "timeline.head",
            "content": {
              "title": "a title",
              "text": "some lead"
            }
          },
          {
            "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh20",
            "component": "normal",
            "identifier": "timeline.normal",
            "content": {
              "caption": "my caption"
            },
            "styles": {
              "position": "left"
            }
          },
          {
            "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh30",
            "component": "p",
            "identifier": "timeline.p",
            "content": {
              "text": "first paragraph"
            }
          },
          {
            "id": "doc-1b8i1me1d0",
            "component": "p",
            "identifier": "timeline.p",
            "content": {
              "text": "second paragraph"
            }
          }
        ],
        "design": {
          "name": "timeline",
          "version": "1.1.0"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "handle": "app",
      "error": {
        "message": "Processing of Channel 'app' for document '1' failed. Detailed error message…"
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "id": "YbzTpusGyJtF",
      "type": "language-group",
      "location": "metadata",
      "propertyName": "language"
    }
  ]
}

Get Latest Publication

This endpoint has changes in version 2025-09.
History
VersionChange
release-2024-03Added ignoreComponentConditions and componentConditions query parameters.
release-2025-09The renditions query string is deprecated and logs a warning when used

Required scope: public-api:read

Description

The endpoint provides an unresolved Publication with 4 possible top-level properties:

  • systemdata
  • metadata
  • content
  • renditions
Advantages
  • Be able to cache the response, because it only changes on a republish (does not contain resolved refs)
  • Useful for a pull architecture
  • (deprecated) Supports the Render Pipeline with it’s Renditions

Use Cases

  • Load an unresolved Publication with the required information to render a document/page.
  • Export the unresolved Publication to another system and get changes via Publication Events or Webhooks
  • (deprecated) Provides a Publication via a Rendition for a delivery in another format like RSS, XML
Curl Example
ACCESS_TOKEN=ey1234
curl -k -X GET "https://server.livingdocs.io/api/v1/documents/{documentId}/latestPublication" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN"

Endpoint

GET /api/v1/documents/{documentId}/latestPublication

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredNotes
documentIdintegerx
?fieldsstringFilters which (comma separated) properties are included in the response. Defaults to systemdata,metadata,content.
?renditionsstring

A comma-separated list of rendition handles.

Example: ?renditions=web,json

?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
{
  "systemdata": {
    "projectId": 1,
    "channelId": 1,
    "documentId": 1,
    "contentType": "regular",
    "documentType": "article",
    "publicationId": 1,
    "firstPublicationDate": "2022-03-16T14:08:11:000Z",
    "significantPublicationDate": "2022-10-26T07:25:00.000Z",
    "visiblePublicationDate": "2022-10-27T06:00:00.000Z",
    "lastPublicationDate": "2023-03-18T16:32:04.170Z",
    "design": {
      "name": "timeline",
      "version": "1.1.0"
    }
  },
  "metadata": {
    "title": "a title",
    "description": "some lead",
    "dependencies": {}
  },
  "content": [
    {
      "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh10",
      "component": "head",
      "identifier": "timeline.head",
      "content": {
        "title": "a title",
        "text": "some lead"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh20",
      "component": "normal",
      "identifier": "timeline.normal",
      "content": {
        "caption": "my caption"
      },
      "styles": {
        "position": "left"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh30",
      "component": "p",
      "identifier": "timeline.p",
      "content": {
        "text": "first paragraph"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "doc-1b8i1me1d0",
      "component": "p",
      "identifier": "timeline.p",
      "content": {
        "text": "second paragraph"
      }
    }
  ],
  "renditions": [
    {
      "handle": "web",
      "content": "<div class=\"head\">\n  <h1>a title</h1>\n  <p class=\"lead\">some lead</p>\n</div>\n<figure class=\"aspect-ratio left\">\n  <img class=\"doc-image-empty\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,…\">\n  <figcaption>my caption</figcaption>\n</figure>\n<p>first paragraph</p>\n<p>second</p>\n<p> and third one. :)</p>"
    },
    {
      "handle": "mobile",
      "content": {
        "content": [
          {
            "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh10",
            "component": "head",
            "identifier": "timeline.head",
            "content": {
              "title": "a title",
              "text": "some lead"
            }
          },
          {
            "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh20",
            "component": "normal",
            "identifier": "timeline.normal",
            "content": {
              "caption": "my caption"
            },
            "styles": {
              "position": "left"
            }
          },
          {
            "id": "doc-1b8i1ksh30",
            "component": "p",
            "identifier": "timeline.p",
            "content": {
              "text": "first paragraph"
            }
          },
          {
            "id": "doc-1b8i1me1d0",
            "component": "p",
            "identifier": "timeline.p",
            "content": {
              "text": "second paragraph"
            }
          }
        ],
        "design": {
          "name": "timeline",
          "version": "1.1.0"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "handle": "app",
      "error": {
        "message": "Processing of Channel 'app' for document '1' failed. Detailed error message…"
      }
    }
  ]
}