docs: make 'API access for web views' less prominent - the official API should come first

docs/api/api.rst

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 .. _api:
 
 ===
 API
 ===
 
 Kallithea has a simple JSON RPC API with a single schema for calling all API
 methods. Everything is available by sending JSON encoded http(s) requests to
 ``<your_server>/_admin/api``.
 
 
-API access for web views
-------------------------
-
-API access can also be turned on for each web view in Kallithea that is
-decorated with the ``@LoginRequired`` decorator. Some views use
-``@LoginRequired(api_access=True)`` and are always available. By default only
-RSS/Atom feed views are enabled. Other views are
-only available if they have been whitelisted. Edit the
-``api_access_controllers_whitelist`` option in your .ini file and define views
-that should have API access enabled.
-
-For example, to enable API access to patch/diff, raw file and archive::
-
-    api_access_controllers_whitelist =
-        ChangesetController:changeset_patch,
-        ChangesetController:changeset_raw,
-        FilesController:raw,
-        FilesController:archivefile
-
-After this change, a Kallithea view can be accessed without login by adding a
-GET parameter ``?api_key=<api_key>`` to the URL.
-
-Exposing raw diffs is a good way to integrate with
-third-party services like code review, or build farms that can download archives.
-
-
 API access
 ----------
 
 Clients must send JSON encoded JSON-RPC requests::
 
     {
         "id: "<id>",
         "api_key": "<api_key>",
         "method": "<method_name>",
         "args": {"<arg_key>": "<arg_val>"}
     }
 
 For example, to pull to a local "CPython" mirror using curl::
 
     curl https://kallithea.example.com/_admin/api -X POST -H 'content-type:text/plain' \
         --data-binary '{"id":1,"api_key":"xe7cdb2v278e4evbdf5vs04v832v0efvcbcve4a3","method":"pull","args":{"repo":"CPython"}}'
 
 In general, provide
  - *id*, a value of any type, can be used to match the response with the request that it is replying to.
  - *api_key*, for authentication and permission validation.
  - *method*, the name of the method to call -- a list of available methods can be found below.
  - *args*, the arguments to pass to the method.
 
 .. note::
 
     api_key can be found or set on the user account page.
 
 The response to the JSON-RPC API call will always be a JSON structure::
 
     {
         "id": <id>,  # the id that was used in the request
         "result": <result>|null,  # JSON formatted result (null on error)
         "error": null|<error_message>  # JSON formatted error (null on success)
     }
 
 All responses from the API will be ``HTTP/1.0 200 OK``. If an error occurs,
 the reponse will have a failure description in *error* and
 *result* will be null.
 
 
 API client
 ----------
 
 Kallithea comes with a ``kallithea-api`` command line tool, providing a convenient
 way to call the JSON-RPC API.
 
 For example, to call ``get_repo``::
 
     kallithea-api --apihost=<Kallithea URL> --apikey=<API key> get_repo
 
     Calling method get_repo => <Kallithea URL>
     Server response
     ERROR:"Missing non optional `repoid` arg in JSON DATA"
 
 Oops, looks like we forgot to add an argument. Let's try again, now
 providing the ``repoid`` as a parameter::
 
     kallithea-api --apihost=<Kallithea URL> --apikey=<API key> get_repo repoid:myrepo
 
     Calling method get_repo => <Kallithea URL>
     Server response
     {
         "clone_uri": null,
         "created_on": "2015-08-31T14:55:19.042",
     ...
 
 To avoid specifying ``apihost`` and ``apikey`` every time, run::
 
     kallithea-api --save-config --apihost=<Kallithea URL> --apikey=<API key>
 
 This will create a ``~/.config/kallithea`` with the specified URL and API key
 so you don't have to specify them every time.
 
