# DEV Community Concepts API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/dev-to/dev-to-concepts-api/  
**Provider:** DEV Community — https://apis.io/providers/dev-to/  
**Base URL:** https://dev.to/api  
**Documentation:** https://developers.forem.com/api/v1

DEV Community Concepts API is one of 35 APIs that [DEV Community](https://apis.io/providers/dev-to/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Concepts. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

The concepts API from DEV Community — 7 operation(s) for concepts.

## Operations (11)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/api/concepts` | Retrieve all accessible concepts |
| GET | `/api/concepts/{id}` | Retrieve details of a concept |
| PATCH | `/api/concepts/{id}` | Update a concept's metadata |
| GET | `/api/concepts/{id}/articles` | Retrieve articles mapped to a concept |
| GET | `/api/admin/concepts` | Retrieve all concepts (Admin) |
| POST | `/api/admin/concepts` | Create a concept (Admin) |
| GET | `/api/admin/concepts/{id}` | Retrieve concept detail (Admin) |
| PATCH | `/api/admin/concepts/{id}` | Update a concept (Admin) |
| DELETE | `/api/admin/concepts/{id}` | Delete a concept (Admin) |
| POST | `/api/admin/concepts/{id}/trigger_lookback` | Trigger concept lookback backfill (Admin) |
| GET | `/api/concepts/search` | Perform a semantic fuzzy search on concepts |

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dev-to/refs/heads/main/openapi/dev-to-concepts-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://developers.forem.com/api/v1

## Other DEV Community APIs (12)

- [Dev.to Webhooks API](https://apis.io/apis/dev-to/webhooks-api/)
- [dev-to Webhooks API](https://apis.io/apis/dev-to/dev-to-webhooks-api/)
- [DEV Community Admin API](https://apis.io/apis/dev-to/dev-to-admin-api/)
- [DEV Community Agent Sessions API](https://apis.io/apis/dev-to/dev-to-agent-sessions-api/)
- [DEV Community Analytics API](https://apis.io/apis/dev-to/dev-to-analytics-api/)
- [DEV Community Articles API](https://apis.io/apis/dev-to/dev-to-articles-api/)
- [DEV Community Badge Achievements API](https://apis.io/apis/dev-to/dev-to-badge-achievements-api/)
- [DEV Community Badges API](https://apis.io/apis/dev-to/dev-to-badges-api/)
- [DEV Community Billboards API](https://apis.io/apis/dev-to/dev-to-billboards-api/)
- [DEV Community Comments API](https://apis.io/apis/dev-to/dev-to-comments-api/)
- [DEV Community Events API](https://apis.io/apis/dev-to/dev-to-events-api/)
- [DEV Community Feedback Messages API](https://apis.io/apis/dev-to/dev-to-feedback-messages-api/)

## Tags

Concepts

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