Invoke the Action API to retrieve information about invoked Actions.
- API v1.5 Documentation
- Payload Reference
- (NEW!) Update Metadata Template
API Endpoint Reference (1.5)
Tenovos has introduced version 1.5 to provide non-breaking improvements over previous versions.
Key Changes:
- Authentication Standards now include OAuth2 code flow.
- Client ID is no longer required to be passed when requesting an Authorization token using our Standard Auth from v1.4
- New endpoints have been added and will continue to be added until v2 is generally available to all customers.
- Adaptive Template endpoints
- A new Get Asset endpoint with a simplified Response
- A new Create Asset endpoint with simplified payloads for the Request and Response
- A new Update Asset endpoint with simplified payloads for the Request and Response
- Metadata Admin API endpoints for managing Attributes, Groups, and Templates
- We've made some performance improvements to most endpoints
Tenovos Content Delivery Network (CDN) - Coming Soon!
Tenovos CDN: Pull Zone Overview
Tenovos CDN provides global content acceleration and optimization through a pull zone architecture, ensuring that your assets are delivered to end users with maximum speed, reliability, and efficiency. A Content Delivery Network (CDN) works by caching static content—such as images, videos, and other media—on servers distributed across the globe. When an asset is requested, the CDN serves it from the nearest edge location, reducing load times and offloading traffic from the origin server, which in this case is Tenovos DAM.
A pull zone is the core mechanism that powers this system. It automatically fetches content from the origin the first time it is requested, then caches it at the edge. Subsequent requests are served directly from the CDN cache, improving response times and reducing bandwidth consumption.
Through the Tenovos CDN API, you can create, update, and manage pull zones programmatically. Pull zones support advanced features such as global edge caching, cache purging, bandwidth controls, and real-time performance statistics like cache hit rate and geographic request distribution. Optional optimization settings allow you to enhance performance further by enabling image compression, WebP and AVIF support, and content minification.
With just a few API calls, you can fully integrate high-performance content delivery into your Tenovos workflows—no complex infrastructure required.
Invoke the Collection API to create, retrieve, edit, and delete Collections. Collections are used to group and catalog related Assets for quick access and consumption. Collections can be configured as:
- private: Visible only to the user who created the Collection.
- secured: Visible to users with.
When retrieving the Assets within a Collection, the requesting user will only see the Assets that the user has access to view. For example, a librarian may see all Assets within a Collection, but a general consumer user may only see a portion of those Assets, due to limited security access.
Invoke the Metadata API to manage Metadata Attributes, Groups, and Templates. A Metadata Template defines a set of Metadata Attributes of varying types, including Text, Date, Controlled Vocabulary, Tabular, and Cascading Attributes. When a Metadata Template is assigned to a new Asset, the corresponding Metadata Attributes will be available for population on the Asset.
Admin Endpoints (NEW!): Create, read, update, and delete Metadata Attributes and Metadata Groups. These endpoints require the Metadata Management admin privilege.
Request
"Retrieve the metadata template and its attributes list by template ID \n\nThe user submitting the request to metadata template must have the Metadata Template Management security role privilege.\n\nIn response, it will contain the metadata groups template have and each group metadata attributes list."
Average Response Time: 1406ms
- https://api.uat.tenovos.io/v1/metadata/template/{id}
- https://api.tenovos.io/v1/metadata/template/{id}
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curl -i -X GET \
'https://api.uat.tenovos.io/v1/metadata/template/{id}' \
-H 'Authorization: string' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'The full metadata template object with denormalized groups and attributes. The metadataAttributes array within each group contains attribute objects whose shape varies by type:
- text (subType: textBox) — includes
length,typeahead,techMetaMapping. Max 250 chars, supports faceting. - text (subType: textArea) — includes
length,techMetaMapping. Max 10000 chars. Cannot be facetable or typeahead. - controlledVocabulary — includes
controlledVocabularyId,isMultipleSelect - date — includes
dateFormat - tableAttribute — includes
tableFieldsDenormalized,isSingleRow,isSmartTable,tableNameVisible - cascadeAttribute — includes
cascadeMapId,cascadeFieldsDenormalized,cascadeNameVisible
Unique ID of the metadata template.
