POST/v1/drafts/{draft_id}/approve
Approve publication
approve_draft
Available to a reviewer with COLLECTION_PUBLISH; publish_requested → approved. The author or the reviewer publishes the draft in a separate step.
Authentication
Send an API key in the Authorization header: Authorization: Bearer <key>.
Path parameters
draft_idintegerrequired
Header parameters
Idempotency-KeystringKey for a safe retry of a write: 1 to 255 printable ASCII characters; a UUID v4 per logical operation is recommended. A retry with the same key within 24 hours does not run the operation again: it returns the saved response (status, headers and body) with the
Idempotency-Replayed: trueheader. The same key with a different method, path,Content-Typeor body returns409 api.idempotency_mismatch; while the first request is still running,409 api.idempotency_in_progresswithRetry-After: 1. After a 5xx or 429 response the key is released, and a retry runs the operation again. The key is scoped to the organization and the caller (API key, user, or custom source key).length ≥ 1, length ≤ 255
Responses
200OK
Response headers
RateLimit-PolicyLimits in effect, in the format of the IETF draft
draft-ietf-httpapi-ratelimit-headers: comma-separated items"<name>";q=<quota>;w=<window in seconds>.keyis the request rate of the API key (the quota is the burst, the window is the time to refill it fully; for a session it isuser, without credentialsip);minute,dayandmonthare the organization's quotas for the calendar minute, day and month in UTC.RateLimitWhat is left of each limit in
RateLimit-Policy:"<name>";r=<remaining>;t=<seconds until reset>.X-RateLimit-LimitLimit of the strictest entry in
RateLimit-Policy(the one with the fewest requests left).X-RateLimit-RemainingRequests left under the strictest limit.
X-RateLimit-ResetSeconds until the strictest limit resets.
Idempotency-Replayedtruemeans the response was replayed from the saved one for thisIdempotency-Key: the operation did not run again.
application/json
idintegerrequiredorg_idintegerrequiredcard_idstring | nullrequiredThe card the draft edits;
null— a draft of a new card.collection_idintegerrequiredcollectionstringrequiredtitlestringrequiredbody_markdownstringrequiredtagsarray of stringrequiredbase_versioninteger | nullVersion of the card the draft started from.
scheduled_publish_atstring (date-time) | nullrevision_notestring | nullverify_on_publishbooleanrequirednotify_followersbooleanrequiredcreated_byintegerrequiredupdated_byinteger | nullcreated_atstring (date-time)requiredupdated_atstring (date-time)requiredpublish_requested_byinteger | nullpublish_requested_atstring (date-time) | nullapproved_byinteger | nullapproved_atstring (date-time) | nullconflictstring | nullcard_published— the card was published or changed after the draft started;card_deleted— the card was deleted; extensible.
401No credentials were sent (neither a session cookie nor an API key), or the key was not found.
Response headers
RateLimit-PolicyLimits in effect, in the format of the IETF draft
draft-ietf-httpapi-ratelimit-headers: comma-separated items"<name>";q=<quota>;w=<window in seconds>.keyis the request rate of the API key (the quota is the burst, the window is the time to refill it fully; for a session it isuser, without credentialsip);minute,dayandmonthare the organization's quotas for the calendar minute, day and month in UTC.RateLimitWhat is left of each limit in
RateLimit-Policy:"<name>";r=<remaining>;t=<seconds until reset>.X-RateLimit-LimitLimit of the strictest entry in
RateLimit-Policy(the one with the fewest requests left).X-RateLimit-RemainingRequests left under the strictest limit.
X-RateLimit-ResetSeconds until the strictest limit resets.
application/json
403The action is not allowed: the role is insufficient, there is no access to the collection or card, the request runs in “View as” mode, or the organization is suspended or deleted (`detail` is an object with `code: org_suspended | org_deleted`).
