APIs.io Insights API

Demand-side intelligence — what ~5,800 companies (Fortune 1000 + API providers) build, buy, and hire for around APIs, data, and AI, derived from job postings, press, and engineering blogs. Discovery is free; per-company depth, gaps, and provider matches are Pro.

Operations 8

GET /insights Insights overview. #
GET /insights/dimensions Rank the investment dimensions. #
GET /insights/adoption Services / tools / standards by adoption. #
GET /insights/industries Industry rollup. #
GET /insights/companies Browse profiled companies. #
GET /insights/company/{slug} One company's demand-side profile. #
GET /insights/company/{slug}/gaps A company's weakest dimensions. #
GET /insights/company/{slug}/match Match providers to a company's stack (the supply↔demand join). #

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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: APIs.io Insights API
  description: |-
    Demand-side intelligence — what ~5,800 companies (Fortune 1000 + API providers) build, buy, and hire for around APIs, data, and AI, derived from job postings, press, and engineering blogs. Pro — from the overview down to per-company depth, gaps, and provider matches.

    This is the Insights surface of the [APIs.io API](https://apis.io/api/v1) — one of 17 contracts split from the full API by tag, each documented and governed on its own. See the APIs.json index for the whole set.
  version: 1.5.0
  contact:
    name: API Evangelist
    url: https://apis.io
  license:
    name: CC BY 4.0
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
servers:
  - url: https://apis.io/api/v1
    description: Production server.
tags:
  - name: Insights
    description: Demand-side intelligence — what ~5,800 companies (Fortune 1000 + API providers) build, buy, and hire for around APIs, data, and AI, derived from job postings, press, and engineering blogs. Pro — from the overview down to per-company depth, gaps, and provider matches.
paths:
  /insights:
    get:
      operationId: getInsightsSummary
      tags:
        - Insights
      summary: Insights overview.
      description: Company/dimension/adoption counts and the top investment dimensions across the profiled set. Pro.
      responses:
        "200":
          description: Insights summary.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
          headers:
            ratelimit-policy:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
            x-ratelimit-tier:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
            x-ratelimit-limit:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
            x-ratelimit-window:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
        "402":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/UpgradeRequired"
      security: []
      x-tier: pro
      x-mcp-tool: insights_overview
  /insights/dimensions:
    get:
      operationId: listInsightDimensions
      x-mcp-tool: insights_dimensions
      tags:
        - Insights
      summary: Rank the investment dimensions.
      description: The 40 tracked technology & organizational dimensions ranked by how many companies show signal. Pro.
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Page"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Limit"
      responses:
        "200":
          description: Dimension cross-section.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
          headers:
            ratelimit-policy:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
            x-ratelimit-tier:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
            x-ratelimit-limit:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
            x-ratelimit-window:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
        "402":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/UpgradeRequired"
      security: []
      x-tier: pro
  /insights/adoption:
    get:
      operationId: listInsightAdoption
      x-mcp-tool: insights_adoption
      tags:
        - Insights
      summary: Services / tools / standards by adoption.
      description: Technologies ranked by how many companies adopt them. Pro.
      parameters:
        - name: type
          in: query
          description: Which adoption graph to return.
          schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - service
              - tool
              - standard
            default: service
            maxLength: 1024
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Page"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Limit"
      responses:
        "200":
          description: Adoption ranking.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
          headers:
            ratelimit-policy:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
            x-ratelimit-tier:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
            x-ratelimit-limit:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
            x-ratelimit-window:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
        "402":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/UpgradeRequired"
      security: []
      x-tier: pro
  /insights/industries:
    get:
      operationId: listInsightIndustries
      tags:
        - Insights
      summary: Industry rollup.
      description: Profiled sectors with company counts. Pro.
      responses:
        "200":
          description: Industry rollup.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
          headers:
            ratelimit-policy:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
            x-ratelimit-tier:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
            x-ratelimit-limit:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
            x-ratelimit-window:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
        "402":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/UpgradeRequired"
      security: []
      x-tier: pro
      x-mcp-tool: insights_industries
  /insights/companies:
    get:
      operationId: listInsightCompanies
      x-mcp-tool: find_company_insights
      tags:
        - Insights
      summary: Browse profiled companies.
      description: Companies ranked by overall technology-readiness signal; filter by name. Pro.
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Q"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Page"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Limit"
      responses:
        "200":
          description: Company list.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
          headers:
            ratelimit-policy:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
            x-ratelimit-tier:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
            x-ratelimit-limit:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
            x-ratelimit-window:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
        "402":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/UpgradeRequired"
      security: []
      x-tier: pro
  /insights/company/{slug}:
    get:
      operationId: getCompanyInsight
      x-mcp-tool: get_company_insight
      tags:
        - Insights
      summary: One company's demand-side profile.
      description: Pro — the full 40-dimension profile, adopted stack, and per-quarter history.
      parameters:
        - name: slug
          in: path
          required: true
          description: Company slug (e.g. `citi`).
          schema:
            type: string
            maxLength: 1024
      responses:
        "200":
          description: Company profile (preview or full by tier).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
