API v2

Connect your software to POEditor with this simple API

Overview

To perform an action using the API, send a request to the API endpoint and a response will then be sent back to you.

The POEditor API consists of a set of callable methods.

The request should be POST.

The response you'll get will be a JSON encoded object.
If the response is not sucessful, the JSON object will contain an error code and a message. You can find the full list here.

API v1 has been deprecated. If you want to see its documentation, click here.

Authentication

All requests to the API must contain the parameter api_token. You can get this key from your POEditor account. You'll find it in My Account > API Access.

Please take care of your token.

If you think the key has been compromised, you can reset it from My Account > API Access by clicking the Regenerate button, or you can lock the API Access using the Lock API button.

Methods - Projects

List Projects

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/projects/list

Returns the list of projects owned by user.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token readonly accepted 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/projects/list \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "OK"
    },
    "result": {
        "projects": [
            {
                "id": 4886,
                "name": "Twentytwelve",
                "public": 0,
                "open": 0,
                "created": "2013-04-12T09:24:42+0000"
            },
            {
                "id": 4537,
                "name": "contact form",
                "public": 0,
                "open": 0,
                "created": "2013-04-02T23:00:06+0000"
            },
            {
                "id": 6639,
                "name": "POEditor WP plugin",
                "public": 0,
                "open": 0,
                "created": "2013-06-05T17:41:25+0000"
            },
            {
                "id": 6268,
                "name": "Test Project",
                "public": 0,
                "open": 0,
                "created": "2013-05-23T14:26:34+0000"
            }
        ]
    }
}

View Project Details

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/projects/view

Returns project's details.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token readonly accepted
id
required 		<integer> The id of project 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/projects/view \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="7717"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "OK"
    },
    "result": {
        "project": {
            "id": 7717,
            "name": "Automobile",
            "description": "Automobile",
            "public": 0,
            "open": 0,
            "reference_language": "fr",
            "terms": 783,
            "created": "2013-07-04T17:44:37+0000"
        }
    }
}

Add Project

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/projects/add

Creates a new project.
Returns project details (if successful).

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token
name
required 		<string> The name of the project
description
optional 		<string> The description of the project 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/projects/add \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d name="Automobile"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "Project created."
    },
    "result": {
        "project": {
            "id": 7717,
            "name": "Automobile",
            "description": "",
            "public": 0,
            "open": 0,
            "reference_language": "",
            "terms": 0,
            "created": "2014-08-13T09:39:32+0000"
        }
    }
}

Update Project Settings

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/projects/update

Updates project settings (name, description, reference language)
If optional parameters are not sent, their respective fields are not updated.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token
id
required 		<integer> The id of project
name
optional 		<string> The name of the project
description
optional 		<string> The description of the project
reference_language
optional 		<string> The language code 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/projects/update \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="7717" \
     -d name="Automobile" \
     -d reference_language="fr"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "OK"
    },
    "result": {
        "project": {
            "id": 7717,
            "name": "Automobile",
            "description": "",
            "public": 1,
            "open": 0,
            "reference_language": "en",
            "terms": 184,
            "created": "2014-08-13T09:39:32+0000"
        }
    }
}

Delete Project

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/projects/delete

Deletes the project from the account.
You must be the owner of the project.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token
id
required 		<integer> The id of project 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/projects/delete \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="7717"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "Project was deleted: Automobile [7717]"
    }
}

Upload

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/projects/upload

Updates terms / translations - No more than one request every 30 seconds.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token
id
required 		<integer> The id of project
updating
required 		terms | terms_translations | translations
file
required 		<file> Uploaded file (.po, .xls or any of the supported file formats)
language
optional 		<string> The language code (Required only if updating is terms_translations or translations)
overwrite
optional 		0 | 1 Set it to 1 if you want to overwrite translations
sync_terms
optional 		0 | 1 Set it to 1 if you want to sync your terms (terms that are not found in the uploaded file will be deleted from project and the new ones added). Ignored if updating = translations.
tags
optional 		<string> Add tags to the project terms; available when updating terms or terms_translations; you can use the following keys: "all" - for the all the imported terms, "new" - for the terms which aren't already in the project, "obsolete" - for the terms which are in the project but not in the imported file and "overwritten_translations" - for the terms for which translations change (example)
read_from_source
optional 		0 | 1 For .xliff format only - set it to 1 if you want to import translations from the source tag
fuzzy_trigger
optional 		0 | 1 Set it to 1 to mark corresponding translations from the other languages as fuzzy for the updated values 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/projects/upload \
     -F api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -F id="7717" \
     -F updating="terms" \
     -F file=@"pathtofile/filename.po" \
     -F tags="{\"obsolete\":\"removed-strings\"}"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "OK"
    },
    "result": {
        "terms": {
            "parsed": 1017,
            "added": 1017,
            "deleted": 0
        },
        "translations": {
            "parsed": 0,
            "added": 0,
            "updated": 0
        }
    }
}
# If not specified, the tags are set by default to all terms.
tags=["name-of-tag", "name-of-another-tag"]
tags={"all":"name-of-tag"}
tags={"all":"name-of-tag","new":["name-of-tag"],"obsolete":["name-of-tag", "name-of-another-tag"]}

