Openverse auth API
Openverse provides free and open access to the Openverse API toanonymous and registered users. [Refer to the API documentationsite for information on how to register](https://api.openverse.org/v1/#tag/auth).All Openverse API users are subject to rate limits and restrictionson how much of Openverse's dataset can be accessed through the API.[Individuals should contact Openverse to request expanded access tothe API](https://github.com/WordPress/openverse#keep-in-touch).Requests are considered on a case-by-case basis and are subject toevaluation in light of [Openverse's Terms of Service](https://docs.openverse.org/terms_of_service.html).Escalated access may be revoked at any time.To authenticate yourself, you must sign up for an API key usingthe `register` endpoint and then get an access token using the`token` endpoint. Read on to know about these endpoints.In subsequent requests, include your access token as a bearertoken in the `Authorization` header.```Authorization: Bearer ```### Rate limitsOpenverse endpoints are rate limited. Anonymous requests should besufficient for most users. Indeed, https://openverse.org itselfoperates using anonymous requests from the browser.Registered users are automatically granted slightly higher limits.Further increases to rate limits are available upon request (see above).Every Openverse API response that was subject to rate-limits includesheaders outlining the permitted and available usage. Exceeding the limitwill result in '429: Too Many Requests' responses.### PaginationOpenverse's dataset is valuable, and the[Terms of Service](https://docs.openverse.org/terms_of_service.html)disallow scraping under all circumstances. As such, paginationfor anonymous users is limited, accommodating only the typicalusage on https://openverse.org. Pagination is limited in termsof the size of individual pages and the total number of worksvisible for a query (pagination depth).Authenticated users are subject to the same limit of total worksavailable for a query, but may request larger individual pages.Increases to pagination limits on page size and total depth areavailable upon request (see above).
Openverse auth API is one of 3 APIs that Openverse publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a GitHub repository, and rate-limit docs.
This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 909aa41ddf2115a69a447198b3f49121481e0c6b (v1).
Requests are made against the base URL https://api.openverse.org/v1.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Openverse auth API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (Openverse API Token).
Paths & Operations 3
Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 1 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Openverse provides free and open access to the Openverse API to anonymous and registered users. [Refer to the API documentation site for information on how to register](https://ap…
Schemas 9
The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are OAuth2Application (4 properties), OAuth2KeyInfo (4 properties), OAuth2Token (4 properties), OAuth2TokenRequest (3 properties). 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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