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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Dog CEO Breed Breeds API
  description: 'Free REST API providing random dog images organized by breed and sub-breed from 120+ breeds. Backed by the Stanford Dogs Dataset and community-contributed photos. No authentication or API key required. All endpoints return JSON with image URLs served via CDN. Open-source under the MIT license.

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Dog CEO API
    url: https://dog.ceo/dog-api/
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/ElliottLandsborough/dog-ceo-api/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://dog.ceo/api
  description: Production server
security: []
tags:
- name: Breeds
  description: Operations for listing all available dog breeds
paths:
  /breeds/list/all:
    get:
      operationId: listAllBreeds
      summary: List all breeds
      description: 'Returns a map of all dog breeds and their sub-breeds. The key is the breed name and the value is an array of sub-breed names (empty array if no sub-breeds exist).

        '
      tags:
      - Breeds
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with all breeds
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BreedsListResponse'
              example:
                message:
                  hound:
                  - afghan
                  - basset
                  - blood
                  - english
                  retriever:
                  - golden
                  - curly
                  terrier: []
                status: success
components:
  schemas:
    BreedsListResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - message
      - status
      properties:
        message:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
          description: 'Map of breed names to arrays of sub-breed names. Empty array indicates no sub-breeds.

            '
          example:
            hound:
            - afghan
            - basset
            retriever:
            - golden
            terrier: []
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiStatus'
    ApiStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
      - success
      - error
      description: Indicates whether the API call was successful or encountered an error