NewsBlur social API
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NewsBlur social API is one of 7 APIs that NewsBlur publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Social. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and authentication docs.
This API exposes 19 operations across 19 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2026.07.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.newsblur.com.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
NewsBlur social 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 19
Across 19 paths, the API surfaces 19 operations — 8 GET, 11 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
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Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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