Sync Terms

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/projects/sync

Syncs your project with the array you send (terms that are not found in the JSON object will be deleted from project and the new ones added).
Please use with caution. If wrong data is sent, existing terms and their translations might be irreversibly lost.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token
id
required 		<integer> The id of project
data
required 		<string> JSON format (example) 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/projects/sync \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="7717" \
     -d data="[{\"term\":\"Add new list\"}, {\"term\":\"Add new item\"}]"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "OK"
    },
    "result": {
        "terms": {
            "parsed": 2,
            "added": 2,
            "updated": 0,
            "deleted": 2446
        }
    }
}
[
    {
        "term": "Add new list",
        "context": "",
        "reference": "\/projects",
        "plural": "",
        "comment": ""
    },
    {
        "term": "one project found",
        "context": "",
        "reference": "\/projects",
        "plural": "%d projects found",
        "comment": "Make sure you translate the plural forms",
        "tags": [
            "first_tag",
            "second_tag"
        ]
    },
    {
        "term": "Show all projects",
        "context": "",
        "reference": "\/projects",
        "plural": "",
        "tags": "just_a_tag"
    }
]

Export

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/projects/export

Returns the link of the file (expires after 10 minutes).

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token readonly accepted
id
required 		<integer> The id of project
language
required 		<string> The language code
type
required 		<string> File format (po, pot, mo, xls, xlsx, csv, ini, resw, resx, android_strings, apple_strings, xliff, properties, key_value_json, json, yml, xlf, xmb, xtb, arb)
filters
optional 		<string> Filter results by 'translated', 'untranslated', 'fuzzy', 'not_fuzzy', 'automatic', 'not_automatic', 'proofread', 'not_proofread' (only available when Proofreading is set to "Yes" in Project Settings); you can use either a string for a single filter or a json array for one or multiple filter (example)
order
optional 		<string> Set it to terms to order results by 'terms' alphabetically.
tags
optional 		<string> Filter results by tags; you can use either a string for a single tag or a json array for one or multiple tags (example) 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/projects/export \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="7717" \
     -d language="fr" \
     -d type="po"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "OK"
    },
    "result": {
        "url": "https:\/\/api.poeditor.com\/v2\/download\/file\/b577a66ac39d82995debfabc016f855d"
    }
}
filters=translated
filters=["translated"]
filters=["translated", "not_fuzzy"]
tags=name-of-tag
tags=["name-of-tag"]
tags=["name-of-tag", "name-of-another-tag"]

Methods - Languages

Available Languages

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/languages/available

Returns a comprehensive list of all languages supported by POEditor. You can find it here, too.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token readonly accepted 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/languages/available \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "OK"
    },
    "result": {
        "languages": [
            {
                "name": "Abkhazian",
                "code": "ab"
            },
            {
                "name": "Afar",
                "code": "aa"
            },
            {
                "name": "Afrikaans",
                "code": "af"
            },
            {
                "name": "Akan",
                "code": "ak"
            },
            {
                "name": "Albanian",
                "code": "sq"
            },
            {
                "name": "Amharic",
                "code": "am"
            },
            {
                "name": "Arabic",
                "code": "ar"
            },
            {
                "name": "Aragonese",
                "code": "an"
            },
            {
                "name": "Armenian",
                "code": "hy"
            },
            {
                "name": "Assamese",
                "code": "as"
            },
            {
                "name": "Yiddish",
                "code": "yi"
            },
            {
                "name": "Yoruba",
                "code": "yo"
            },
            {
                "name": "Zhuang; Chuang",
                "code": "za"
            },
            {
                "name": "Zulu",
                "code": "zu"
            }
        ]
    }
}