          headers:
            ratelimit-policy:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
            x-ratelimit-tier:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
            x-ratelimit-limit:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
            x-ratelimit-window:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
        "402":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/UpgradeRequired"
        "404":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/NotFound"
      security: []
      x-tier: pro
  /insights/company/{slug}/gaps:
    get:
      operationId: getCompanyGaps
      x-tier: pro
      x-mcp-tool: company_gaps
      security: []
      tags:
        - Insights
      summary: A company's weakest dimensions.
      description: The lowest-scoring investment dimensions — where a company is thin and a vendor could sell in. Pro.
      parameters:
        - name: slug
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            maxLength: 1024
          description: Slug of the company, as it appears on its apis.io page.
      responses:
        "200":
          description: Company gaps.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
          headers:
            ratelimit-policy:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
            x-ratelimit-tier:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
            x-ratelimit-limit:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
            x-ratelimit-window:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
        "402":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/UpgradeRequired"
        "404":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/NotFound"
  /insights/company/{slug}/match:
    get:
      operationId: matchCompanyProviders
      x-tier: pro
      x-mcp-tool: match_providers
      security: []
      tags:
        - Insights
      summary: Match providers to a company's stack (the supply↔demand join).
      description: apis.io providers whose product appears in a company's adopted stack, ranked by rating. Pro.
      parameters:
        - name: slug
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            maxLength: 1024
          description: Slug of the company, as it appears on its apis.io page.
      responses:
        "200":
          description: Matched providers.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
          headers:
            ratelimit-policy:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
            x-ratelimit-tier:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
            x-ratelimit-limit:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
            x-ratelimit-window:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
        "402":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/UpgradeRequired"
        "404":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/NotFound"
components:
  parameters:
    Limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      description: Items per page.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 100
        default: 25
    Page:
      name: page
      in: query
      description: 1-based page number.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        default: 1
        maximum: 1000000
    Q:
      name: q
      in: query
      description: Free-text query over name and description (and tags where applicable).
      schema:
        type: string
        maxLength: 1024
  schemas:
    Problem:
      type: object
      description: |
        A Problem Details object per [RFC 9457](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9457).
        Served as `application/problem+json`. Extension members (e.g. `parameter`) may be
        added alongside the standard fields.
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          format: uri
          default: about:blank
          description: A URI identifying the problem type; dereferences to human-readable docs.
          examples:
            - https://apis.io/problems/invalid-parameter
          maxLength: 2048
        title:
          type: string
          description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.
          examples:
            - Invalid parameter
          maxLength: 1024
        status:
          type: integer
          minimum: 100
          maximum: 599
          description: The HTTP status code, repeated for convenience.
          examples:
            - 400
        detail:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence.
          maxLength: 20000
          examples:
            - "`match` must be one of: any, all."
        instance:
          type: string
          format: uri-reference
          description: A URI reference identifying the specific occurrence (typically the request path).
          maxLength: 2048
          examples:
            - /v1/search
        parameter:
          type: string
          description: Extension member — the offending query/path parameter, when applicable.
          maxLength: 1024
          examples:
            - match
      required:
        - type
        - title
        - status
      additionalProperties: true
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: "#/components/schemas/Problem"
          example:
            type: https://apis.io/problems/not-found
            title: Resource not found
            status: 404
            detail: No API found with aid `twilio:nope`.
            instance: /v1/apis/twilio:nope
      headers:
        ratelimit-policy:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
        x-ratelimit-tier:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
        x-ratelimit-limit:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
        x-ratelimit-window:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
    UpgradeRequired:
      description: Payment Required — this operation needs a paid tier. Send a plan key in `X-API-Key`.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: "#/components/schemas/Problem"
          example:
            type: https://apis.io/problems/upgrade-required
            title: Upgrade required
            status: 402
            detail: This endpoint requires the Understanding or Influence plan.
            instance: /v1/ratings
      headers:
        ratelimit-policy:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
        x-ratelimit-tier:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
        x-ratelimit-limit:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
        x-ratelimit-window:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
  headers:
    RateLimitPolicy:
      description: The quota and burst policy applied to this key, in the RFC 9745 RateLimit-Policy form.
      schema:
        type: string
        maxLength: 1024
      example: "\"quota\";q=500;w=86400, \"burst\";q=5;w=1"
    RateLimitTier:
      description: The tier the call was served at. Keyless callers are served `free`.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
          - free
          - pro
          - business
      example: free
    RateLimitLimit:
      description: Requests allowed in the current quota window.
      schema:
        type: integer
        maximum: 1000000
      example: 500
    RateLimitWindow:
      description: Length of the quota window, in seconds.
      schema:
        type: integer
        maximum: 1000000
      example: 86400
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: Send a plan key to be served above the free tier. Keyless callers get the free tier; a call that needs a paid tier answers 402 rather than refusing the connection.