# Akismet API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/automattic/akismet-api/  
**Provider:** Automattic — https://apis.io/providers/automattic/  
**Base URL:** https://rest.akismet.com  
**Documentation:** https://akismet.com/development/api/

Akismet API is one of 9 APIs that [Automattic](https://apis.io/providers/automattic/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Spam Filtering, Comments, and Content. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

Akismet is Automattic's spam-classification service. Six operations — key verification, comment check, submit spam, submit ham, key sites and usage limit — authenticated with an Akismet API key. Automattic publishes an OpenAPI 3.0.3 document for it.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/automattic/refs/heads/main/openapi/automattic-akismet-openapi.yml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/automattic/refs/heads/main/overlays/automattic-akismet-overlay.yaml
- **Documentation** — https://akismet.com/development/api/
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/Automattic/akismet-api

## Other Automattic APIs (8)

- [WordPress.com REST API v1.1](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/wordpresscom-rest-api-v11/)
- [WordPress.com REST API v1.2](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/wordpresscom-rest-api-v12/)
- [WordPress.com REST API v1.3](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/wordpresscom-rest-api-v13/)
- [WordPress.com REST API - wp/v2 namespace](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/wordpresscom-rest-api-wpv2-namespace/)
- [WordPress.com REST API - wpcom/v2 namespace](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/wordpresscom-rest-api-wpcomv2-namespace/)
- [WordPress.com MCP Server](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/wordpresscom-mcp-server/)
- [Jetpack AI-Plugin API](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/jetpack-ai-plugin-api/)
- [WordPress VIP Platform API](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/wordpress-vip-platform-api/)

## Tags

Spam Filtering, Comments, Content

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/automattic/akismet-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/automattic/.