Wordnik Account API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Wordnik Account API
  description: 'Wordnik is the world''s biggest online English dictionary. The Wordnik API exposes

    word definitions (from five dictionaries), etymologies, real example sentences from

    millions of sources, audio pronunciations, related-word relationships, frequency data,

    hyphenation, phrases, scrabble scores, random words, reverse-dictionary lookup,

    word-of-the-day, and user word lists.'
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: Wordnik API Team
    email: apiteam@wordnik.com
    url: https://developer.wordnik.com
  termsOfService: https://www.wordnik.com/about
  license:
    name: Wordnik Terms of Service
    url: https://www.wordnik.com/about
  x-providerName: wordnik.com
  x-apisguru-categories:
  - text
  x-logo:
    url: https://wordnik.com/img/logo-wordnik-home.png
  x-last-validated: '2026-05-29'
  x-origin:
  - format: openapi
    url: https://developer.wordnik.com/api-docs/swagger.json
servers:
- url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4
  description: Wordnik v4 production API
security:
- api_key: []
tags:
- name: Account
  description: API-key status and user authentication operations.
paths:
  /account.json/apiTokenStatus:
    get:
      operationId: getApiTokenStatus
      summary: Return API Token Status
      description: Returns the current quota, total requests, and remaining-call status for the supplied API key. Endpoint surface verified from the Wordnik official client SDK (wordnik-clients/java AccountApi).
      tags:
      - Account
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      x-schema-source: sdk
      x-sdk-repo: https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-clients
      parameters:
      - name: api_key
        in: header
        required: false
        description: Wordnik API key (when not using the query parameter).
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ApiTokenStatus payload describing the supplied key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiTokenStatus'
  /account.json/authenticate/{username}:
    get:
      operationId: authenticate
      summary: Authenticate A User
      description: Authenticates a Wordnik user using the supplied password and returns an auth token for subsequent user-scoped operations.
      tags:
      - Account
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      x-schema-source: sdk
      x-sdk-repo: https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-clients
      parameters:
      - name: username
        in: path
        required: true
        description: A confirmed Wordnik username.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: password
        in: query
        required: true
        description: The user's password.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: password
      responses:
        '200':
          description: AuthenticationToken payload.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthenticationToken'
    post:
      operationId: authenticatePost
      summary: Authenticate A User (POST Body)
      description: Same as the GET form, but the password is sent in the request body to avoid logging the credential in URL query strings.
      tags:
      - Account
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      x-schema-source: sdk
      x-sdk-repo: https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-clients
      parameters:
      - name: username
        in: path
        required: true
        description: A confirmed Wordnik username.
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          text/plain:
            schema:
              type: string
              description: The user's password as a plain string.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: AuthenticationToken payload.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthenticationToken'
  /account.json/user:
    get:
      operationId: getLoggedInUser
      summary: Return The Currently Authenticated User
      description: Returns the User profile associated with the supplied auth token.
      tags:
      - Account
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      x-schema-source: sdk
      x-sdk-repo: https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-clients
      parameters:
      - name: auth_token
        in: header
        required: true
        description: A valid user auth token obtained via /account.json/authenticate.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: User profile payload.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
  /account.json/wordLists:
    get:
      operationId: getWordListsForLoggedInUser
      summary: Return The Authenticated User's Word Lists
      description: Returns all word lists owned by the currently authenticated user.
      tags:
      - Account
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      x-schema-source: sdk
      x-sdk-repo: https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-clients
      parameters:
      - name: auth_token
        in: header
        required: true
        description: A valid user auth token.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: skip
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Results to skip.
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 0
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Maximum number of lists to return.
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 50
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of WordList objects owned by the user.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/WordList'
components:
  schemas:
    AuthenticationToken:
      type: object
      properties:
        token:
          type: string
        userId:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        userSignature:
          type: string
    User:
      type: object
      properties:
        displayName:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        faceBookId:
          type: string
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        password:
          type: string
          format: password
        status:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        userName:
          type: string
        username:
          type: string
    ApiTokenStatus:
      type: object
      properties:
        expiresInMillis:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        remainingCalls:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        resetsInMillis:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        token:
          type: string
        totalRequests:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        valid:
          type: boolean
    WordList:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      properties:
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        description:
          type: string
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        lastActivityAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        name:
          type: string
        numberWordsInList:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        permalink:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - PUBLIC
          - PRIVATE
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        userId:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        username:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      type: apiKey
      name: api_key
      in: query
      description: Wordnik issues per-account API keys; pass via the `api_key` query parameter on every request.
    auth_token:
      type: apiKey
      name: auth_token
      in: header
      description: User auth token returned by `/account.json/authenticate/{username}`; required for user-scoped account and word-list operations.
externalDocs:
  description: Wordnik Developer Documentation
  url: https://developer.wordnik.com