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AOL

AOL (America Online) is a digital media company and a division of Verizon Media (now Yahoo). AOL operates news and entertainment properties including AOL.com, Engadget, and TechCrunch. Historically, AOL provided developer APIs for advertising, content, and identity services that have since been consolidated into the Yahoo/Verizon Media API ecosystem.

AOL publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: OAuth2 API and OpenID Connect API. Tagged areas include Advertising, Digital Media, Entertainment, News, and Fortune 1000.

AOL’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, and 8 more developer resources.

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43.1/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 38/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
3 APIs
AdvertisingDigital MediaEntertainmentNewsFortune 1000

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 43.1/100 · developing
Contract Quality 14.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 38/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

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

Yahoo Developer Network (formerly AOL Developer)

Following AOL's acquisition by Verizon and subsequent merger with Yahoo, AOL developer APIs have been consolidated into the Yahoo Developer Network. Yahoo/AOL APIs provide acces...

AOL OAuth2 API

OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code grant endpoints

AOL OpenID Connect API

OpenID Connect userinfo and JWKS endpoints

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Yahoo (formerly AOL) OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Aol Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Aol Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Aol Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 3

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

Aol Authentication

http/oauth2 · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Aol Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Aol Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Aol Scopes

3 scopes · authorizationCode

3 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Aol Agentic Access

4 operations · 1 acting

4 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Press 5

Recent news and press coverage referencing this provider.

Bending Spoons' Post

2026-05-25

Preparing for the workforce in the age of AI

2026-05-25

AOL is sold in reputed $1.5B deal to tech conglomerate

2026-05-25

Bending Spoons' acquisition of AOL shows the value ...

2026-05-25

BBB warns about AI search use, details how to use it smartly

2026-05-25

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: AOL
description: AOL (America Online) is a digital media company and a division of Verizon Media (now Yahoo). AOL operates news
  and entertainment properties including AOL.com, Engadget, and TechCrunch. Historically, AOL provided developer APIs for
  advertising, content, and identity services that have since been consolidated into the Yahoo/Verizon Media API ecosystem.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/aol.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aol/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-23'
modified: '2026-04-19'
specificationVersion: '0.16'
tags:
- Advertising
- Digital Media
- Entertainment
- News
- Fortune 1000
apis:
- name: Yahoo Developer Network (formerly AOL Developer)
  description: Following AOL's acquisition by Verizon and subsequent merger with Yahoo, AOL developer APIs have been consolidated
    into the Yahoo Developer Network. Yahoo/AOL APIs provide access to advertising services, weather, finance, search, and
    identity services for developers building on the Oath/Verizon Media platform.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.yahoo.com
  baseURL: https://api.yahoo.com
  tags:
  - Advertising
  - Digital Media
  - Yahoo
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.yahoo.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.yahoo.com/oauth2/guide/openid_connect/
  contact:
  - FN: Yahoo Developer Support
    url: https://developer.yahoo.com/forum/
- aid: aol:aol-oauth2-api
  name: AOL OAuth2 API
  description: OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code grant endpoints
  humanURL: https://developer.yahoo.com
  baseURL: https://api.yahoo.com
  tags:
  - OAuth2
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aol-oauth2-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aol:aol-openid-connect-api
  name: AOL OpenID Connect API
  description: OpenID Connect userinfo and JWKS endpoints
  humanURL: https://developer.yahoo.com
  baseURL: https://api.yahoo.com
  tags:
  - OpenID Connect
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aol-openid-connect-api-openapi.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com
  X: apievangelist
  url: https://apievangelist.com
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/aol-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/aol-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/aol-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/aol-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/aol-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aol
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aol
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.aol.com
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://legal.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/terms/otos/index.html
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://legal.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/privacy/index.html