Keybase API

Keybase public HTTP JSON API (v1.0). Read-oriented endpoints for user lookup and discovery by social proof, PGP public-key fetch, Merkle-tree root and block retrieval for verification, and the salt/login/session and signature-posting flow. All responses use a status envelope of {code, name}; the API supports CORS.

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑
name: Keybase API
description: Keybase public HTTP JSON API (v1.0). Read-oriented endpoints for user lookup and discovery
  by social proof, PGP public-key fetch, Merkle-tree root and block retrieval for verification, and the
  salt/login/session and signature-posting flow. All responses use a status envelope of {code, name};
  the API supports CORS.
humanURL: https://keybase.io/docs/api/1.0
baseURL: https://keybase.io/_/api/1.0
tags:
- Identity
- Cryptography
- Key Management
properties:
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/keybase-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/keybase-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/keybase-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/keybase-data-model.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/keybase-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/keybase-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/keybase-lifecycle.yml