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ZoomHub API

The following documents the current state of the ZoomHub API which strives to retain as much backward compatibility with the original Zoom.it API (/v1/*) as possible. Please check the Breaking Changes section for features that have been discontinued due to either lack of use, lack of developer resources, or both.

Format

The API returns data serialized as JSON and generally follows RESTful conventions:

  • Return semantic HTTP status codes, e.g. 301 Moved Permanently, 404 Not Found

  • Return resources directly in the body, e.g. {"id": "4rcn", …} as opposed to {"response": {"id": "4rcn", …}}.

The API also supports JSONP, which is always returned in a non-RESTful format. To request JSONP, add a ?callback parameter to API URLs. Non-RESTful means the API always returns a 200 OK HTTP status code and it wraps resources in a response JSON container object. This feature was built to support certain limited API clients such as browsers, Silverlight, and Flash.

Objects

DZI objects have the form:

  • url (string; the URL to the DZI; MUST NOT be cached nor saved)
  • width (int)
  • height (int)
  • tileSize (int)
  • tileOverlap (int)
  • tileFormat (string; currently supported: jpg or png)

Content objects have the form:

  • id (string; the ZoomHub ID; case-sensitive alphanumeric)
  • url (string; the original source URL)
  • ready (boolean)
  • failed (boolean)
  • progress (double; between 0 and 1; NOTE: Currently only 0 or 1 are implemented.)
  • shareUrl (string; the URL for viewing)
  • embedHtml (string; HTML snippet for this content’s embeddable viewer)
  • title (optional string; TODO?)
  • attributionText (optional string; *TODO?)
  • attributionUrl (optional string; *TODO?)
  • dzi (optional DZI object; null if progress < 1.0 or failed === true)

Response objects (for non-RESTful API requests) have the form:

  • status (int; the HTTP status code of the response)
  • statusText (string; the human-readable name of the HTTP status code)
  • redirectLocation (optional string; for 3xx redirect responses)
  • retryAfter (optional int; TODO?)
  • content (optional Content object; on successful content requests)
  • dzi (optional DZI object; on successful DZI requests)
  • error (optional string; on failed requests)

Note that all response objects have a content, dzi, or error object.

URLs

GET /v1/content/:id

  • 200 w/ Content object if exists
  • 404 w/ error message if doesn’t exist

GET /v1/content?url=<url> (be sure to percent-encode the URL)

  • 3xx to /v1/content/:id, w/ Content object for convenience, if URL is valid
  • 400 w/ error message if URL is invalid (e.g. malformed)
  • 503 w/ error message if URL is new and ZoomHub is closed for new content

GET /v1/dzi/:id (TODO)

  • 3xx to DZI URL, w/ DZI object for convenience, if exists and ready
  • 404 w/ Retry-After header and message body if not ready but in progress
  • 404 w/ error message if not found or failed

GET /v1/dzi?url=<url> (TODO)

  • 3xx to DZI URL, w/ DZI object for convenience, if successful and ready
  • 3xx to /v1/dzi/:id if not ready or failed, but URL is valid
  • 400 w/ error message if URL is invalid (e.g. malformed)
  • 503 w/ error message if URL is new and ZoomHub is closed for new content

Input Types

Beyond simple image files (JPEG, PNG, etc.), Zoom.it used to support a large variety of other input types:

  • SVG images
  • PDF files
  • Web pages (with special support for certain sites, e.g. Flickr)

TODO: Add support for these input types again.

Breaking Changes

  • The following Zoom.it API features have been discontinued in the ZoomHub API due to lack of use by external API clients (based on server logs from November 1, 2015 until March 1, 2016) and lack of developer resources:

    • XML as output format (opt-in using ?format=xml).
    • Non-RESTful response format without JSONP, e.g. using just ?format=json without callback query parameter.