Adobe | Operate As Docs

Connect your client's Adobe with a sign-in, and call its API through Operate As.

Website: adobe.com
Connects by: Signing in with Adobe
Category: Social and video, Design
Services: 3
Tools: Pass-through only

Service	Key	Website	Base URL
Frame.io	`frame-io`	frame.io	`https://api.frame.io/v4`
Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries	`adobe-cc-libraries`	adobe.com	`https://cc-libraries.adobe.io/api/v1`
Adobe Lightroom	`adobe-lightroom`	adobe.com	`https://lr.adobe.io/v2`

Connecting

Your client presses Connect on their link and approves on Adobe's own screen. Operate As never sees their password.

Check they're connected

curl https://api.operate.as/v1/me/clients \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

curl https://api.operate.as/v1/me/clients \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

Response

[
  {
    "id": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "name": "Miller Dental",
    "services": [
      "frame-io",
      "adobe-cc-libraries",
      "adobe-lightroom"
    ]
  }
]

[  {    "id": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "name": "Miller Dental",    "services": [      "frame-io",      "adobe-cc-libraries",      "adobe-lightroom"    ]  }]

Permissions

Frame.io

What the client reads	Permission it asks for
Confirm who you are	`openid`
See your email address	`email`
See your name	`profile`
Stay connected without signing in again	`offline_access`
See your Adobe roles	`additional_info.roles`

Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries

What the client reads	Permission it asks for
Confirm who you are	`AdobeID`
See and change your Creative Cloud Libraries	`cc_libraries`
Stay connected without signing in again	`offline_access`

Adobe Lightroom

What the client reads	Permission it asks for
Confirm who you are	`AdobeID`
See and change your Lightroom photos and albums	`lr_partner_apis`
Make renditions of your photos	`lr_partner_rendition_apis`
Stay connected without signing in again	`offline_access`

Pass-through

Adobe has no ready-made tools yet. Call any endpoint of its API through Operate As instead, with the client's access attached.

Add the client

In Clients, add your client and select Frame.io, Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries and Adobe Lightroom. Then send them their link.

Your client connects

They sign in with Adobe and approve.

Find the endpoint

Pick the call from Adobe's own API docs. Your path is everything after https://api.frame.io/v4.

Send it through Operate As

Use the client's ID, the service key frame-io and that path. Your Operate As key goes in Authorization; the client's access is added for you.

See Pass-through requests for the full request and response format.

Call any endpoint

curl "https://api.operate.as/v1/clients/6f1c2a7e-.../frame-io/me" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

curl "https://api.operate.as/v1/clients/6f1c2a7e-.../frame-io/me" \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "status": 200,
  "data": {
    "…": "the service's own response"
  },
  "encoding": "json"
}

{  "status": 200,  "data": {    "…": "the service's own response"  },  "encoding": "json"}

When access ends

Operate As renews the sign-in before it runs out and checks it daily. If Adobe refuses to renew it, the service shows Expired, you're alerted, and your client reconnects from the same link.

See Keeping access alive and Removing access.

Calls answer

HTTP/1.1 409 Conflict
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "detail": "Miller Dental's Adobe access ended. Send them their link to reconnect."
}

HTTP/1.1 409 ConflictContent-Type: application/json{  "detail": "Miller Dental's Adobe access ended. Send them their link to reconnect."}

Your webhook receives

{
  "id": "evt_3f9a1c…",
  "type": "connection.expired",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-16T08:00:00+00:00",
  "data": {
    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "clientName": "Miller Dental",
    "provider": "adobe",
    "services": [
      "frame-io",
      "adobe-cc-libraries",
      "adobe-lightroom"
    ],
    "reconnectUrl": "https://…"
  }
}

{  "id": "evt_3f9a1c…",  "type": "connection.expired",  "createdAt": "2026-10-16T08:00:00+00:00",  "data": {    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "clientName": "Miller Dental",    "provider": "adobe",    "services": [      "frame-io",      "adobe-cc-libraries",      "adobe-lightroom"    ],    "reconnectUrl": "https://…"  }}