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API: Apps

This Developer API for apps lets you list all apps in your account, and upload, create, or delete an app. All endpoints require authentication with an API token.

List Apps

List all apps for the logged user, including owned apps, developer apps, member apps, and tester apps.

GET /api/2/apps

Example:

curl \
  -H "X-HockeyAppToken: 4567abcd8901ef234567abcd8901ef23" \
  https://rink.hockeyapp.net/api/2/apps

Response:

Status: 200
Body:
{
    "apps": [
        {
            "title": "HockeyTest",
            "bundle_identifier": "de.codenauts.hockeytest.beta",
            "public_identifier": "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
            "device_family": "iPhone/iPod",
            "minimum_os_version": "4.0",
            "release_type": 0,
            "status": 2,
            "platform": "iOS"
        },
        {
            "title": "HockeyTest",
            "bundle_identifier": "de.codenauts.hockeytest",
            "public_identifier": "34567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12",
            "release_type": 1,
            "platform": "iOS"
        }
    ],
    "status": "success"
}

Upload App

Upload an .ipa, .apk, or .zip file to create a new app. If an app with the same bundle identifier or package name and the same release type already exists, the uploaded file is assigned to this existing app.

POST /api/2/apps/upload

Parameters:

ipa - required, file data of the .ipa for iOS, .app.zip for OS X, or .apk file for Android
dsym - optional, file data of the .dSYM.zip file (iOS and OS X) or mapping.txt (Android); note that the extension has to be .dsym.zip (case-insensitive) for iOS and OS X and the file name has to be mapping.txt for Android.
notes - optional, release notes as Textile or Markdown (after 5k characters note are truncated)
notes_type - optional, type of release notes:
- 0 for Textile
- 1 for Markdown
notify - optional, notify testers (can only be set with full-access tokens):
- 0 to not notify testers
- 1 to notify all testers that can install this app
- 2 notify all testers
status - optional, download status (can only be set with full-access tokens):
- 1 to not allow users to download the version
- 2 to make the version available for download
strategy - optional, replace or add build with same build number
- add to add the build as a new build to even if it has the same build number (default)
- replace to replace to a build with the same build number
tags - optional, restrict download to comma-separated list of tags
teams - optional, restrict download to comma-separated list of team IDs; example:
- 12,23,42 with 12, 23, and 42 being the database IDs of your teams
users - optional, restrict download to comma-separated list of user IDs; example:
- 1224,5678 with 1224 and 5678 being the database IDs of your users
mandatory - optional, set version as mandatory:
- 0 for not mandatory
- 1 for mandatory
release_type - optional, set the release type of the app:
- 2 for alpha
- 0 for beta [default]
- 1 for store
- 3 for enterprise
private - optional, set to true to enable the private download page (default is true)
owner_id - optional, set to the ID of your organization
commit_sha - optional, set to the git commit sha for this build
build_server_url - optional, set to the URL of the build job on your build server
repository_url - optional, set to your source repository
retention_days - optional, set the amount of days we keep crash logs for an app.
- 28
- 90 [default]
- unlimited

Example:

curl \
  -F "status=2" \
  -F "notify=1" \
  -F "notes=Some new features and fixed bugs." \
  -F "notes_type=0" \
  -F "ipa=@hockeyapp.ipa" \
  -F "dsym=@hockeyapp.dSYM.zip" \
  -H "X-HockeyAppToken: 4567abcd8901ef234567abcd8901ef23" \
  https://rink.hockeyapp.net/api/2/apps/upload

Response:

Status: 201
Body:
{
    "title": "HockeyTest",
    "bundle_identifier": "de.codenauts.hockeytest",
    "public_identifier": "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
    "device_family": "iPhone/iPod",
    "minimum_os_version": "4.0",
    "release_type": 0,
    "platform": "iOS"
    "status": 2,
    "config_url": "https://rink.hockeyapp.net/manage/apps/123",
    "public_url": "https://rink.hockeyapp.net/apps/1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
}

Create App

Create a new app without uploading a file.

POST /api/2/apps/new

Parameters:

title - required, the app's name
bundle_identifier - required, the bundle identifier on iOS or Mac OS X, the package name on Android, or the namespace on Windows Phone
platform - optional, the app's platform:
- iOS [default]
- Android
- Mac OS
- Windows Phone
- Custom
release_type - optional, set the release type of the app:
- 2 for alpha
- 0 for beta [default]
- 1 for store
- 3 for enterprise
custom_release_type - optional, set to the custom release type string
icon - optional, icon file with content type image/png, image/jpeg, or image image/gif
private - optional, set to true to enable the private download page (default is true)
owner_id - optional, set to the ID of your organization
- retention_days - optional, set the amount of days we keep crash logs for an app.
  - 28
  - 90 [default]
  - unlimited

Example:

curl \
  -F "title=My App" \
  -F "bundle_identifier=de.codenauts.myapp" \
  -F "platform=iOS" \
  -F "release_type=1" \
  -H "X-HockeyAppToken: 4567abcd8901ef234567abcd8901ef23" \
  https://rink.hockeyapp.net/api/2/apps/new

Response:

Status: 201
Body:
{
    "title": "HockeyTest",
    "bundle_identifier": "de.codenauts.hockeytest",
    "public_identifier": "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
    "release_type": 0,
    "platform": "iOS"
}

Delete App

Delete the app with the given App ID.