List Languages

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/languages/list

Returns project languages, percentage of translation done for each and the datetime (UTC - ISO 8601) when the last change was made.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token readonly accepted
id
required 		<integer> The id of project 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/languages/list \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="7717"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "OK"
    },
    "result": {
        "languages": [
            {
                "name": "English",
                "code": "en",
                "translations": 13,
                "percentage": 12.5,
                "updated": "2015-05-04T14:21:41+0000"
            },
            {
                "name": "French",
                "code": "fr",
                "translations": 70,
                "percentage": 68.75,
                "updated": "2015-04-30T08:59:34+0000"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Add Language to Project

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/languages/add

Adds a new language to project.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token
id
required 		<integer> The id of project
language
required 		<string> The language code 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/languages/add \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="7717" \
     -d language="de"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "Language was added: German [de]"
    }
}

Update Project Language

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/languages/update

Inserts / overwrites translations.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token
id
required 		<integer> The id of project
language
required 		<string> The language code
fuzzy_trigger
optional 		0 | 1 Set it to 1 to mark corresponding translations from the other languages as fuzzy for the updated values
data
required 		<string> JSON format (example) 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/languages/update \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="7717" \
     -d language="fr" \
     -d data="[{\"term\":\"Projects\",\"context\":\"project list\",\"translation\":{\"content\":\"Des projets\",\"fuzzy\":0}}]"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "OK"
    },
    "result": {
        "translations": {
            "parsed": 1,
            "added": 1,
            "updated": 0
        }
    }
}
[
    {
        "term": "Projects",
        "context": "project list",
        "translation": {
            "content": "Des projets",
            "fuzzy": 0
        }
    }
]
[
    {
        "term": "%d Projects available",
        "context": "project list",
        "translation": {
            "content": {
                "one": "Un projet disponible",
                "other": "%d Projets disponibles"
            },
            "fuzzy": 1
        }
    }
]

Delete Language from Project

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/languages/delete

Deletes existing language from project.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token
id
required 		<integer> The id of project
language
required 		<string> The language code 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/languages/delete \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="7717" \
     -d language="de"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "Language was deleted: German [de]"
    }
}

Methods - Terms

List Project Terms

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/terms/list

Returns project's terms and translations if the argument language is provided.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token readonly accepted
id
required 		<integer> The id of project
language
optional 		<string> The language code 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/terms/list \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="7717" \
     -d language="en"
//proofread is included in the response if the project has proofreading enabled
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "OK"
    },
    "result": {
        "terms": [
            {
                "term": "app_name",
                "context": "",
                "plural": "",
                "created": "2013-06-10T11:08:54+0000",
                "updated": "",
                "translation": {
                    "content": "TODO List",
                    "fuzzy": 0,
                    "proofread": 1,
                    "updated": "2013-06-12T11:08:54+0000"
                },
                "reference": "",
                "tags": [
                    "first_upload",
                    "second_upload"
                ],
                "comment": "Don't translate the name of the app"
            },
            {
                "term": "mark_as_unread",
                "context": "",
                "plural": "",
                "created": "2013-06-10T11:08:54+0000",
                "updated": "",
                "translation": {
                    "content": "",
                    "fuzzy": 0,
                    "proofread": 0,
                    "updated": ""
                },
                "reference": "",
                "tags": [
                    "second_upload"
                ],
                "comment": ""
            },
            {
                "term": "One Item",
                "context": "",
                "plural": "%d Items",
                "created": "2013-06-10T11:24:12+0000",
                "updated": "",
                "translation": {
                    "content": {
                        "one": "",
                        "other": ""
                    },
                    "fuzzy": 0,
                    "proofread": 0,
                    "updated": ""
                },
                "reference": "",
                "tags": [],
                "comment": ""
            }
        ]
    }
}

Add Terms

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/terms/add

Adds terms to project.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token
id
required 		<integer> The id of project
data
required 		<string> JSON format (example) 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/terms/add \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="7717" \
     -d data="[{\"term\":\"Add new list\"}]"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "OK"
    },
    "result": {
        "terms": {
            "parsed": 1,
            "added": 1
        }
    }
}
[
    {
        "term": "Add new list",
        "context": "",
        "reference": "\/projects",
        "plural": "",
        "comment": ""
    },
    {
        "term": "one project found",
        "context": "",
        "reference": "\/projects",
        "plural": "%d projects found",
        "comment": "Make sure you translate the plural forms",
        "tags": [
            "first_tag",
            "second_tag"
        ]
    },
    {
        "term": "Show all projects",
        "context": "",
        "reference": "\/projects",
        "plural": "",
        "tags": "just_a_tag"
    }
]

