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NewsBlur feed-management API

Subscriptions, folders and organization.

NewsBlur feed-management API is one of 7 APIs that NewsBlur publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include feed-management. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and authentication docs.

This API exposes 11 operations across 11 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2026.07.

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

11 operations 11 paths 0 schemas 11 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2026.07
Base URL
https://www.newsblur.com
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Bearer
Contact
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

NewsBlur feed-management API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the cookie as newsblur_sessionid (cookieAuth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (oauth2Bearer). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • cookieAuth — Session cookie set by POST /api/login.
  • oauth2Bearer — OAuth 2.0 access token passed as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. Client credentials are issued by NewsBlur (contact samuel@newsblur.com).

Paths & Operations 11

Across 11 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 11 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

feed-management 11

Subscriptions, folders and organization.

POST
/reader/add_url
Subscribe to a feed or website URL
addUrl → 200400
POST
/reader/add_folder
Create a folder
addFolder → 200
POST
/reader/move_feed_to_folder
Move a feed to a folder
moveFeedToFolder → 200
POST
/reader/move_folder_to_folder
Move a folder into another folder
moveFolderToFolder → 200
POST
/reader/rename_feed
Rename a feed
renameFeed → 200
POST
/reader/rename_folder
Rename a folder
renameFolder → 200
POST
/reader/delete_feed
Unsubscribe from a feed
deleteFeed → 200
POST
/reader/delete_folder
Delete a folder and unsubscribe its feeds
deleteFolder → 200
POST
/reader/save_feed_order
Reorder feeds and folders
saveFeedOrder → 200
POST
/reader/save_search
Create a saved-search shortcut
saveSearch → 200
POST
/reader/delete_search
Remove a saved-search shortcut
deleteSearch → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

newsblur-feed-management-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs NewsBlur publishes across the network.

NewsBlur authentication API
NewsBlur classifiers API
NewsBlur feeds API
NewsBlur import-export API
NewsBlur social API
NewsBlur stories API