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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Akismet Key Usage API
description: Developer API to interact with the Akismet spam detection service.
version: 1.0.1
contact:
name: Contact Akismet
url: https://akismet.com/contact
servers:
- url: https://rest.akismet.com
tags:
- name: key-usage
description: Check which sites use your API key and how many requests are being made
paths:
/1.2/key-sites:
get:
operationId: getKeySites
summary: Keep track of the sites that are using your Akismet API key.
description: 'Lists sites using your API key along with stats on their API usage.
'
parameters:
- name: api_key
in: query
description: The Akismet API key for authorization.
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: month
in: query
description: 'The month for which you would like to get the report (in `YYYY-MM` format). Defaults to the current month.
'
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: filter
in: query
description: 'Filter results by site URL or partial site URL.
'
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: format
in: query
description: 'The format in which you would like the results to be returned. Allowed values are `json` (default) and `csv`. Defaults to `json`.
'
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- json
- csv
- name: order
in: query
description: 'The column by which you would like the results to be sorted. Defaults to `total`.
'
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- total
- spam
- ham
- missed_spam
- false_positives
- name: limit
in: query
description: 'The maximum number of results returned in the report (defaults to 500).
'
required: false
schema:
type: integer
- name: offset
in: query
description: The offset of the results returned in the report (defaults to 0).
required: false
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 0
responses:
'200':
description: Key sites response.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
additionalProperties: true
example:
2023-07:
- site: example.com
api_calls: '1000'
spam: '434'
ham: '544'
missed_spam: '5'
false_positives: '2'
is_revoked: false
- site: example.org
api_calls: '250'
spam: '150'
ham: '100'
missed_spam: '0'
false_positives: '1'
is_revoked: false
limit: 500
offset: 0
total: 2
text/csv:
schema:
type: string
example: 'Active sites for 123YourAPIKey during 2022-09 (limit: 10, offset: 0, total: 4).
Site,Total API Calls,Spam,Ham,Missed Spam,False Positives,Is Revoked
site6735.domain.tld,14446,33,13,0,9,false
site3026.domain.tld,8677,101,6,0,0,false
site3737.domain.tld,4230,65,5,2,0,true
site5653.domain.tld,2921,30,1,2,6,false
'
text/plain:
schema:
type: string
examples:
error:
value: invalid
tags:
- key-usage
/1.2/usage-limit:
get:
operationId: getUsageLimit
summary: Keep track of your Akismet API usage.
description: 'Returns your API usage limit and your usage for the current month.
'
parameters:
- name: api_key
in: query
description: The Akismet API key for authorization.
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: API usage response.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UsageLimitResponse'
text/plain:
schema:
type: string
examples:
error:
value: invalid
tags:
- key-usage
components:
schemas:
UsageLimitResponse:
type: object
properties:
limit:
type: string
description: The number of monthly API calls your plan entitles you to. Returns `none` if your key is unlimited.
usage:
type: integer
description: Number of calls (spam + ham) since the beginning of the current month, to date.
percentage:
type: string
description: The percentage of your limit used since the beginning of the current month, to date.
throttled:
type: boolean
description: Indicates if your requests are currently being throttled for having consistently gone over your plan’s limit.
required:
- limit
- usage
- percentage
- throttled
externalDocs:
description: Akismet Developers Documentation
url: https://akismet.com/developers