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Wordnik Word List API

Read and write operations on an individual user word list.

Wordnik Word List API is one of 5 APIs that Wordnik publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 6 operations across 3 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 4.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.wordnik.com/v4.

6 operations 3 paths 3 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET2 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
4.0
Base URL
https://api.wordnik.com/v4
Authentication
API Key, API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Wordnik Word List API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as api_key (api_key). An API key is passed in the header as auth_token (auth_token). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • api_key — Wordnik issues per-account API keys; pass via the apikey query parameter on every request.
  • auth_token — User auth token returned by /account.json/authenticate/{username}; required for user-scoped account and word-list operations.

Paths & Operations 6

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Word List 6

Read and write operations on an individual user word list.

GET
/wordList.json/{permalink}
Return A Word List By Permalink
getWordListByPermalink 2 params → 200
PUT
/wordList.json/{permalink}
Update A Word List
updateWordList 2 params body → 204
DELETE
/wordList.json/{permalink}
Delete A Word List
deleteWordList 2 params → 204
GET
/wordList.json/{permalink}/words
Return Words In A Word List
getWordListWords 6 params → 200
POST
/wordList.json/{permalink}/words
Add Words To A Word List
addWordsToWordList 2 params body → 204
POST
/wordList.json/{permalink}/deleteWords
Delete Words From A Word List
deleteWordsFromWordList 2 params body → 204

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are WordList (11 properties), WordListWord (7 properties), StringValue (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

WordListWord
object
7 properties 1 required
StringValue
object
1 property
WordList
object
11 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wordnik-word-list-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Wordnik publishes across the network.

Wordnik Account API
Wordnik Word API
Wordnik Word Lists API
Wordnik Words API