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    MCP Tools Reference: apihub.googleapis.com

    Tool: get_spec

    Get details about the information parsed from a spec.

    The following sample demonstrate how to use curl to invoke the get_spec MCP tool.

    Curl Request 
      
curl  
--location  
 'https://apihub. REGION 
.rep.googleapis.com/mcp' 
  
 \ 
--header  
 'content-type: application/json' 
  
 \ 
--header  
 'accept: application/json, text/event-stream' 
  
 \ 
--data  
 '{ 
 "method": "tools/call", 
 "params": { 
 "name": "get_spec", 
 "arguments": { 
 // provide these details according to the tool' 
s  
MCP  
specification  
 } 
  
 } 
,  
 "jsonrpc" 
:  
 "2.0" 
,  
 "id" 
:  
 1 
 } 
 '

    Where, REGION is the supported API hub region. For more information, see Supported regions .

    Input Schema

    The GetSpec method's request.

    GetSpecRequest

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "name" 
 : 
 string 
 }
    Fields
    name

    string

    Required. The name of the spec to retrieve. Format: projects/{project}/locations/{location}/apis/{api}/versions/{version}/specs/{spec}

    Output Schema

    Represents a spec associated with an API version in the API Hub. Note that specs of various types can be uploaded, however parsing of details is supported for OpenAPI spec currently.

    Spec

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "name" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "displayName" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "specType" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  AttributeValues 
 
) 
 } 
 , 
 "contents" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  SpecContents 
 
) 
 } 
 , 
 "details" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  SpecDetails 
 
) 
 } 
 , 
 "sourceUri" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "createTime" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "updateTime" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "lintResponse" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  LintResponse 
 
) 
 } 
 , 
 "attributes" 
 : 
 { 
 string 
 : 
 { 
 object (  AttributeValues 
 
) 
 } 
 , 
 ... 
 } 
 , 
 "documentation" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  Documentation 
 
) 
 } 
 , 
 "parsingMode" 
 : 
 enum ( ParsingMode 
) 
 , 
 "sourceMetadata" 
 : 
 [ 
 { 
 object (  SourceMetadata 
 
) 
 } 
 ] 
 , 
 "additionalSpecContents" 
 : 
 [ 
 { 
 object (  AdditionalSpecContent 
 
) 
 } 
 ] 
 }
    Fields
    name

    string

    Identifier. The name of the spec.

    Format: projects/{project}/locations/{location}/apis/{api}/versions/{version}/specs/{spec}

    displayName

    string

    Required. The display name of the spec. This can contain the file name of the spec.
    specType

    object ( AttributeValues )

    Required. The type of spec. The value should be one of the allowed values defined for projects/{project}/locations/{location}/attributes/system-spec-type attribute. The number of values for this attribute will be based on the cardinality of the attribute. The same can be retrieved via GetAttribute API.

    Note, this field is mandatory if content is provided.
    contents

    object ( SpecContents )

    Optional. Input only. The contents of the uploaded spec.
    details

    object ( SpecDetails )

    Output only. Details parsed from the spec.
    sourceUri

    string

    Optional. The URI of the spec source in case file is uploaded from an external version control system.
    createTime

    string ( Timestamp format)

    Output only. The time at which the spec was created.

    Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z" , "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30" .
    updateTime

    string ( Timestamp format)

    Output only. The time at which the spec was last updated.

    Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z" , "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30" .
    lintResponse

    object ( LintResponse )

    Optional. The lint response for the spec.
    attributes

    map (key: string, value: object ( AttributeValues ))

    Optional. The list of user defined attributes associated with the spec. The key is the attribute name. It will be of the format: projects/{project}/locations/{location}/attributes/{attribute} . The value is the attribute values associated with the resource.

    An object containing a list of "key": value pairs. Example: { "name": "wrench", "mass": "1.3kg", "count": "3" } .
    documentation

    object ( Documentation )

    Optional. The documentation of the spec. For OpenAPI spec, this will be populated from externalDocs in OpenAPI spec.
    parsingMode

    enum ( ParsingMode )

    Optional. Input only. Enum specifying the parsing mode for OpenAPI Specification (OAS) parsing.
    sourceMetadata[]

    object ( SourceMetadata )

    Output only. The list of sources and metadata from the sources of the spec.
    additionalSpecContents[]

    object ( AdditionalSpecContent )

    Output only. The additional spec contents for the spec.

