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Thingiverse REST API

Bearer-token / OAuth 2.0 authenticated JSON REST API for browsing and managing Thingiverse things (3D models), their files and images, users, collections, categories, tags, and search. Operated by MakerBot.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.thingiverse.com/developers
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Authentication
https://artifacts.apis.io/makerbot/authentication/makerbot-authentication.yml

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ErrorCatalog
https://artifacts.apis.io/makerbot/errors/makerbot-problem-types.yml
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Conventions
https://artifacts.apis.io/makerbot/conventions/makerbot-conventions.yml
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Conformance
https://artifacts.apis.io/makerbot/conformance/makerbot-conformance.yml
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X-MCPServerCandidate
https://artifacts.apis.io/makerbot/mcp/makerbot-mcp.yml
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APIsJSON
https://artifacts.apis.io/makerbot/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Thingiverse REST API
description: Bearer-token / OAuth 2.0 authenticated JSON REST API for browsing and managing Thingiverse
  things (3D models), their files and images, users, collections, categories, tags, and search. Operated
  by MakerBot.
humanURL: https://www.thingiverse.com/developers
baseURL: https://api.thingiverse.com
tags:
- 3D Printing
- Thingiverse
- Design
- Search
tags_raw:
- 3D Printing
- Thingiverse
- Designs
- Search
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.thingiverse.com/developers
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/makerbot-authentication.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/makerbot-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/makerbot-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/makerbot-conformance.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/makerbot-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate
    — a tool list derived from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already
    read the manifest and reported mcp_server correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type
    surfaces with a server that does not exist.'