Wordnik Words API
Cross-word operations (random words, reverse-dictionary search, full-text search, word-of-the-day).
Wordnik Words API is one of 5 APIs that Wordnik publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Words. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a getting-started guide.
This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 8 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.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
Wordnik Words 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 5
Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 5 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Cross-word operations (random words, reverse-dictionary search, full-text search, word-of-the-day).
Schemas 8
The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are WordOfTheDay (12 properties), WordObject (6 properties), SimpleDefinition (4 properties), SimpleExample (4 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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