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APIs.io Search API

Search using a cloud search engine.

APIs.io Search API is one of 11 APIs that APIs.io publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, a changelog, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 27 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 0.1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://search-api.apis.io.

3 operations 2 paths 27 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
0.1.0
Base URL
https://apis.io/api/v1
Authentication
API Key
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

APIs.io Search API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as x-api-key (api_key).

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Search 3

Search using a cloud search engine.

GET
/search/apis
APIs.io Search APIs
searchAPIs 3 params → 200400401403404429500
POST
/search/apis
APIs.io Submit API
addAPI body → 201400401403404429500
GET
/search
Unified search across apis, providers, tags, and artifacts.
search 15 params → 200400

Schemas 27

The contract defines 27 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Tag_2 (13 properties), APIsJSON (11 properties), Api (11 properties), Provider (10 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Band
string
Rating band derived from the composite score.
Artifact
object
A machine- or human-readable artifact attached to an API.
9 properties 2 required
Tag
A consistent set of tag to apply to a description
SearchResults
object
Unified search envelope. data holds objects of the kind named by meta.return (apis | providers | tags | artifacts).
2 properties 2 required
Link
object
5 properties 1 required
Tag_2
object
A tag in the taxonomy, with network-wide ranking metadata.
13 properties 2 required
TagRef
object
2 properties
Meta
object
5 properties 3 required
Problem_2
object
A Problem Details object per [RFC 9457](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9457). Served as application/problem+json. Extension members (e.g. parameter) may be…
6 properties 3 required
Include
object
Include other APIs.json file
2 properties 2 required
Property
object
A representation of a URL
2 properties 2 required
Trend
string
Week-over-week movement in composite score (±5 thresholds).
API
object
The description of the API
9 properties 7 required
APIs
array
Listing of APIs in the APIs.json format.
Provider
object
An organization publishing one or more APIs.
10 properties 2 required
Search
object
An JSON API object with metadata, data, and links.
3 properties 3 required
Link_2
object
3 properties 2 required
Maintainer
object
The person or organization responsible for maintaining the API.
1 property 1 required
Problem
object
5 properties
Meta_2
object
Pagination and echoed-query metadata for collection responses.
5 properties 4 required
APIsJSON
object
11 properties 3 required
Contact
object
Information on contacting the API support
9 properties 1 required
ProviderScore
object
A provider's rating, rubric v0.3.
8 properties 2 required
ArtifactType
string
The type of an artifact. Open enumeration — the catalog carries ~50 types; the most common are listed here. Unknown values are allowed.
Api
object
An individual API owned by a provider.
11 properties 3 required
metaInformation
object
Metadata about the API
2 properties 2 required
Facets
object
The six facet scores, each 0–100.
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

apis-io-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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APIs.io APIs API
APIs.io Areas API
APIs.io Artifact Types API
APIs.io Industries API
APIs.io Insights API
APIs.io Providers API
APIs.io Ratings API
APIs.io Regions API
APIs.io Synthesis API
APIs.io Tags API