Developer Blog - API Updates in Preservica 8.4

For a summary of all our APIs, you can use the documentation index page.

Preservica 8.4 is a Cloud-only release and is not a Long Term Support (LTS) release. These API changes will be made available to non-cloud environments with our next LTS release, currently planned to be in early 2026.

Deprecation notice reminder

We previously indicated that /api/accesstoken/acquire-external and the SOAP web service for managing workflows would be removed, but both have recieved a stay of execution. These are still deprecated, but continue to be available in 8.4. Please do get in touch if you'd like assistance migrating away from these APIs.

Storage API

This API allows you to view, add, remove, and configure storage adapters on your Preservica system. These APIs require admin access and will not be relevant to most users, but may be of use to some Enterprise-on-Premise (EoP) customers.

Changes since 8.3

• We've added a series of endpoints for viewing, adding, updating, and removing storage adapters

Admin API

This API allows you to configure your Preservica system.

Changes since 8.3

• We've added a new GET /config-events/filter-info endpoint to list available categories and command types for filtering config events
• We've added a new GET /features/usage endpoint to show usage of various features within Preservica. You can use this endpoint, combined with GET /api/entitlement/limits, to check if you've reached any applicable feature usage limits

Entitlement API

This API is for managing entitlements within Preservica.

Changes since 8.3

• We've added a new GET /limits endpoint to show any applicable feature usage limits

Entity API

The Entity API is for managing content and metadata within Preservica.

Changes since 8.3

• POST /actions/metadata-csv-edits now supports updating metadata within Preservica via a CSV file, as well as adding it

Settings API

This API allows you to view and update configuration for Preservica.

Changes since 8.3

• We've added a new PUT /storage/config/policy endpoint for applying new storage policies

Authentication Management API

This API allows you to configure authentication for Preservica.

Changes since 8.3

• The AuthConfigProxy model has been updated with a new maxSessionLifetimeMins field. This can be used with GET /auth/configuration and PUT /auth/configuration to view and set session expiry, respectively