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Cat Facts (catfact.ninja) Breeds API

Catalog of cat breeds with country, origin, coat, and pattern.

Cat Facts (catfact.ninja) Breeds API is one of 2 APIs that Cat Facts (catfact.ninja) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Breeds. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://catfact.ninja.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://catfact.ninja
Resource Areas
1

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.

Breeds 1

Catalog of cat breeds with country, origin, coat, and pattern.

GET
/breeds
Get a List of Breeds
getBreeds 1 param → 200

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BreedList (13 properties), Breed (5 properties), PaginationLink (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PaginationLink
object
A single navigation link in a Laravel-style paginator response.
3 properties
Breed
object
A cat breed entry with descriptive attributes.
5 properties 5 required
BreedList
object
Laravel-style paginated wrapper around a list of Breed objects.
13 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cat-facts-catfact-breeds-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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