Publish a site

Puts the draft live as a new numbered version. The public site shows only published versions, so this is the one call that changes what visitors see. Runs the editor's sample check first: while made-up sample reviews, numbers, a logo strip, team members, a sample banner's figures, any (555) phone number or the template's business details (River City address, (555) phone, .test email) would go live, it refuses with 409 sample_content and lists them in error.items — replace or hide them, or send publish_sample_anyway: true.

POST/api/v1/sites/{site_id}/publish

Authentication

An API key as Authorization: Bearer or x-api-key. It needs the sites:publish scope — publish sites (put the draft live).

sites:publishChanges the live siteIdempotency-Key requiredMCP tool: publish_site

Parameters

Named placeholders go in the path; the rest in a JSON body.

site_idstringPath · required: The site's id.1 to 100 characters
notestringBody · optional: What changed, for the version history.At most 200 characters
publish_sample_anywaybooleanBody · optional: true puts the site live even though made-up sample content is still on it (the editor's "Publish anyway" tick). Leave it out unless a person has said so.

Response

200 with JSON on success (schema on the right). Errors use the standard envelope; a retry with the same Idempotency-Key gets the first answer back (how retries work).

curl

curl -X POST 'https://websites.workflowcorp.com/api/v1/sites/SITE_ID/publish' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $WEBSITEBUDDY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"note":"New spring menu","publish_sample_anyway":false}'

Example arguments

{
  "site_id": "SITE_ID",
  "note": "New spring menu",
  "publish_sample_anyway": false
}

Response schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "site_id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "version": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": -9007199254740991,
      "maximum": 9007199254740991
    },
    "version_id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "published_at": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "address": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "sample_kept": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": -9007199254740991,
      "maximum": 9007199254740991,
      "description": "How many made-up sample parts went live because publish_sample_anyway was true (0 normally)."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "site_id",
    "version",
    "version_id",
    "published_at",
    "address",
    "sample_kept"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}