DELETE /api/2/apps/APP_ID

Example:

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "X-HockeyAppToken: 4567abcd8901ef234567abcd8901ef23" \
  https://rink.hockeyapp.net/api/2/apps/1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef

Response:

Status: 200

Configure App

Configure settings of the app, including feedback feature, Release Notes / Release Notes & Restore Button and Public/Private download page.

PUT /api/2/apps/APP_ID/meta

Parameters:

feedback - optional, enables or disables the feedback feature
- enabled [default]
- disabled
restore_allowed - optional, enables or disables the Restore button for old versions
- enabled
- disabled [default]
visibility - optional, sets the download page to public or private
- public
- private [default]

Example:

curl -v -X PUT "https://rink.hockeyapp.net/api/2/apps/1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef/meta" \
        -H "X-HockeyAppToken: 4567abcd8901ef234567abcd8901ef23" \
        -F "feedback=disabled" \
        -F "restore_allowed=enabled" \
        -F "visibility=public"

Response:

Status: 200
Body:
{
    "status" : "success",
    "app" : {
       "id" : 366168,
       "status" : 2,
       "custom_release_type" : "",
       "created_at" : "2016-07-26T09:54:51Z",
       "featured" : false,
       "minimum_os_version" : "8.2",
       "integrated_at" : "2016-10-21T02:17:35Z",
       "company" : "Microsoft",
       "role" : 0,
       "device_family" : "iPhone/iPod/iPad",
       "owner_token" : "001d15cabe0738a462c851c5d88d09443c123456",
       "release_type" : 0,
       "updated_at" : "2016-12-07T02:14:12Z",
       "title" : "HockeyAppDemo",
       "internal" : true,
       "platform" : "iOS",
       "owner" : "Kevin Li",
       "visibility" : "public",
       "public_identifier" : "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
       "bundle_identifier" : "net.hockeywx.HockeyAppDemo"
    }
}

Data Retention

Set the data retention for crash logs and feedback of an app. This will automatically delete all individual crash logs that are older than the specified number of retention days. It will however not delete the crash groups, which are only an abstract representation of similar crash logs. In addition, it will also delete all feedback threads that had no activity by the original sender in that timespan.

PUT /api/2/apps/APP_ID/retention

Parameters:

retention_days amount of days we keep crash logs for an app.
- 28
- 90 [default]
- unlimited

Example:

curl -v -X PUT "https://rink.hockeyapp.net/api/2/apps/1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef/retention" \
        -H "X-HockeyAppToken: 4567abcd8901ef234567abcd8901ef23" \
        -F "retention_days=28"

Response:

Status: 200
Body:
{
    "status" : "success",
    "app" : {
       "id" : 366168,
       "status" : 2,
       "custom_release_type" : "",
       "created_at" : "2016-07-26T09:54:51Z",
       "featured" : false,
       "minimum_os_version" : "8.2",
       "integrated_at" : "2016-10-21T02:17:35Z",
       "company" : "Microsoft",
       "role" : 0,
       "device_family" : "iPhone/iPod/iPad",
       "owner_token" : "001d15cabe0738a462c851c5d88d09443c123456",
       "release_type" : 0,
       "updated_at" : "2016-12-07T02:14:12Z",
       "title" : "HockeyAppDemo",
       "internal" : true,
       "platform" : "iOS",
       "owner" : "Kevin Li",
       "visibility" : "public",
       "public_identifier" : "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
       "bundle_identifier" : "net.hockeywx.HockeyAppDemo",
       "retention_days": "28"
    }
}

Section:: Public API
Last Updated:: 13 Jun, 2018 03:11 PM

HockeyApp Support

API: Apps

List Apps

GET /api/2/apps

Upload App

POST /api/2/apps/upload

Create App

POST /api/2/apps/new

Delete App

DELETE /api/2/apps/APP_ID

Configure App

PUT /api/2/apps/APP_ID/meta

Data Retention

PUT /api/2/apps/APP_ID/retention

General & Account Management

App Management

Third Party: Bug Trackers, Services, and Webhooks

Client Integration (iOS, Mac OS X & tvOS)

Client Integration (Android)

Client Integration (Windows and Windows Phone)

Client Integration (Cross-Platform)

Public API