Hardcover API
Hardcover API as documented publicly: 4 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by API Evangelist (2026-10-28); not the provider's own document.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
title: Hardcover API
version: '2026-10-28'
description: 'GENERATED FROM DOCUMENTATION by API Evangelist on 2026-10-28: 4 operation(s) read from 1 public documentation page(s) (each operation
names its page in x-source). This is not the provider''s published contract; Hardcover has published no machine-readable contract that the
pipeline could find. Engine: anthropic.'
x-evidence-tiers:
code-example: 0
documentation: 4
pages-with-code: 0
pages-read: 1
x-generated-from: documentation
x-provenance: generated
x-authored-by: API Evangelist
x-generated: '2026-10-28'
x-generator: generate-contract-from-docs.py
x-engine: anthropic
x-sources:
- https://docs.hardcover.app/api/oauth
servers:
- url: https://api.hardcover.app
paths:
/oauth2/device:
post:
operationId: post_oauth2_device
tags:
- Oauth2
summary: Initiate a device authorization grant flow.
x-source: https://docs.hardcover.app/api/oauth
responses:
'201':
description: Success (status as documented)
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PostOauth2DeviceResponse'
x-evidence:
kind: documentation
/oauth2/introspect:
post:
operationId: post_oauth2_introspect
tags:
- Oauth2
summary: Introspect a token to check its validity (confidential clients only).
x-source: https://docs.hardcover.app/api/oauth
responses:
'201':
description: Success (status as documented)
x-evidence:
kind: documentation
/oauth2/revoke:
post:
operationId: post_oauth2_revoke
tags:
- Oauth2
summary: Revoke an OAuth token.
x-source: https://docs.hardcover.app/api/oauth
responses:
'201':
description: Success (status as documented)
x-evidence:
kind: documentation
/oauth2/token:
post:
operationId: post_oauth2_token
tags:
- Oauth2
summary: Exchange authorization code or refresh token for an access token.
x-source: https://docs.hardcover.app/api/oauth
responses:
'201':
description: Success (status as documented)
x-evidence:
kind: documentation
components:
schemas:
PostOauth2DeviceResponse:
type: object
properties:
device_code:
type: string
description: id you use to identify your polling requests
user_code:
type: string
description: the code you tell the user to enter
verification_uri:
type: string
description: where you tell the user to go
verification_uri_complete:
type: string
description: a complete url you can turn to a QR that will prefill the code
expires_in:
type: integer
description: in seconds, how long you have to do the auth before giving up
interval:
type: integer
description: in seconds, how often you should poll
tags:
- name: Oauth2