4chan Boards API
List of all boards on 4chan and 4channel and their per-board settings.
4chan Boards API is one of 6 APIs that 4chan publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Boards. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a support channel.
This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2026-05-28.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://a.4cdn.org, http://a.4cdn.org.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Paths & Operations 1
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
List of all boards on 4chan and 4channel and their per-board settings.
Schemas 3
The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Board (29 properties), Cooldowns (3 properties), BoardsResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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