RescueGroups.org

RescueGroups.org Breeds API

Retrieve animal breed reference data.

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Operations 1

GET /public/animals/breeds List Animal Breeds #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://userguide.rescuegroups.org/spaces/APIDG/pages/24053254/v5

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/rescuegroups-org/openapi/rescuegroups-org-breeds-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/rescuegroups-org/json-schema/rescuegroups-org-animal-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/rescuegroups-org/json-schema/rescuegroups-org-organization-schema.json
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JSONStructure
https://artifacts.apis.io/rescuegroups-org/json-structure/rescuegroups-org-animal-structure.json

Other Resources

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PostmanCollection
https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/60615/SWT5j1e4
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JSONLDContext
https://artifacts.apis.io/rescuegroups-org/json-ld/rescuegroups-org-context.jsonld
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SpectralRules
https://artifacts.apis.io/rescuegroups-org/rules/rescuegroups-org-rules.yml
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Vocabulary
https://artifacts.apis.io/rescuegroups-org/vocabulary/rescuegroups-org-vocabulary.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

rescuegroups-org-breeds-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: RescueGroups.org Breeds API
  version: 5.0.0
  description: The RescueGroups.org REST API v5 provides access to adoptable pet data including animals, organizations, breeds, species, colors, and patterns. It supports advanced search with geodistance filtering, pagination, and relationship inclusion. API key authorization is used for public data access; bearer token authorization is used for private/write operations.
  contact:
    name: RescueGroups.org Developer Community
    url: https://groups.google.com/a/rescuegroups.org/g/apidev
  license:
    name: RescueGroups.org Terms
    url: https://rescuegroups.org/
servers:
- url: https://api.rescuegroups.org/v5
  description: Production API
- url: https://dev1-api.rescuegroups.org/v5
  description: Development/Test API
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Breeds
  description: Retrieve animal breed reference data.
paths:
  /public/animals/breeds:
    get:
      tags:
      - Breeds
      summary: List Animal Breeds
      description: Retrieve all animal breed reference values.
      operationId: listAnimalBreeds
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/pageParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limitParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of animal breeds.
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReferenceListResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    ResponseMeta:
      type: object
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of matching records.
        pageCount:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of pages.
        transactionId:
          type: string
          description: Unique transaction identifier for support requests.
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
              title:
                type: string
              detail:
                type: string
    ReferenceItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        attributes:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
    ReferenceListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseMeta'
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReferenceItem'
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid authorization.
      content:
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  parameters:
    limitParam:
      name: limit
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 250
        default: 25
      description: Number of records per page (max 250).
    pageParam:
      name: page
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        default: 1
      description: Page number for paginated results.
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: API key authorization for public data access.
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Bearer token for private/authenticated data access.