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Noun Project Collection API

Search and retrieve curated icon collections (icon sets).

Noun Project Collection API is one of 5 APIs that Noun Project publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Collection. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.0.

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

2 operations 2 paths 7 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://api.thenounproject.com
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Noun Project Collection API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (oauth1). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth1 — OAuth 1.0a signed Authorization header constructed with the client key and secret obtained from the Noun Project developer portal. A nonce of at least 8 charac…

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Collection 2

Search and retrieve curated icon collections (icon sets).

GET
/v2/collection
Search Collections
searchCollections 5 params → 200401429
GET
/v2/collection/{collection_id}
Get Collection
getCollection 7 params → 200401404429

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Icon (25 properties), Collection (13 properties), IconCreator (7 properties), CollectionSearchResponse (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Collection
object
A curated icon collection (icon set).
13 properties 3 required
Tag
object
A single search tag applied to an icon or collection.
2 properties 2 required
IconCreator
object
The creator of an icon.
7 properties 2 required
ErrorResponse
object
Standard error response payload returned for 4xx and 5xx responses.
4 properties
CollectionSearchResponse
object
Paginated collection search results.
5 properties 1 required
CollectionResponse
object
Single collection response wrapper.
2 properties 1 required
Icon
object
A single icon in the Noun Project library.
25 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

noun-project-collection-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Noun Project publishes across the network.

Noun Project Autocomplete API
Noun Project Blocklist API
Noun Project Icon API
Noun Project Usage API