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Cataas Upload API

Submit a cat image (rate-limited / moderated)

Cataas Upload 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 Upload. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 8 JSON Schemas.

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://cataas.com.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 POST

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 Upload 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 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Upload 1

Submit a cat image (rate-limited / moderated)

POST
/upload
CATAAS Upload a New Cat Image
uploadCat body → 200400

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Cat (9 properties), UploadCatRequest (2 properties), ErrorResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Cat
object
A cat catalog document.
9 properties 2 required
UploadCatRequest
object
Multipart upload payload for a new cat image.
2 properties 1 required
ErrorResponse
object
Generic error response.
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cataas-upload-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Cataas publishes across the network.

Cataas Admin API
Cataas Catalog API
Cataas Cats API