 
 API methods
 -----------
 
 
 pull
 ^^^^
 
 Pull the given repo from remote location. Can be used to automatically keep
 remote repos up to date.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "pull"
     args :    {
                 "repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result : "Pulled from `<reponame>`"
     error :  null
 
 rescan_repos
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Rescan repositories. If ``remove_obsolete`` is set,
 Kallithea will delete repos that are in the database but not in the filesystem.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "rescan_repos"
     args :    {
                 "remove_obsolete" : "<boolean = Optional(False)>"
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result : "{'added': [<list of names of added repos>],
                'removed': [<list of names of removed repos>]}"
     error :  null
 
 invalidate_cache
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Invalidate the cache for a repository.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights,
 or that of a regular user with admin or write access to the repository.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "invalidate_cache"
     args :    {
                 "repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result : "Caches of repository `<reponame>`"
     error :  null
 
 lock
 ^^^^
 
 Set the locking state on the given repository by the given user.
 If the param ``userid`` is skipped, it is set to the ID of the user who is calling this method.
 If param ``locked`` is skipped, the current lock state of the repository is returned.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights, or that of a regular user with admin or write access to the repository.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "lock"
     args :    {
                 "repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
                 "userid" : "<user_id or username = Optional(=apiuser)>",
                 "locked" : "<bool true|false = Optional(=None)>"
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result : {
                  "repo": "<reponame>",
                  "locked": "<bool true|false>",
                  "locked_since": "<float lock_time>",
                  "locked_by": "<username>",
                  "msg": "User `<username>` set lock state for repo `<reponame>` to `<false|true>`"
              }
     error :  null
 
 get_ip
 ^^^^^^
 
 Return IP address as seen from Kallithea server, together with all
 defined IP addresses for given user.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "get_ip"
     args :    {
                 "userid" : "<user_id or username>",
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result : {
                  "ip_addr_server": <ip_from_clien>",
                  "user_ips": [
                                 {
                                    "ip_addr": "<ip_with_mask>",
                                    "ip_range": ["<start_ip>", "<end_ip>"],
                                 },
                                 ...
                              ]
              }
 
     error :  null
 
 get_user
 ^^^^^^^^
 
 Get a user by username or userid. The result is empty if user can't be found.
 If userid param is skipped, it is set to id of user who is calling this method.
 Any userid can be specified when the command is executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 Regular users can only speicy their own userid.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "get_user"
     args :    {
                 "userid" : "<username or user_id Optional(=apiuser)>"
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: None if user does not exist or
             {
                 "user_id" :     "<user_id>",
                 "api_key" :     "<api_key>",
                 "username" :    "<username>",
                 "firstname":    "<firstname>",
                 "lastname" :    "<lastname>",
                 "email" :       "<email>",
                 "emails":       "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",
                 "ip_addresses": "<list_of_ip_addresses_for_user>",
                 "active" :      "<bool>",
                 "admin" :       "<bool>",
                 "ldap_dn" :     "<ldap_dn>",
                 "last_login":   "<last_login>",
                 "permissions": {
                     "global": ["hg.create.repository",
                                "repository.read",
                                "hg.register.manual_activate"],
                     "repositories": {"repo1": "repository.none"},
                     "repositories_groups": {"Group1": "group.read"}
                  },
             }
     error:  null
 
 get_users
 ^^^^^^^^^
 
 List all existing users.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "get_users"
     args :    { }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: [
               {
                 "user_id" :     "<user_id>",
                 "api_key" :     "<api_key>",
                 "username" :    "<username>",
                 "firstname":    "<firstname>",
                 "lastname" :    "<lastname>",
                 "email" :       "<email>",
                 "emails":       "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",
                 "ip_addresses": "<list_of_ip_addresses_for_user>",
                 "active" :      "<bool>",
                 "admin" :       "<bool>",
                 "ldap_dn" :     "<ldap_dn>",
                 "last_login":   "<last_login>",
               },
               …
             ]
     error:  null
 
