overlay: 1.0.0
info:
title: API Evangelist enrichment overlay — Dev.to Forem Articles API
version: 1.0.0
extends: dev-to-articles-api-openapi.yml
x-generated: '2026-09-17'
x-method: derived
x-source: conventions/, errors/, rate-limits/, lifecycle/ artifacts in this repo
actions:
- target: $.info
description: Record enrichment provenance and the version-selector header that this contract does not state.
update:
x-api-evangelist-enrichment:
generated: '2026-09-17'
provider: dev-to
artifacts:
- conventions/dev-to-conventions.yml
- errors/dev-to-problem-types.yml
- rate-limits/dev-to-rate-limits.yml
- lifecycle/dev-to-lifecycle.yml
- authentication/dev-to-authentication.yml
x-version-selector:
header: Accept
value: application/vnd.forem.api-v1+json
required: true
note: Omitting this header routes the request to the deprecated V0 API, which answers with a 299 Warning header.
The version is not in the path.
x-error-envelope:
media_type: application/json
rfc9457: false
shape: '{"status": <int>, "error": "<message>"}'
- target: $.paths['/articles'].post
description: Attach the published rate limit for createArticle, which the contract omits.
update:
x-rate-limit:
limit: 10
window: 30s
scope: per-api-key
status_on_exhaustion: 429
headers_returned: false
source: https://developers.forem.com/api/v0
- target: $.paths['/articles/{id}'].put
description: Attach the published rate limit for updateArticle, which the contract omits.
update:
x-rate-limit:
limit: 30
window: 30s
scope: per-api-key
status_on_exhaustion: 429
headers_returned: false
source: https://developers.forem.com/api/v0
- target: $.paths['/articles/{id}/unpublish'].put
description: Record reversibility, which the contract does not express.
update:
x-reversibility:
grade: documented
window: null
note: Reverses a publish. No article delete operation exists in this API; no window is published.
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