openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Anecdotes Token API
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Anecdotes
    url: https://help.anecdotes.ai/api/overview
    email: hello@anecdotes.ai
  description: 'Operations tagged Token across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: anecdotes-grc-openapi-original.json, anecdotes-grc-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.anecdotes.ai
  description: Production
security:
- Bearer: []
tags:
- name: Token
  description: 'Exchange your **API key** for a **short-lived JWT** (1 hour). Send the JWT as `Authorization: Bearer <token>` on all subsequent requests.'
paths:
  /identity/v1/apikey/exchange:
    get:
      tags:
      - Token
      summary: Exchange API key
      description: 'Exchange an API key created in the Anecdotes platform for a short-lived JWT (valid for 1 hour).


        1. Create an API key in the Anecdotes platform under your project settings.

        2. Use the exchange endpoint with the key as `x-anecdotes-api-key` header.

        3. Use the result JWT token as `Authorization: Bearer <token>` header.'
      operationId: exchangeApiKey
      parameters:
      - name: x-anecdotes-api-key
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          description: Your Anecdotes API key (created in the platform under project settings).
        description: Your Anecdotes API key (created in the platform under project settings).
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'JWT token string (plain text). Valid for 1 hour. Use as `Authorization: Bearer <JWT>` on all other API calls.'
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - API key is missing or invalid.
        '422':
          description: Validation Error - The request body or parameters failed validation.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
    servers:
    - url: https://api.anecdotes.ai
      description: Production
components:
  schemas:
    ValidationError:
      type: object
      description: Validation error response. Each item in `detail` describes one validation failure. The `loc` array identifies the field path — each segment may be a string (field name) or integer (list index).
      properties:
        detail:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              loc:
                type: array
                items:
                  anyOf:
                  - type: string
                  - type: integer
              msg:
                type: string
              type:
                type: string
              ctx:
                type: object
                description: Optional machine context (e.g. `enum_values` for enum validation errors).
                additionalProperties: true
            additionalProperties: true
      additionalProperties: true
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-anecdotes-api-key
      description: API key created in the Anecdotes platform. Used only for the Exchange API key endpoint.
    Bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: JWT obtained from the Exchange API key endpoint. Valid for 1 hour.
externalDocs:
  description: Anecdotes API reference
  url: https://help.anecdotes.ai/api/overview
x-refined-from:
- anecdotes-grc-openapi-original.json
- anecdotes-grc-openapi.yml
x-evidence:
  method: derived
  generated: '2026-07-31'
  sources:
  - https://help.anecdotes.ai/technical-setup/fedramp-20x-trust-center-and-api
  - postman/anecdotes-fedramp-20x.postman_collection.json
  verified_live:
  - url: https://api.anecdotes.ai/fedramp20x/v1/public/info?evidence_id=builder_2795822335733
    http_status: 200
    content_type: application/json
    fetched: '2026-07-31'