 .. _create-user:
 
 create_user
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Create new user.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "create_user"
     args :    {
                 "username" :  "<username>",
                 "email" :     "<useremail>",
                 "password" :  "<password = Optional(None)>",
                 "firstname" : "<firstname> = Optional(None)",
                 "lastname" :  "<lastname> = Optional(None)",
                 "active" :    "<bool> = Optional(True)",
                 "admin" :     "<bool> = Optional(False)",
                 "ldap_dn" :   "<ldap_dn> = Optional(None)"
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: {
               "msg" : "created new user `<username>`",
               "user": {
                 "user_id" :  "<user_id>",
                 "username" : "<username>",
                 "firstname": "<firstname>",
                 "lastname" : "<lastname>",
                 "email" :    "<email>",
                 "emails":    "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",
                 "active" :   "<bool>",
                 "admin" :    "<bool>",
                 "ldap_dn" :  "<ldap_dn>",
                 "last_login": "<last_login>",
               },
             }
     error:  null
 
 Example::
 
     kallithea-api create_user username:bent email:[e-mail] firstname:Bent lastname:Bentsen extern_type:ldap extern_name:uid=bent,dc=example,dc=com
 
 update_user
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Update the given user if such user exists.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "update_user"
     args :    {
                 "userid" : "<user_id or username>",
                 "username" :  "<username> = Optional(None)",
                 "email" :     "<useremail> = Optional(None)",
                 "password" :  "<password> = Optional(None)",
                 "firstname" : "<firstname> = Optional(None)",
                 "lastname" :  "<lastname> = Optional(None)",
                 "active" :    "<bool> = Optional(None)",
                 "admin" :     "<bool> = Optional(None)",
                 "ldap_dn" :   "<ldap_dn> = Optional(None)"
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: {
               "msg" : "updated user ID:<userid> <username>",
               "user": {
                 "user_id" :  "<user_id>",
                 "api_key" :  "<api_key>",
                 "username" : "<username>",
                 "firstname": "<firstname>",
                 "lastname" : "<lastname>",
                 "email" :    "<email>",
                 "emails":    "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",
                 "active" :   "<bool>",
                 "admin" :    "<bool>",
                 "ldap_dn" :  "<ldap_dn>",
                 "last_login": "<last_login>",
               },
             }
     error:  null
 
 delete_user
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Delete the given user if such a user exists.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "delete_user"
     args :    {
                 "userid" : "<user_id or username>",
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: {
               "msg" : "deleted user ID:<userid> <username>",
               "user": null
             }
     error:  null
 
 get_user_group
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Get an existing user group.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "get_user_group"
     args :    {
                 "usergroupid" : "<user group id or name>"
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result : None if group not exist
              {
                "users_group_id" : "<id>",
                "group_name" :     "<groupname>",
                "active":          "<bool>",
                "members" :  [
                               {
                                 "user_id" :  "<user_id>",
                                 "api_key" :  "<api_key>",
                                 "username" : "<username>",
                                 "firstname": "<firstname>",
                                 "lastname" : "<lastname>",
                                 "email" :    "<email>",
                                 "emails":    "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",
                                 "active" :   "<bool>",
                                 "admin" :    "<bool>",
                                 "ldap_dn" :  "<ldap_dn>",
                                 "last_login": "<last_login>",
                               },
                               …
                             ]
              }
     error : null
 
 get_user_groups
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 List all existing user groups.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "get_user_groups"
     args :    { }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result : [
                {
                "users_group_id" : "<id>",
                "group_name" :     "<groupname>",
                "active":          "<bool>",
                },
                …
               ]
     error : null
 
 create_user_group
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Create a new user group.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "create_user_group"
     args:     {
                 "group_name": "<groupname>",
                 "owner" :     "<owner_name_or_id = Optional(=apiuser)>",
                 "active":     "<bool> = Optional(True)"
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: {
               "msg": "created new user group `<groupname>`",
               "users_group": {
                      "users_group_id" : "<id>",
                      "group_name" :     "<groupname>",
                      "active":          "<bool>",
                },
             }
     error:  null
 
 add_user_to_user_group
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Adds a user to a user group. If the user already is in that group, success will be
 ``false``.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "add_user_user_group"
     args:     {
                 "usersgroupid" : "<user group id or name>",
                 "userid" : "<user_id or username>",
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: {
               "success": True|False # depends on if member is in group
               "msg": "added member `<username>` to a user group `<groupname>` |
                       User is already in that group"
             }
     error:  null
 
