Mention Authors API
The Authors API from Mention — 1 operation. listAuthors returns the authors and influencers behind an alert’s mentions with influence score, reach and the underlying social profile, filterable by kind and date and sortable by score.
Mention Authors API is one of 9 APIs that Mention publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Authors. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a getting-started guide.
This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.21.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.mention.net/api, https://api.mention.com/api.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 3
Mention Authors API declares
3 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth).
An API key is passed in the query as access_token (accessTokenQuery).
It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow.
By default, every request must be authenticated.
bearerAuth— Access token passed in the Authorization header, prefixed with 'Bearer '. This is the preferred method. A token for your own account is available at the bottom…accessTokenQuery— The same access token passed in the query string. Supported but discouraged, as it puts the credential in the URL.oauth2— Authorization-code flow used to obtain an access token for a third party's Mention account. No scopes are defined: a granted token carries full access to the a…
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.
Authors and influencers behind an alert's mentions.
Schemas 2
The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Author (9 properties), AuthorList (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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