Response headers
RateLimit-PolicyLimits in effect, in the format of the IETF draft
draft-ietf-httpapi-ratelimit-headers: comma-separated items"<name>";q=<quota>;w=<window in seconds>.keyis the request rate of the API key (the quota is the burst, the window is the time to refill it fully; for a session it isuser, without credentialsip);minute,dayandmonthare the organization's quotas for the calendar minute, day and month in UTC.RateLimitWhat is left of each limit in
RateLimit-Policy:"<name>";r=<remaining>;t=<seconds until reset>.X-RateLimit-LimitLimit of the strictest entry in
RateLimit-Policy(the one with the fewest requests left).X-RateLimit-RemainingRequests left under the strictest limit.
X-RateLimit-ResetSeconds until the strictest limit resets.
application/json
404The object does not exist or is not available to you. The API does not confirm that a restricted object exists.
Response headers
RateLimit-PolicyLimits in effect, in the format of the IETF draft
draft-ietf-httpapi-ratelimit-headers: comma-separated items"<name>";q=<quota>;w=<window in seconds>.keyis the request rate of the API key (the quota is the burst, the window is the time to refill it fully; for a session it isuser, without credentialsip);minute,dayandmonthare the organization's quotas for the calendar minute, day and month in UTC.RateLimitWhat is left of each limit in
RateLimit-Policy:"<name>";r=<remaining>;t=<seconds until reset>.X-RateLimit-LimitLimit of the strictest entry in
RateLimit-Policy(the one with the fewest requests left).X-RateLimit-RemainingRequests left under the strictest limit.
X-RateLimit-ResetSeconds until the strictest limit resets.
application/json
409The state of the object does not allow the action, for example a duplicate, indexing in progress, or a job that is already processed.
Response headers
RateLimit-PolicyLimits in effect, in the format of the IETF draft
draft-ietf-httpapi-ratelimit-headers: comma-separated items"<name>";q=<quota>;w=<window in seconds>.keyis the request rate of the API key (the quota is the burst, the window is the time to refill it fully; for a session it isuser, without credentialsip);minute,dayandmonthare the organization's quotas for the calendar minute, day and month in UTC.RateLimitWhat is left of each limit in
RateLimit-Policy:"<name>";r=<remaining>;t=<seconds until reset>.X-RateLimit-LimitLimit of the strictest entry in
RateLimit-Policy(the one with the fewest requests left).X-RateLimit-RemainingRequests left under the strictest limit.
X-RateLimit-ResetSeconds until the strictest limit resets.
application/json
429Too many requests (`api.rate_limited`), the organization's quota for the minute, day or month is used up (`api.quota_exceeded`; `error.details` holds `quota`, `limit` and `reset_at`), the organization's limit is reached, or the answer service is busy (`answers.engine_busy`). Wait for the time in the `Retry-After` header.
Response headers
Retry-AfterNumber of seconds to wait before you retry the request.
RateLimit-PolicyLimits in effect, in the format of the IETF draft
draft-ietf-httpapi-ratelimit-headers: comma-separated items"<name>";q=<quota>;w=<window in seconds>.keyis the request rate of the API key (the quota is the burst, the window is the time to refill it fully; for a session it isuser, without credentialsip);minute,dayandmonthare the organization's quotas for the calendar minute, day and month in UTC.RateLimitWhat is left of each limit in
RateLimit-Policy:"<name>";r=<remaining>;t=<seconds until reset>.X-RateLimit-LimitLimit of the strictest entry in
RateLimit-Policy(the one with the fewest requests left).X-RateLimit-RemainingRequests left under the strictest limit.
X-RateLimit-ResetSeconds until the strictest limit resets.
application/json
Error codes
Codes this endpoint can return in error.code, besides the general codes of every request.
Safe retries
Send an Idempotency-Key header (for example a UUID) with each POST and PATCH. A retry with the same key within 24 hours returns the saved response instead of running the request again.
Rate limits
Responses carry the RateLimit and RateLimit-Policy headers and the earlier X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining and X-RateLimit-Reset. A 429 response has Retry-After in seconds: wait and retry.