 remove_user_from_user_group
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Remove a user from a user group. If the user isn't in the given group, success will
 be ``false``.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "remove_user_from_user_group"
     args:     {
                 "usersgroupid" : "<user group id or name>",
                 "userid" : "<user_id or username>",
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: {
               "success":  True|False,  # depends on if member is in group
               "msg": "removed member <username> from user group <groupname> |
                       User wasn't in group"
             }
     error:  null
 
 get_repo
 ^^^^^^^^
 
 Get an existing repository by its name or repository_id. Members will contain
 either users_group or users associated to that repository.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights,
 or that of a regular user with at least read access to the repository.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "get_repo"
     args:     {
                 "repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: None if repository does not exist or
             {
                 "repo_id" :          "<repo_id>",
                 "repo_name" :        "<reponame>"
                 "repo_type" :        "<repo_type>",
                 "clone_uri" :        "<clone_uri>",
                 "enable_downloads":  "<bool>",
                 "enable_locking":    "<bool>",
                 "enable_statistics": "<bool>",
                 "private":           "<bool>",
                 "created_on" :       "<date_time_created>",
                 "description" :      "<description>",
                 "landing_rev":       "<landing_rev>",
                 "last_changeset":    {
                                        "author":   "<full_author>",
                                        "date":     "<date_time_of_commit>",
                                        "message":  "<commit_message>",
                                        "raw_id":   "<raw_id>",
                                        "revision": "<numeric_revision>",
                                        "short_id": "<short_id>"
                                      }
                 "owner":             "<repo_owner>",
                 "fork_of":           "<name_of_fork_parent>",
                 "members" :     [
                                   {
                                     "type":        "user",
                                     "user_id" :    "<user_id>",
                                     "api_key" :    "<api_key>",
                                     "username" :   "<username>",
                                     "firstname":   "<firstname>",
                                     "lastname" :   "<lastname>",
                                     "email" :      "<email>",
                                     "emails":      "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",
                                     "active" :     "<bool>",
                                     "admin" :      "<bool>",
                                     "ldap_dn" :    "<ldap_dn>",
                                     "last_login":  "<last_login>",
                                     "permission" : "repository.(read|write|admin)"
                                   },
                                   …
                                   {
                                     "type":      "users_group",
                                     "id" :       "<usersgroupid>",
                                     "name" :     "<usersgroupname>",
                                     "active":    "<bool>",
                                     "permission" : "repository.(read|write|admin)"
                                   },
                                   …
                                 ]
                  "followers":   [
                                   {
                                     "user_id" :     "<user_id>",
                                     "username" :    "<username>",
                                     "api_key" :     "<api_key>",
                                     "firstname":    "<firstname>",
                                     "lastname" :    "<lastname>",
                                     "email" :       "<email>",
                                     "emails":       "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",
                                     "ip_addresses": "<list_of_ip_addresses_for_user>",
                                     "active" :      "<bool>",
                                     "admin" :       "<bool>",
                                     "ldap_dn" :     "<ldap_dn>",
                                     "last_login":   "<last_login>",
                                   },
                                   …
                  ]
             }
     error:  null
 
 get_repos
 ^^^^^^^^^
 
 List all existing repositories.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights,
 or that of a regular user with at least read access to the repository.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "get_repos"
     args:     { }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: [
               {
                 "repo_id" :          "<repo_id>",
                 "repo_name" :        "<reponame>"
                 "repo_type" :        "<repo_type>",
                 "clone_uri" :        "<clone_uri>",
                 "private" :          "<bool>",
                 "created_on" :       "<datetimecreated>",
                 "description" :      "<description>",
                 "landing_rev":       "<landing_rev>",
                 "owner":             "<repo_owner>",
                 "fork_of":           "<name_of_fork_parent>",
                 "enable_downloads":  "<bool>",
                 "enable_locking":    "<bool>",
                 "enable_statistics": "<bool>",
               },
               …
             ]
     error:  null
 
