# Joomla Web Services API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/joomla/joomla-web-services-api/  
**Provider:** Joomla — https://apis.io/providers/joomla/  
**Base URL:** https://{your-joomla-site}/api/index.php/v1  
**Documentation:** https://docs.joomla.org/J4.x:Joomla_Core_APIs

Joomla Web Services API is published by [Joomla](https://apis.io/providers/joomla/) on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Articles, Categories, Contacts, Banners, and Menus. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The built-in Joomla Web Services API provides RESTful JSON endpoints for managing articles, categories, contacts, banners, menus, modules, tags, custom fields, and user accounts in a Joomla installation. Authentication uses Bearer tokens issued per-user. The API is available in Joomla 4.x and later and follows the {base_url}/api/index.php/v1/ URL pattern.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.joomla.org/J4.x:Joomla_Core_APIs
- **Specification** — https://docs.joomla.org/Joomla_Api_Specification
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/joomla/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Tags

Articles, Categories, Contacts, Banners, Menus, Modules, User, Tags, Fields

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