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Cataas Catalog API

Browse cats, tags, and stats programmatically (JSON)

Cataas Catalog API is one of 4 APIs that Cataas publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 8 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Catalog. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 8 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://cataas.com.

3 operations 3 paths 2 schemas 3 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://cataas.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Cataas Catalog API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth).

  • bearerAuth — Admin-only bearer token for moderation and catalog management.

Paths & Operations 3

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

Catalog 3

Browse cats, tags, and stats programmatically (JSON)

GET
/api/cats
CATAAS List Cats in the Catalog
listCats 3 params → 200
GET
/api/tags
CATAAS List All Available Tags
listTags → 200
GET
/api/count
CATAAS Get the Total Number of Cats
getCatCount → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Cat (9 properties), CountResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CountResponse
object
Total count of cats in the catalog.
1 property 1 required
Cat
object
A cat catalog document.
9 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cataas-catalog-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Cataas publishes across the network.

Cataas Admin API
Cataas Cats API
Cataas Upload API