 get_repo_nodes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Return a list of files and directories for a given path at the given revision.
 It is possible to specify ret_type to show only ``files`` or ``dirs``.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "get_repo_nodes"
     args:     {
                 "repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
                 "revision"  : "<revision>",
                 "root_path" : "<root_path>",
                 "ret_type"  : "<ret_type> = Optional('all')"
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: [
               {
                 "name" :        "<name>"
                 "type" :        "<type>",
               },
               …
             ]
     error:  null
 
 create_repo
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Create a repository. If the repository name contains "/", all needed repository
 groups will be created. For example "foo/bar/baz" will create repository groups
 "foo", "bar" (with "foo" as parent), and create "baz" repository with
 "bar" as group.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights,
 or that of a regular user with create repository permission.
 Regular users cannot specify owner parameter.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "create_repo"
     args:     {
                 "repo_name" :        "<reponame>",
                 "owner" :            "<owner_name_or_id = Optional(=apiuser)>",
                 "repo_type" :        "<repo_type> = Optional('hg')",
                 "description" :      "<description> = Optional('')",
                 "private" :          "<bool> = Optional(False)",
                 "clone_uri" :        "<clone_uri> = Optional(None)",
                 "landing_rev" :      "<landing_rev> = Optional('tip')",
                 "enable_downloads":  "<bool> = Optional(False)",
                 "enable_locking":    "<bool> = Optional(False)",
                 "enable_statistics": "<bool> = Optional(False)",
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: {
               "msg": "Created new repository `<reponame>`",
               "repo": {
                 "repo_id" :          "<repo_id>",
                 "repo_name" :        "<reponame>"
                 "repo_type" :        "<repo_type>",
                 "clone_uri" :        "<clone_uri>",
                 "private" :          "<bool>",
                 "created_on" :       "<datetimecreated>",
                 "description" :      "<description>",
                 "landing_rev":       "<landing_rev>",
                 "owner":             "<username or user_id>",
                 "fork_of":           "<name_of_fork_parent>",
                 "enable_downloads":  "<bool>",
                 "enable_locking":    "<bool>",
                 "enable_statistics": "<bool>",
               },
             }
     error:  null
 
 update_repo
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Update a repository.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights,
 or that of a regular user with create repository permission.
 Regular users cannot specify owner parameter.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "update_repo"
     args:     {
                 "repoid" :           "<reponame or repo_id>"
                 "name" :             "<reponame> = Optional('')",
                 "group" :            "<group_id> = Optional(None)",
                 "owner" :            "<owner_name_or_id = Optional(=apiuser)>",
                 "description" :      "<description> = Optional('')",
                 "private" :          "<bool> = Optional(False)",
                 "clone_uri" :        "<clone_uri> = Optional(None)",
                 "landing_rev" :      "<landing_rev> = Optional('tip')",
                 "enable_downloads":  "<bool> = Optional(False)",
                 "enable_locking":    "<bool> = Optional(False)",
                 "enable_statistics": "<bool> = Optional(False)",
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: {
               "msg": "updated repo ID:repo_id `<reponame>`",
               "repository": {
                 "repo_id" :          "<repo_id>",
                 "repo_name" :        "<reponame>"
                 "repo_type" :        "<repo_type>",
                 "clone_uri" :        "<clone_uri>",
                 "private":           "<bool>",
                 "created_on" :       "<datetimecreated>",
                 "description" :      "<description>",
                 "landing_rev":       "<landing_rev>",
                 "owner":             "<username or user_id>",
                 "fork_of":           "<name_of_fork_parent>",
                 "enable_downloads":  "<bool>",
                 "enable_locking":    "<bool>",
                 "enable_statistics": "<bool>",
                 "last_changeset":    {
                                        "author":   "<full_author>",
                                        "date":     "<date_time_of_commit>",
                                        "message":  "<commit_message>",
                                        "raw_id":   "<raw_id>",
                                        "revision": "<numeric_revision>",
                                        "short_id": "<short_id>"
                                      }
                 "locked_by": "<username>",
                 "locked_date": "<float lock_time>",
               },
             }
     error:  null
 