Template type classifications.
{ "templateId": "0a5d6320-7e8c-43f3-b32a-7a32bcf2b261", "templateName": "Product Shot", "createdEpoch": 1774035316248, "lastUpdatedEpoch": 1779214564563, "templateType": [ "default" ], "template": { "metadataGroups": [ … ] } }
Request
Partially update an existing metadata template. Only fields included in the request body will be updated — omitted fields remain unchanged.
Updatable Fields: name, groupIds, attributesDefaultValue, accessTemplates, templateOverride
Fields that cannot be updated: templateId, customerId, createdBy, createdEpoch, createdDate, templateType, templateDenormalized, dependencies
Key Business Rules:
- Request body must contain at least one updatable field
- Unknown or immutable fields are rejected with 400
namemust be unique per customer (case-insensitive) — duplicate returns 409groupIdsmust reference existing groups; system group is auto-appended last- Duplicate effective attributes across groups return 400
accessTemplatesmust reference existing access templates; can be cleared with[]attributesDefaultValuekeys must exist in the effective templatetemplateDenormalizedis regenerated on every successful update
The user submitting the request must have the Metadata Management admin privilege.
JSON object with fields to update. Only provided fields are applied.
Attribute groups included in the template. Replaces existing list.
Default metadata values for fields in the template.
- https://api.uat.tenovos.io/v1/metadata/template/{id}
- https://api.tenovos.io/v1/metadata/template/{id}
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- Update Name
- Update Groups
- Update Defaults
- Update Security
- Update Override
- Combined Update
curl -i -X PATCH \
https://api.uat.tenovos.io/v1/metadata/template/8cd2c221-6a91-4dc6-9379-d55dca9d5313 \
-H 'Authorization: string' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE' \
-d '{
"name": "Updated Product Template"
}'{ "templateId": "8cd2c221-6a91-4dc6-9379-d55dca9d5313", "name": "Updated Asset Template", "customerId": "1739271540099", "createdBy": "dc63db1b-1e63-43bc-877e-418931b6895c", "createdEpoch": 1773070355217, "createdDate": "2026-03-11T14:32:35Z", "lastUpdatedBy": "dc63db1b-1e63-43bc-877e-418931b6895c", "lastUpdatedEpoch": 1773070399999, "lastUpdatedDate": "2026-03-11T15:00:00Z", "groupIds": [ "52ce0235-02cc-46f6-8bdb-05238c76bf83" ], "templateType": [ "asset" ], "attributesDefaultValue": [ { … } ], "accessTemplates": [], "templateOverride": { "required": [ … ], "optional": [ … ] }, "templateDenormalized": { "metadataGroups": [ … ] } }
Request
Permanently delete a metadata template by its ID. Deletion is blocked if the template has dependencies (e.g., assets using this template).
Delete Rules:
- Template must exist for the authenticated customer
- Template ID must be a valid UUID
- Template type must be one of
default,asset, oraction - Template cannot be deleted if it has dependencies (assets using it)
- Related asset records are cleaned up
- Deletion is recorded in
tenovos_delete_history
This action is permanent and cannot be undone.
The user submitting the request must have the Metadata Management admin privilege.
- https://api.uat.tenovos.io/v1/metadata/template/{id}
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curl -i -X DELETE \
https://api.uat.tenovos.io/v1/metadata/template/e0d05152-9d1b-4b1e-bcb2-e762d195ec68 \
-H 'Authorization: string' \
-H 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'Invoke the Story Boards API to retrieve and manage Story Boards. Story Boards are curated content experiences that combine collections, saved searches, and other content blocks into a single shareable view.
Coming Soon: Additional endpoints for creating, updating, and deleting Story Boards.
Tenovos Webhook Subscriptions
For more information about our Webhooks, see the Webhook section of our Developer Portal