Publish API
A publishing API is the boundary between an approved content record and its destination. Learn how a source becomes a public release without assuming one CMS, programming language, or hosting provider.
A practical starting point
Give every story a stable identity and every edit a revision. Sketch draft, review, approval, delivery, and confirmation as distinct states. Define which person or component owns each transition before choosing a transport.
A publishing workflow is easier to reason about when saving, approving, delivering, and confirming are distinct steps. This collection begins with that lifecycle and then looks at event-driven work, retries, and recovery. The aim is not to prescribe one architecture for every publication. It is to help you name the decisions your particular system must make.
Keep the boundary clear
Record the remote identifier and source revision together. If an attempt ends ambiguously, reconcile what happened before creating another record. A response saying a job was accepted is not automatically evidence that the page is public.
Concepts, not a bundled service
This is an editorial guide to Publish API. Evaluate the pattern against your actual destination, permissions, and operating requirements. PublishAPI.com does not provide a live connector, endpoint, or account for this topic.
Turn the idea into a reviewable plan
Begin with the workflow guide, then sketch one content record and one destination. Identify who can approve that record and what evidence will confirm publication. Before adding more channels, rehearse an interrupted delivery and a correction. These two exercises reveal gaps that an ordinary successful request often conceals.
Continue with A publish API workflow, from draft to delivery, or compare the related routes below. Keep a record of the decisions that apply to your project rather than assuming a label guarantees a particular capability.