# AOL

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/aol/  
**Website:** https://www.aol.com  
**APIs profiled:** 3

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.

## Kin Score — 34.7 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 34.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 57.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 36.8 |
| Access Clarity | 36.8 |

## Agent readiness — 35.9 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (3)

- **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

## Agentic access (1)

- **Aol Agentic Access** — 4 operations · 1 acting

## Security (3)

- **Aol Authentication** — http/oauth2 · 3 schemes
- **Aol Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Aol Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Aol Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Advertising, Digital Media, Entertainment, News, Fortune 1000

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/aol/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.