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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Cve Security Com Signup API
version: 1.9.1
contact:
url: https://cve-security.com/api
license:
name: 'Scoreboard data: CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources retain their own licenses (see /sources).'
identifier: CC-BY-4.0
description: 'Operations tagged Signup across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: cve-security-com-openapi.json, cve-security-com-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://cve-security.com
tags:
- name: Signup
paths:
/api/signup:
post:
operationId: createApiKey
summary: Self-serve API key registration (agents welcome)
description: One POST mints a free key (1,000 requests/day). The raw key is returned once and only a hash is stored, save it immediately; it cannot be re-shown. One account per email; 3 signups per IP per day.
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
email:
type: string
format: email
required:
- email
responses:
'201':
description: '{ api_key, tier, daily_limit, warning, usage }, store api_key now'
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
'400':
description: Invalid email or body
'409':
description: Email already registered, keys cannot be re-sent; request a reissue at https://cve-security.com/contact?topic=api
'429':
description: Signup cap for this IP today
tags:
- Signup
servers:
- url: https://cve-security.com
components:
securitySchemes:
bearer:
type: http
scheme: bearer
description: 'Authorization: Bearer cvs_live_…'
apiKey:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: X-API-Key
description: Alternative to the Authorization header. Keys are never accepted in query strings.
x-refined-from:
- cve-security-com-openapi.json
- cve-security-com-openapi.yml