    AttributeValues

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "attribute" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 // Union field Value 
can be only one of the following: 
 "enumValues" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  EnumAttributeValues 
 
) 
 } 
 , 
 "stringValues" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  StringAttributeValues 
 
) 
 } 
 , 
 "jsonValues" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  StringAttributeValues 
 
) 
 } 
 , 
 "uriValues" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  StringAttributeValues 
 
) 
 } 
 // End of list of possible types for union field Value 
. 
 }
    Fields
    attribute

    string

    Output only. The name of the attribute. Format: projects/{project}/locations/{location}/attributes/{attribute}

    Union field Value . The attribute values associated with the resource. Value can be only one of the following:
    enumValues

    object ( EnumAttributeValues )

    The attribute values associated with a resource in case attribute data type is enum.

    stringValues

    object ( StringAttributeValues )

    The attribute values associated with a resource in case attribute data type is string.

    jsonValues

    object ( StringAttributeValues )

    The attribute values associated with a resource in case attribute data type is JSON.

    uriValues

    object ( StringAttributeValues )

    The attribute values associated with a resource in case attribute data type is URL, URI or IP, like gs://bucket-name/object-name.

    EnumAttributeValues

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "values" 
 : 
 [ 
 { 
 object (  AllowedValue 
 
) 
 } 
 ] 
 }
    Fields
    values[]

    object ( AllowedValue )

    Required. The attribute values in case attribute data type is enum.

    AllowedValue

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "id" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "displayName" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "description" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "immutable" 
 : 
 boolean 
 }
    Fields
    id

    string

    Required. The ID of the allowed value. * If provided, the same will be used. The service will throw an error if the specified id is already used by another allowed value in the same attribute resource. * If not provided, a system generated id derived from the display name will be used. In this case, the service will handle conflict resolution by adding a system generated suffix in case of duplicates.

    This value should be 4-63 characters, and valid characters are /[a-z][0-9]-/.
    displayName

    string

    Required. The display name of the allowed value.
    description

    string

    Optional. The detailed description of the allowed value.
    immutable

    boolean

    Optional. When set to true, the allowed value cannot be updated or deleted by the user. It can only be true for System defined attributes.

    StringAttributeValues

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "values" 
 : 
 [ 
 string 
 ] 
 }
    Fields
    values[]

    string

    Required. The attribute values in case attribute data type is string or JSON.

    SpecContents

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "contents" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "mimeType" 
 : 
 string 
 }
    Fields
    contents

    string ( bytes format)

    Required. The contents of the spec.

    A base64-encoded string.
    mimeType

    string

    Required. The mime type of the content for example application/json, application/yaml, application/wsdl etc.

    SpecDetails

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "description" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 // Union field details 
can be only one of the following: 
 "openApiSpecDetails" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  OpenApiSpecDetails 
 
) 
 } 
 // End of list of possible types for union field details 
. 
 }
    Fields
    description

    string

    Output only. The description of the spec.

    Union field details .

    details can be only one of the following:

    openApiSpecDetails

    object ( OpenApiSpecDetails )

    Output only. Additional details apart from OperationDetails parsed from an OpenAPI spec. The OperationDetails parsed from the spec can be obtained by using ListAPIOperations method.

    OpenApiSpecDetails

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "format" 
 : 
 enum ( Format 
) 
 , 
 "version" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "owner" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  Owner 
 
) 
 } 
 }
    Fields
    format

    enum ( Format )

    Output only. The format of the spec.
    version

    string

    Output only. The version in the spec. This maps to info.version in OpenAPI spec.
    owner

    object ( Owner )

    Output only. Owner details for the spec. This maps to info.contact in OpenAPI spec.

    Owner

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "displayName" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "email" 
 : 
 string 
 }
    Fields
    displayName

    string

    Optional. The name of the owner.
    email

    string

    Required. The email of the owner.

    Timestamp

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "seconds" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "nanos" 
 : 
 integer 
 }
    Fields
    seconds

    string ( int64 format)

    Represents seconds of UTC time since Unix epoch 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. Must be between -62135596800 and 253402300799 inclusive (which corresponds to 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59Z).
    nanos

    integer

    Non-negative fractions of a second at nanosecond resolution. This field is the nanosecond portion of the duration, not an alternative to seconds. Negative second values with fractions must still have non-negative nanos values that count forward in time. Must be between 0 and 999,999,999 inclusive.

    LintResponse

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "issues" 
 : 
 [ 
 { 
 object (  Issue 
 
) 
 } 
 ] 
 , 
 "summary" 
 : 
 [ 
 { 
 object (  SummaryEntry 
 
) 
 } 
 ] 
 , 
 "state" 
 : 
 enum ( LintState 
) 
 , 
 "source" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "linter" 
 : 
 enum ( Linter 
) 
 , 
 "createTime" 
 : 
 string 
 }
    Fields
    issues[]

    object ( Issue )

    Optional. Array of issues found in the analyzed document.
    summary[]

    object ( SummaryEntry )

    Optional. Summary of all issue types and counts for each severity level.
    state

    enum ( LintState )

    Required. Lint state represents success or failure for linting.
    source

    string

    Required. Name of the linting application.
    linter

    enum ( Linter )

    Required. Name of the linter used.
    createTime

    string ( Timestamp format)

    Required. Timestamp when the linting response was generated.

    Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z" , "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30" .

    Issue

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "code" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "path" 
 : 
 [ 
 string 
 ] 
 , 
 "message" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "severity" 
 : 
 enum ( Severity 
) 
 , 
 "range" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  Range 
 
) 
 } 
 }
    Fields
    code

    string

    Required. Rule code unique to each rule defined in linter.
    path[]

    string

    Required. An array of strings indicating the location in the analyzed document where the rule was triggered.
    message

    string

    Required. Human-readable message describing the issue found by the linter.
    severity

    enum ( Severity )

    Required. Severity level of the rule violation.
    range

    object ( Range )

    Required. Object describing where in the file the issue was found.

    Range

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "start" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  Point 
 
) 
 } 
 , 
 "end" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  Point 
 
) 
 } 
 }
    Fields
    start

    object ( Point )

    Required. Start of the issue.
    end

    object ( Point )

    Required. End of the issue.

    Point

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "line" 
 : 
 integer 
 , 
 "character" 
 : 
 integer 
 }
    Fields
    line

    integer

    Required. Line number (zero-indexed).
    character

    integer

    Required. Character position within the line (zero-indexed).

    SummaryEntry

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "severity" 
 : 
 enum ( Severity 
) 
 , 
 "count" 
 : 
 integer 
 }
    Fields
    severity

    enum ( Severity )

    Required. Severity of the issue.
    count

    integer

    Required. Count of issues with the given severity.

    AttributesEntry

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "key" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "value" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  AttributeValues 
 
) 
 } 
 }
    Fields
    key

    string

    value

    object ( AttributeValues )

    Documentation

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "externalUri" 
 : 
 string 
 }
    Fields
    externalUri

    string

    Optional. The uri of the externally hosted documentation.

    SourceMetadata

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "sourceType" 
 : 
 enum ( SourceType 
) 
 , 
 "originalResourceId" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "originalResourceCreateTime" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "originalResourceUpdateTime" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 // Union field source 
can be only one of the following: 
 "pluginInstanceActionSource" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  PluginInstanceActionSource 
 
) 
 } 
 // End of list of possible types for union field source 
. 
 }
    Fields
    sourceType

    enum ( SourceType )

    Output only. The type of the source.

    originalResourceId

    string

    Output only. The unique identifier of the resource at the source.

    originalResourceCreateTime

    string ( Timestamp format)

    Output only. The time at which the resource was created at the source.

    Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z" , "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30" .

    originalResourceUpdateTime

    string ( Timestamp format)

    Output only. The time at which the resource was last updated at the source.

    Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z" , "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30" .

    Union field source . The source of the resource. source can be only one of the following:
    pluginInstanceActionSource

    object ( PluginInstanceActionSource )

    Output only. The source of the resource is a plugin instance action.

    PluginInstanceActionSource

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "pluginInstance" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "actionId" 
 : 
 string 
 }
    Fields
    pluginInstance

    string

    Output only. The resource name of the source plugin instance. Format is projects/{project}/locations/{location}/plugins/{plugin}/instances/{instance}

    actionId

    string

    Output only. The id of the plugin instance action.

    AdditionalSpecContent

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "specContentType" 
 : 
 enum ( SpecContentType 
) 
 , 
 "specContents" 
 : 
 { 
 object (  SpecContents 
 
) 
 } 
 , 
 "createTime" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "updateTime" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "labels" 
 : 
 { 
 string 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 ... 
 } 
 }
    Fields
    specContentType

    enum ( SpecContentType )

    Required. The type of the spec content.
    specContents

    object ( SpecContents )

    Optional. The additional spec contents.
    createTime

    string ( Timestamp format)

    Output only. The time at which the spec content was created.

    Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z" , "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30" .
    updateTime

    string ( Timestamp format)

    Output only. The time at which the spec content was last updated.

    Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z" , "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30" .
    labels

    map (key: string, value: string)

    Optional. The labels of the spec content e.g. specboost addon version.

    An object containing a list of "key": value pairs. Example: { "name": "wrench", "mass": "1.3kg", "count": "3" } .

    LabelsEntry

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "key" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "value" 
 : 
 string 
 }
    Fields
    key

    string

    value

    string

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