Site share links

Control how you share docs externally by managing share links for a site.

Manage the lifecycle of share links for your published sites. This includes generating new links for external sharing and revoking or updating existing ones.

The ShareLink object

Attributes

objectstring · enumRequired

Type of Object, always equals to "share-link"

Possible values:

idstringRequired

Unique identifier for the share-link

createdAtstring · date-timeRequired

namestring · max: 50Optional

Name of the share link

activebooleanOptional

The ShareLink object

{
  "object": "share-link",
  "id": "text",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-23T11:51:32.330Z",
  "name": "text",
  "active": true,
  "urls": {
    "published": "https://example.com"
  }
}

List all share links

get

Authorizations

user

AuthorizationstringRequired

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.

Path parameters

organizationIdstringRequired

The unique id of the organization

siteIdstringRequired

The unique id of the site

Query parameters

pagestringOptional

Identifier of the page results to fetch.

limitnumber · max: 1000Optional

The number of results per page

searchstringOptional

Search share links by name or key

Responses

200

OK

application/json

get

/orgs/{organizationId}/sites/{siteId}/share-links

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /v1/orgs/{organizationId}/sites/{siteId}/share-links HTTP/1.1
Host: api.gitbook.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

200

OK

{
  "next": {
    "page": "text"
  },
  "count": 1,
  "items": [
    {
      "object": "share-link",
      "id": "text",
      "createdAt": "2026-01-23T11:51:32.330Z",
      "name": "text",
      "active": true,
      "urls": {
        "published": "https://example.com"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Create a share link

post

Authorizations

user

AuthorizationstringRequired

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.

Path parameters

organizationIdstringRequired

The unique id of the organization

siteIdstringRequired

The unique id of the site

Body

application/json

namestring · max: 50Required

Name of the share link

Responses

201

The share link has been created

application/json

post

/orgs/{organizationId}/sites/{siteId}/share-links

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /v1/orgs/{organizationId}/sites/{siteId}/share-links HTTP/1.1
Host: api.gitbook.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 15

{
  "name": "text"
}

201

The share link has been created

{
  "object": "share-link",
  "id": "text",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-23T11:51:32.330Z",
  "name": "text",
  "active": true,
  "urls": {
    "published": "https://example.com"
  }
}

Deletes a share link

delete

Authorizations

user

AuthorizationstringRequired

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.

Path parameters

organizationIdstringRequired

The unique id of the organization

siteIdstringRequired

The unique id of the site

shareLinkIdstringRequired

The unique id of the share link

Responses

204

Site share link did not exist

205

Site share link has been deleted

delete

/orgs/{organizationId}/sites/{siteId}/share-links/{shareLinkId}

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

DELETE /v1/orgs/{organizationId}/sites/{siteId}/share-links/{shareLinkId} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.gitbook.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

No content

Update a share link

patch

Authorizations

user

AuthorizationstringRequired

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.

Path parameters

organizationIdstringRequired

The unique id of the organization

siteIdstringRequired

The unique id of the site

shareLinkIdstringRequired

The unique id of the share link

Body

application/json

activebooleanOptional

namestring · max: 50Optional

Name of the share link

Responses

200

The site share link has been updated

application/json

patch

/orgs/{organizationId}/sites/{siteId}/share-links/{shareLinkId}

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

PATCH /v1/orgs/{organizationId}/sites/{siteId}/share-links/{shareLinkId} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.gitbook.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 29

{
  "active": true,
  "name": "text"
}

200

The site share link has been updated

{
  "object": "share-link",
  "id": "text",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-23T11:51:32.330Z",
  "name": "text",
  "active": true,
  "urls": {
    "published": "https://example.com"
  }
}