The Cat API Images API
Search, upload, retrieve, and delete cat images.
The Cat API Images API is one of 5 APIs that The Cat API publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Images. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a getting-started guide.
This API exposes 5 operations across 4 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.thecatapi.com/v1.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
The Cat API Images API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as x-api-key (ApiKeyHeader).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
ApiKeyHeader— API key obtained by registering at https://thecatapi.com/signup
Paths & Operations 5
Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Search, upload, retrieve, and delete cat images.
Schemas 4
The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Breed (26 properties), Image (6 properties), Error (2 properties), Category (2 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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