# xAPI (Experience API / Tin Can)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/scorm/xapi/  
**Provider:** SCORM — https://apis.io/providers/scorm/  
**Documentation:** https://xapi.com/

xAPI (Experience API / Tin Can) is one of 3 APIs that [SCORM](https://apis.io/providers/scorm/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include E-Learning, Standards, xAPI, and Tin Can. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

xAPI (Experience API), also known as Tin Can API, is the modern successor to SCORM developed by ADL. It uses a Learning Record Store (LRS) and defines learning statements in a subject-verb-object format, enabling tracking of a much wider range of learning experiences beyond traditional LMS-hosted content.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://xapi.com/overview/
- **Specification** — https://github.com/adlnet/xAPI-Spec

## Other SCORM APIs (2)

- [SCORM 1.2 Runtime API](https://apis.io/apis/scorm/scorm-12/)
- [SCORM 2004 Runtime API](https://apis.io/apis/scorm/scorm-2004/)

## Tags

E-Learning, Standards, xAPI, Tin Can

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