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Alibaba

Alibaba is a multinational technology conglomerate founded in 1999 by Jack Ma, focused on e-commerce, retail, internet, and technology. The company operates major online marketplaces including Taobao, Tmall, and AliExpress, connecting millions of sellers with consumers globally. Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun), founded in 2009, is a global leader in cloud computing and artificial intelligence, serving enterprises, developers, and government organizations in more than 200 countries. Alibaba Cloud provides cloud computing, storage, networking, big data, AI/ML, security, and developer services through a comprehensive API ecosystem. The OpenAPI Explorer provides a web interface for discovering, testing, and generating SDK code for hundreds of Alibaba Cloud service APIs. The company also operates Alipay (digital payments), DingTalk (enterprise collaboration), and 1688 (B2B wholesale).

Alibaba publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Cloud API. Tagged areas include Cloud, Cloud Computing, E-Commerce, Commerce, and AI.

Alibaba’s developer surface includes documentation, developer portal, GitHub presence, SDKs, signup flow, pricing, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

30.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CloudCloud ComputingE-CommerceCommerceAIMachine LearningBig DataStorageNetworkingServerlessDeveloper Tools

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 30.7/100 · thin
Contract Quality 8.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 7.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.7 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 1.5 / 12
Discoverability 8.7 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Alibaba Cloud API

Alibaba Cloud provides a comprehensive API ecosystem covering all major cloud services including Elastic Compute Service (ECS), Object Storage Service (OSS), Container Service f...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

alibaba-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Alibaba Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: alibaba
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  try_now: false
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
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modified: '2026-06-20'
name: Alibaba
description: Alibaba is a multinational technology conglomerate founded in 1999 by Jack Ma, focused on e-commerce, retail,
  internet, and technology. The company operates major online marketplaces including Taobao, Tmall, and AliExpress, connecting
  millions of sellers with consumers globally. Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun), founded in 2009, is a global leader in cloud computing
  and artificial intelligence, serving enterprises, developers, and government organizations in more than 200 countries. Alibaba
  Cloud provides cloud computing, storage, networking, big data, AI/ML, security, and developer services through a comprehensive
  API ecosystem. The OpenAPI Explorer provides a web interface for discovering, testing, and generating SDK code for hundreds
  of Alibaba Cloud service APIs. The company also operates Alipay (digital payments), DingTalk (enterprise collaboration),
  and 1688 (B2B wholesale).
apis:
- aid: alibaba:alibaba-cloud-api
  name: Alibaba Cloud API
  description: Alibaba Cloud provides a comprehensive API ecosystem covering all major cloud services including Elastic Compute
    Service (ECS), Object Storage Service (OSS), Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK), Relational Database Service (RDS),
    MaxCompute (big data), Function Compute (serverless), API Gateway, Content Delivery Network (CDN), and hundreds of additional
    services. The OpenAPI Explorer provides a web interface and WebCLI for calling APIs and automatically generating SDK code
    in Java, Python, Node.js, PHP, Go, and other languages.
  humanURL: https://api.alibabacloud.com/
  baseURL: https://ecs.aliyuncs.com
  tags:
  - Cloud
  - Cloud Computing
  - Storage
  - Networking
  - AI
  - Machine Learning
  - Big Data
  - Serverless
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.alibabacloud.com/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/alibaba-openapi.yml
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/alibaba-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.alibaba.com
- type: Website
  url: https://www.alibabacloud.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.alibabacloud.com/
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.alibabacloud.com/en/product/openapiexplorer
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/aliyun
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/alibabacloud-go
- type: SDK
  url: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/sdk/product-overview/alibaba-cloud-sdk
- type: Login
  url: https://account.alibabacloud.com/login/login.htm
- type: SignUp
  url: https://account.alibabacloud.com/register/intl_register.htm
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.alibabacloud.com/pricing
- url: https://www.alizila.com/feed/
  type: Blog
- type: Packages
  url: packages/alibaba-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/alibaba-well-known.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/alibaba-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/alibaba-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/alibaba-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/alibaba-lifecycle.yml
tags:
- Cloud
- Cloud Computing
- E-Commerce
- Commerce
- AI
- Machine Learning
- Big Data
- Storage
- Networking
- Serverless
- Developer Tools
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'