API Evangelist enhancements for The Companies API — companies-api

overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enhancements for The Companies API — companies-api
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/thecompaniesapi-companies-api-openapi.yml
x-generated: '2026-08-14'
x-method: generated
x-source: apis.yml + repo artifacts; live spec https://api.thecompaniesapi.com/v2/openapi
actions:
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-provider: thecompaniesapi
    x-apievangelist-artifacts:
      authentication: authentication/thecompaniesapi-authentication.yml
      conventions: conventions/thecompaniesapi-conventions.yml
      errors: errors/thecompaniesapi-problem-types.yml
      lifecycle: lifecycle/thecompaniesapi-lifecycle.yml
      rate_limits: rate-limits/thecompaniesapi-rate-limits.yml
      plans: plans/thecompaniesapi-plans-pricing.yml
      data_model: data-model/thecompaniesapi-data-model.yml
    x-apievangelist-contract-source: https://api.thecompaniesapi.com/v2/openapi
- target: $.info
  description: 'Record the auth detail the published spec omits: the Authorization header value must be
    prefixed "Basic ".'
  update:
    x-auth-note: 'Authorization: Basic <api-token>. A token sent without the "Basic " prefix returns 401
      missingApiSecret. The alternative ?token=<api-token> query parameter is documented but places the
      credential in the URL.'
- target: $.info
  description: Record the credit-metering contract, which is the real quota rather than the per-second
    rate limit.
  update:
    x-metering:
      unit: credits
      response_fields:
      - meta.cost
      - meta.credits
      - meta.freeRequest
      exhaustion: 403 noCreditsRemaining
      throttle: 429 (documented, declared on no operation)
      docs: https://www.thecompaniesapi.com/pricing
- target: $.info
  description: Record that no idempotency contract exists, so agents do not assume safe retries on writes.
  update:
    x-idempotency:
      supported: false
      header: null
      note: No idempotency key in the spec or the docs; the only mention is the 409 row of the published
        status table, and 409 is declared on no operation.
- target: $.servers
  description: Annotate the single production server.
  update:
  - url: https://api.thecompaniesapi.com
    description: Production server
    x-environment: production
    x-sandbox-available: false
x-operations-covered:
- askCompany
- countCompanies
- countCompaniesPost
- exportCompaniesAnalytics
- fetchCompaniesAnalytics
- fetchCompany
- fetchCompanyByEmail
- fetchCompanyBySocial
- fetchCompanyContext
- fetchCompanyEmailPatterns
- searchCompanies
- searchCompaniesByName
- searchCompaniesByPrompt
- searchCompaniesPost
- searchSimilarCompanies