# Overleaf API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/overleaf/overleaf-api/  
**Provider:** Overleaf — https://apis.io/providers/overleaf/  
**Documentation:** https://docs.overleaf.com/citing-and-references/library.md

Overleaf API is one of 2 APIs that [Overleaf](https://apis.io/providers/overleaf/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 6 JSON Schema definitions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 6 JSON Schemas.

Overleaf API as documented publicly: 8 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by API Evangelist (2026-10-28); not the provider's own document.

## Operations (8)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/citing-and-references/creating-a-bibliography.md` | Query the documentation to get answers about creating bibliographies by asking a specific question with context about your goal. |
| GET | `/getting-started/how-do-i-use-overleaf.md` | Query the documentation with a question and goal to retrieve additional information. |
| GET | `/groups/getting-started/how-to-create-a-group.md` | Query the Overleaf documentation with a question and goal to retrieve information about creating groups. |
| GET | `/on-premises/getting-started/before-you-start.md` | Query the documentation with a question and goal to retrieve additional information. |
| GET | `/on-premises/getting-started/microservices.md` | Query documentation by asking a question about microservices configuration and architecture. |
| GET | `/on-premises/getting-started/requirements.md` | Get requirements documentation for installing Overleaf Server Pro and Community Edition. |
| GET | `/on-premises/getting-started/requirements/skills-needed.md` | Query the skills-needed documentation page with optional ask and goal parameters. |
| GET | `/on-premises/getting-started/requirements/software-requirements.md` | Retrieve the Markdown version of the software requirements documentation page for Overleaf on-premises. |

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/overleaf/openapi/_ae-authored/overleaf-openapi-generated.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/overleaf/json-schema/overleaf-get-citing-and-references-creating-abibliography-md-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/overleaf/json-schema/overleaf-get-groups-getting-started-how-to-create-agroup-md-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/overleaf/json-schema/overleaf-get-on-premises-getting-started-requirements-md-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/overleaf/json-schema/overleaf-get-on-premises-getting-started-microservices-md-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/overleaf/json-schema/overleaf-get-on-premises-getting-started-requirements-skills-needed-md-respons-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/overleaf/json-schema/overleaf-get-getting-started-how-do-iuse-overleaf-md-response-schema.json

## Other Overleaf APIs (1)

- [Overleaf API](https://apis.io/apis/overleaf/overleaf-api-2/)

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