 fork_repo
 ^^^^^^^^^
 
 Create a fork of the given repo. If using Celery, this will
 return success message immediately and a fork will be created
 asynchronously.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin
 rights, or with the global fork permission, by a regular user with create
 repository permission and at least read access to the repository.
 Regular users cannot specify owner parameter.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "fork_repo"
     args:     {
                 "repoid" :          "<reponame or repo_id>",
                 "fork_name":        "<forkname>",
                 "owner":            "<username or user_id = Optional(=apiuser)>",
                 "description":      "<description>",
                 "copy_permissions": "<bool>",
                 "private":          "<bool>",
                 "landing_rev":      "<landing_rev>"
 
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: {
               "msg": "Created fork of `<reponame>` as `<forkname>`",
               "success": true
             }
     error:  null
 
 delete_repo
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Delete a repository.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights,
 or that of a regular user with admin access to the repository.
 When ``forks`` param is set it is possible to detach or delete forks of the deleted repository.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "delete_repo"
     args:     {
                 "repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>",
                 "forks"  : "`delete` or `detach` = Optional(None)"
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: {
               "msg": "Deleted repository `<reponame>`",
               "success": true
             }
     error:  null
 
 grant_user_permission
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Grant permission for a user on the given repository, or update the existing one if found.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "grant_user_permission"
     args:     {
                 "repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
                 "userid" : "<username or user_id>"
                 "perm" :       "(repository.(none|read|write|admin))",
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: {
               "msg" : "Granted perm: `<perm>` for user: `<username>` in repo: `<reponame>`",
               "success": true
             }
     error:  null
 
 revoke_user_permission
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Revoke permission for a user on the given repository.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method  : "revoke_user_permission"
     args:     {
                 "repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
                 "userid" : "<username or user_id>"
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: {
               "msg" : "Revoked perm for user: `<username>` in repo: `<reponame>`",
               "success": true
             }
     error:  null
 
 grant_user_group_permission
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Grant permission for a user group on the given repository, or update the
 existing one if found.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method :  "grant_user_group_permission"
     args:     {
                 "repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
                 "usersgroupid" : "<user group id or name>"
                 "perm" : "(repository.(none|read|write|admin))",
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: {
               "msg" : "Granted perm: `<perm>` for group: `<usersgroupname>` in repo: `<reponame>`",
               "success": true
             }
     error:  null
 
 revoke_user_group_permission
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Revoke permission for a user group on the given repository.
 This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.
 
 INPUT::
 
     id : <id_for_response>
     api_key : "<api_key>"
     method  : "revoke_user_group_permission"
     args:     {
                 "repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
                 "usersgroupid" : "<user group id or name>"
               }
 
 OUTPUT::
 
     id : <id_given_in_input>
     result: {
               "msg" : "Revoked perm for group: `<usersgroupname>` in repo: `<reponame>`",
               "success": true
             }
     error:  null
+
+
+API access for web views
+------------------------
+
+API access can also be turned on for each web view in Kallithea that is
+decorated with the ``@LoginRequired`` decorator. Some views use
+``@LoginRequired(api_access=True)`` and are always available. By default only
+RSS/Atom feed views are enabled. Other views are
+only available if they have been whitelisted. Edit the
+``api_access_controllers_whitelist`` option in your .ini file and define views
+that should have API access enabled.
+
+For example, to enable API access to patch/diff, raw file and archive::
+
+    api_access_controllers_whitelist =
+        ChangesetController:changeset_patch,
+        ChangesetController:changeset_raw,
+        FilesController:raw,
+        FilesController:archivefile
+
+After this change, a Kallithea view can be accessed without login by adding a
+GET parameter ``?api_key=<api_key>`` to the URL.
+
+Exposing raw diffs is a good way to integrate with
+third-party services like code review, or build farms that can download archives.