Datamuse

Datamuse Words API

Word-finding queries combining semantic, phonetic, orthographic, and vocabulary constraints.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

GET /words Find pets #
POST /words Add pet #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.datamuse.com/api/
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APIReference
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RateLimits
https://artifacts.apis.io/datamuse/rate-limits/datamuse-rate-limits.yml

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/datamuse/openapi/datamuse-words-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/datamuse/json-schema/datamuse-word-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/datamuse/json-schema/datamuse-suggestion-schema.json
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JSONStructure
https://artifacts.apis.io/datamuse/json-structure/datamuse-word-structure.json
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JSONStructure
https://artifacts.apis.io/datamuse/json-structure/datamuse-suggestion-structure.json

Other Resources

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JSONLD
https://artifacts.apis.io/datamuse/json-ld/datamuse-context.jsonld
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Examples
https://artifacts.apis.io/datamuse/examples/datamuse-getwords-example.json
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Examples
https://artifacts.apis.io/datamuse/examples/datamuse-getsuggestions-example.json
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Pricing
https://artifacts.apis.io/datamuse/plans/datamuse-plans-pricing.yml
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APIsJSON
https://artifacts.apis.io/datamuse/apis.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

datamuse-words-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Datamuse Words API
  description: A word-finding tool for developers
  termsOfService: http://www.datamuse.com/api/
  contact:
    name: Datamuse API Team
    url: http://www.onelook.com/?c=about&sel=api#feedback
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: http://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/blob/master/LICENSE-MIT
servers:
- url: http://api.datamuse.com
- url: https://api.datamuse.com
tags:
- name: Words
paths:
  /words:
    get:
      description: Gets words
      operationId: findPets
      parameters:
      - name: tags
        in: query
        description: tags to filter by
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        description: maximum number of results to return
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      responses:
        '200':
          description: pet response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pet'
        default:
          description: unexpected error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      tags:
      - Words
      summary: Find pets
      x-summary-source: derived
    post:
      description: Creates a new pet in the store. Duplicates are allowed
      operationId: addPet
      responses:
        '200':
          description: pet response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pet'
        default:
          description: unexpected error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewPet'
        description: Pet to add to the store
        required: true
      tags:
      - Words
      summary: Add pet
      x-summary-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    NewPet:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        tag:
          type: string
    Pet:
      type: object
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewPet'
      - required:
        - id
        properties:
          id:
            type: integer
            format: int64
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
      - code
      - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        message:
          type: string
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Datamuse
  source: https://www.datamuse.com/api/swagger.json
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)