Feature

WebSockets

Persistent bidirectional connections for live data.

37 providers 231 APIs 33 declared variants

A WebSocket channel pushes updates to clients without polling. Essential for market data, chat, presence, collaborative editing, and any interface that has to feel live.

37 API providers on the APIs.io network offer websockets. The highest-rated are Postman, ElevenLabs, Medplum, Amazon API Gateway, Cumulocity.

Providers

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Exemplar 5 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Strong 9 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Developing 10 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Thin 11 Limited public surface area
BinanceBinance is the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, providing APIs for spot trading, ...19 published contracts39.1Apache TomcatApache Tomcat is an open-source implementation of the Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages (JSP), Java Expression...1 published contract38.9DoclingDocling is an open-source toolkit for parsing diverse document formats — PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, image...2 published contracts38.0Lunar EnergyLunar Energy is a Mountain View, California-based residential clean-energy company founded in August 2020 b...2 published contracts37.3SyndicaSyndica is a Solana-only infrastructure company building developer infrastructure for Web3. Its production ...4 APIs36.4MEXCMEXC is a global cryptocurrency exchange providing REST and WebSocket APIs for spot trading, perpetual futu...2 published contracts33.1LBankLBank is a global cryptocurrency exchange providing REST and WebSocket APIs for spot trading, ETF/leveraged...3 published contracts32.8Amazon AppSyncAmazon AppSync creates serverless GraphQL and Pub/Sub APIs that simplify application development through a ...1 published contract32.2AkkaAkka is a toolkit and runtime for building highly concurrent, distributed, and resilient message-driven app...1 published contract31.4CrestaCresta (legally Cresta Intelligence, Inc.) is a Palo Alto, California enterprise Customer Experience AI com...1 API31.4Bloomberg Professional ServiceBloomberg Professional Service is a comprehensive financial data, news, and analytics platform serving inve...9 APIs29.7
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented

What Providers Actually Declared

This feature is a canonical term. These are the free-text strings providers wrote in their own apis.yml that map onto it.

API Client (HTTP, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket, MQTT, Socket.io)Docling Serve HTTP API with sync and async endpoints, WebSocket task streaming, and zip-bundle outputGateway WebSocket for realtime eventsHTTP and WebSocketHTTP/WebSocket wrapper for BLPAPIInternal FastAPI surface (not a public API) under `/api/` with routes for teams, sessions, runs, gallery, mcp, settings, validation, and a `/api/ws` WebSocket for streamingNotification 2.0 — high-throughput, ordered, persistent WebSocket streaming with JWT-token auth and per-subscriber bufferingPublic + authenticated WebSocket streams for market data, order updates, position updates, and RFQRaw endpoints (api.raw) for webhooks and low-level HTTP, plus streaming endpoints for WebSocketsReal-time WebSocket streamerReal-time WebSocket transcription companion to the Scribe batch APIsReal-time subscriptions via WebSocket connectionsShared and Dedicated JSON-RPC + WebSocket nodes for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, Optimism, Cosmos, Polkadot, NEAR, Cardano, Stellar, XRP, Tron, Monad, Hyperliquid, and moreSolana JSON-RPC PubSub over WebSocket — accountSubscribe, programSubscribe, signatureSubscribe, slotSubscribe, blockSubscribe, logsSubscribe, rootSubscribeSoracom Beam — cloud proxy for TLS termination and HTTP/MQTT/TCP/UDP/WebSocket protocol conversionSubscriptions (Webhooks + Websockets)Subspace real-time WebSocket API streaming dock appointment eventsSynchronous, asynchronous queue, server-sent streaming, and WebSocket realtime invocation modesVoice transport via SIP trunking, PSTN transfer, CCaaS native streaming, WebSocket, gRPC, and raw RTPWebSocket APIsWebSocket Streaming for Live Market DataWebSocket StreamsWebSocket SubscriptionsWebSocket SupportWebSocket and Socket.IO TestingWebSocket clusters per asset classWebSocket streaming for low-latency synthesisWebSocket streaming for real-time STTWebSocket subscriptions for `newTransaction`, `ammOrderUpdate`, `tcompBidUpdate`, with ping/unsubscribe control framesWebSocket subscriptions for blob.Subscribe, header.Subscribe, fraud.SubscribeWebSocket telemetry streamsWebSocket v2 with Authenticated TradingWhirligig WebSocket with transactionSubscribe — the missing Solana subscription

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