Content Management API for Languages

    BASE URL: https://api.umbraco.io

    Table of Contents

    Common Headers

    Api-Version: 2
Umb-Project-Alias: {project-alias}

    Authentication

    Auth is required for this API meaning that you must supply a Bearer Token via an Authorization header or an API Key via an Authorization or Api-Key header.

    Errors

    If an error occours you will receive a HTTP status code along with an API error code and an error message in the response body.

    Status Code Error Code Message
    400 BadRequest Body cannot be empty.
    401 Unauthorized Authorization has been denied for this request.
    403 Forbidden You are not authorized to access the given resource.
    404 NotFound Language with id '{id}' could not be found.
    409 LanguageForCultureAlreadyExist The language '{isoCode}' already exists.
    422 ValidationFailed Validation error occured when trying to save or update the language.
    500 InternalServerError Internal server error.

    JSON example:

    {
  "error": {
    "code": "Unauthorized",
    "message": "Authorization has been denied for this request."
  }
}

    Get languages

    Gets all languages available for content creation.

    URL: /language

    Method: GET

    Permissions required : Access to Settings section of the Umbraco Backoffice

    Success Response

    Code: 200

    Content Example:

    {
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language"
        },
        "languages": [
            {
                "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language/en-US"
            },
            {
                "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language/da-DK"
            }
        ]
    },
    "_embedded": {
        "languages": [
            {
                "isoCode": "en-US",
                "cultureName": "English (United States)",
                "isDefault": true,
                "isMandatory": false,
                "_createDate": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
                "_id": "2a8adac1-c405-4de8-997b-cacc68f75dd2",
                "_updateDate": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language/en-US"
                    },
                    "root": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language"
                    }
                }
            },
            {
                "isoCode": "da-DK",
                "cultureName": "Danish",
                "isDefault": false,
                "isMandatory": false,
                "_createDate": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
                "_id": "afe0b0d0-7bb9-4b1b-b4f3-3c2b5d14c4cc",
                "_updateDate": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language/da-DK"
                    },
                    "root": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language"
                    }
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

    Get by ISO code

    Get a specific langauge by its ISO code.

    URL: /language/{id}

    Method: GET

    Permissions required : Access to Settings section of the Umbraco Backoffice

    Success Response

    Code: 200

    Content Example:

    {
    "isoCode": "en-US",
    "cultureName": "English (United States)",
    "isDefault": true,
    "isMandatory": false,
    "_createDate": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "_id": "d29bb164-7afb-471f-b49f-81c91200b56c",
    "_updateDate": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language/en-US"
        },
        "root": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language"
        }
    }
}

    Create language

    Create a new language for use on content.

    Please note that the number of languages that can be created is defined by the [pricing tier](LINK TO pricing tiers!).

    URL: /language

    Method: POST

    Permissions required : Access to Settings section of the Umbraco Backoffice

    Request

    {
    "isoCode": "da-DK",
    "cultureName": "Danish",
    "isDefault": false,
    "isMandatory": false
}

    Success Response

    Code: 201

    Content Example:

    {
    "isoCode": "da-DK",
    "cultureName": "Danish",
    "isDefault": false,
    "isMandatory": false,
    "_createDate": "2019-10-10T11:39:57.270409Z",
    "_id": "4cb6b2c5-0de4-42c9-bcfc-a86f58eb8763",
    "_updateDate": "2019-10-10T11:39:57.270409Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language/da-DK"
        },
        "root": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language"
        }
    }
}

    Update language

    Updates an existing language.

    URL: /language/{id}

    Method: PUT

    Permissions required : Access to Settings section of the Umbraco Backoffice

    Request

    {
    "isoCode": "da-DK",
    "cultureName": "Danish",
    "isDefault": false,
    "isMandatory": true
}

    Success Response

    Code: 200

    Content Example:

    {
    "isoCode": "da-DK",
    "cultureName": "Danish",
    "isDefault": false,
    "isMandatory": true,
    "_createDate": "2019-10-10T11:39:57.270409Z",
    "_id": "4cb6b2c5-0de4-42c9-bcfc-a86f58eb8763",
    "_updateDate": "2019-10-10T11:39:57.270409Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language/da-DK"
        },
        "root": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language"
        }
    }
}

    Delete language

    Deletes an existing language.

    Please note that deleting a language, which is in use means that content based on this language will be set to invariant.

    URL: /language/{id}

    Method: DELETE

    Permissions required : Access to Settings section of the Umbraco Backoffice

    Success Response

    Code: 200

    Content Example:

    DELETE https://api.umbraco.io/language/da-DK

    {
    "isoCode": "da-DK",
    "cultureName": "Danish",
    "isDefault": false,
    "isMandatory": false,
    "_createDate": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "_id": "afe0b0d0-7bb9-4b1b-b4f3-3c2b5d14c4cc",
    "_updateDate": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "_deleteDate": "2019-10-10T11:43:16.0824903Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language/da-DK"
        },
        "root": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/language"
        }
    }
}