Update Terms

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/terms/update

Updates project terms. Lets you change the text, context, reference, plural and tags.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token
id
required 		<integer> The id of project
data
required 		<string> JSON format (example)
fuzzy_trigger
optional 		0 | 1 Set it to 1 to mark corresponding translations from all languages as fuzzy for the updated values 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/terms/update \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="7717" \
     -d data="[{\"term\":\"Add new list\", \"new_term\": \"Save list\"}]"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "OK"
    },
    "result": {
        "terms": {
            "parsed": 2,
            "updated": 2
        }
    }
}
[
    {
        "term": "Add new list",
        "context": "",
        "new_term": "Save list",
        "new_context": "",
        "reference": "\/projects",
        "plural": "",
        "comment": "",
        "tags": [
            "first_tag",
            "second_tag"
        ]
    },
    {
        "term": "Display list",
        "context": "",
        "new_term": "Show list",
        "new_context": ""
    }
]

Delete Terms

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/terms/delete

Deletes terms from project.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token
id
required 		<integer> The id of project
data
required 		<string> JSON format (example) 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/terms/delete \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="7717" \
     -d data="[{\"term\":\"one project found\", \"context\":\"\"}, {\"term\":\"Show all projects\", \"context\":\"form\"}]"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "OK"
    },
    "result": {
        "terms": {
            "parsed": 2,
            "deleted": 2
        }
    }
}
[
    {
        "term": "one project found",
        "context": ""
    },
    {
        "term": "Show all projects",
        "context": "form"
    }
]

Add Comment

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/terms/add_comment

Adds comments to existing terms.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token
id
required 		<integer> The id of project
data
required 		<string> JSON format (example) 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/terms/add_comment \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="7717" \
     -d data="[{\"term\":\"Add new list\", \"comment\":\"This is a button\"}, {\"term\":\"Show all projects\", \"comment\":\"This is a button\"}]"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "OK"
    },
    "result": {
        "terms": {
            "parsed": 2,
            "with_added_comment": 2
        }
    }
}
[
    {
        "term": "Add new list",
        "context": "",
        "comment": "This is a button"
    },
    {
        "term": "one project found",
        "context": "",
        "comment": "Make sure you translate the plural forms"
    },
    {
        "term": "Show all projects",
        "context": "",
        "comment": "This is a button"
    }
]

Methods - Contributors

List Contributors

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/contributors/list

Returns the list of contributors from your projects.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token readonly accepted
id
optional 		<integer> The id of project (Optional, unless language is set. Then, it becomes required)
language
optional 		<string> The language code 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/contributors/list \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="4886"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "OK"
    },
    "result": {
        "contributors": [
            {
                "name": "final test",
                "email": "email@example.com",
                "permissions": [
                    {
                        "project": {
                            "id": "4886",
                            "name": "Twentytwelve"
                        },
                        "type": "administrator",
                        "proofreader": true
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "name": "Translator",
                "email": "translator@example.com",
                "permissions": [
                    {
                        "project": {
                            "id": "4886",
                            "name": "Twentytwelve"
                        },
                        "type": "contributor",
                        "proofreader": false,
                        "languages": [
                            "en",
                            "en-us"
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}

Add Contributor

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/contributors/add

Adds a contributor to a project language or an administrator to a project.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token
id
required 		<integer> The id of project
name
required 		<string> The name of contributor
email
required 		<string> The email of contributor
language
optional 		<string> The language code (Required if adding a contributor)
admin
optional 		0 | 1 Set it to 1 for adding as administrator 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/contributors/add \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="7717" \
     -d name="caesar" \
     -d email="email@email.com" \
     -d language="en"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "Contributor added."
    }
}

Remove Contributor

https://api.poeditor.com/v2/contributors/remove

Removes a contributor from a project language or an admin from a project, if the language is not specified.

Argument Value  
api_token
required 		Get token
id
required 		<integer> The id of project
email
required 		<string> The email of contributor
language
optional 		<string> The language code (Required if removing a contributor from a certain language) 
curl -X POST https://api.poeditor.com/v2/contributors/remove \
     -d api_token="a9824103d8729b923fbe1d268ec69ef9" \
     -d id="7717" \
     -d email="email@email.com" \
     -d language="en"
{
    "response": {
        "status": "success",
        "code": "200",
        "message": "Contributor removed."
    }
}



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