RescueGroups.org Animals API
Search and retrieve adoptable animal records.
RescueGroups.org Animals API is one of 8 APIs that RescueGroups.org publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 3 JSON Schema definitions.
Tagged areas include Animals. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 3 JSON Schemas.
This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 5.0.0.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.rescuegroups.org/v5, https://dev1-api.rescuegroups.org/v5.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
RescueGroups.org Animals API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (apiKeyAuth).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
apiKeyAuth— API key authorization for public data access.bearerAuth— Bearer token for private/authenticated data access.
Paths & Operations 3
Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Search and retrieve adoptable animal records.
Schemas 10
The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AnimalAttributes (17 properties), GeoDistance (5 properties), Animal (4 properties), SearchFilter (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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