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Arweave

Arweave is a permanent decentralized data storage network that enables developers to store data forever with a single upfront payment. It provides REST and GraphQL APIs for uploading data, querying blocks and transactions by tags and metadata, retrieving wallet balances, and accessing the permaweb data ecosystem. The network uses the AR token for storage fees and supports bundled uploads via the Turbo service with fiat and multi-chain crypto payment options.

Arweave publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Account API, Pricing API, Service Info API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Decentralized Storage, Blockchain, Permaweb, Web3, and Data Storage.

The Arweave catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Arweave’s developer surface includes engineering blog, documentation, getting-started guide, and 17 more developer resources.

32.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 75/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →
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1 published contract
Decentralized StorageBlockchainPermawebWeb3Data StorageGraphQL

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0
Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.
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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):
  • MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
  • Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
  • Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
  • Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
  • Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
  • A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
11 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.
Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):
Each check links to what satisfies it. Publish the artifact, or tell us where it already lives, and the score moves on the next scoring run.
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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

MarketPositionDepthRegistered MCP serverDeclares compatibility
Browser Extension Stores (company-published Firefox add-ons; Chrome Web Store unreadable) standard 34.5 (thin) - 1

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified
measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 7

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

Arweave GraphQL API

GraphQL API for querying Arweave transaction and block metadata by tags, owner addresses, recipients, block height ranges, and transaction IDs. Supports cursor-based pagination ...

Arweave Turbo Upload API

Managed bundling upload service (ar.io Turbo) that implements ANS-104 bundling for high-throughput data uploads to Arweave. Handles millions of uploads daily with automatic retr...

Arweave Account API

Account balance and wallet information

Arweave Pricing API

Pricing calculation endpoints

Arweave Service Info API

Service information and health endpoints

Arweave Transaction Data API

Transaction status and metadata retrieval

Arweave Upload API

Data item upload endpoints (single and multi-part)

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Postman Collections 5

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Open Collections 5

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

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Arweave GraphQL API

The Arweave GraphQL API exposes a read-only query interface for searching and retrieving Arweave transaction and block metadata. It allows developers to find transactions by own...

GRAPHQL

Arweave API pricing

Not yet checked against Arweave's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

PlanPrice
Free (Turbo) Free per upload up to 100 KiB
Pay-Per-Byte (Turbo Credits) —
Direct Node (Protocol Level) —

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Arweave's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Plans

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Arweave

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Arweave Context

6 classes · 34 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Arweave — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Arweave Data Chunk

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Arweave Network Info

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Arweave Transaction

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Get Network Info

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Get Transaction Price

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Get Wallet Balance

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Submit Transaction

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

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

Arweave Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
name: Arweave
description: Arweave is a permanent decentralized data storage network that enables developers to store data forever with
  a single upfront payment. It provides REST and GraphQL APIs for uploading data, querying blocks and transactions by tags
  and metadata, retrieving wallet balances, and accessing the permaweb data ecosystem. The network uses the AR token for storage
  fees and supports bundled uploads via the Turbo service with fiat and multi-chain crypto payment options.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/arweave.png
x-docs-platform: gitbook
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-09-19
tags:
- Decentralized Storage
- Blockchain
- Permaweb
- Web3
- Data Storage
- GraphQL
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
modified: '2026-10-06'
apis:
- name: Arweave GraphQL API
  description: GraphQL API for querying Arweave transaction and block metadata by tags, owner addresses, recipients, block
    height ranges, and transaction IDs. Supports cursor-based pagination and sorting. Primary endpoints are hosted at arweave.net/graphql
    and high-performance alternatives at arweave-search.goldsky.com/graphql. Use GraphQL to find transaction IDs, then use
    the REST API to fetch the actual data.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://gql-guide.vercel.app/
  baseURL: https://arweave.net/graphql
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  - Transaction
  - Blocks
  - Tags
  - Search
  tags_raw:
  - GraphQL
  - Transactions
  - Blocks
  - Tags
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://gql-guide.vercel.app/
  - type: GraphQL
    url: https://arweave.net/graphql
  - url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/graphql/arweave-schema.graphql
    type: GraphQLSchema
  - url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/graphql/arweave-graphql.md
    type: GraphQLDocumentation
- name: Arweave Turbo Upload API
  description: Managed bundling upload service (ar.io Turbo) that implements ANS-104 bundling for high-throughput data uploads
    to Arweave. Handles millions of uploads daily with automatic retry, sub-100 KiB free tier, and payment via credit card,
    AR, ETH, SOL, MATIC, USDC, and KYVE. Uploads are priced per byte with dynamic rates tracking the AR token and Arweave
    network storage cost.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.ar.io/build/upload/bundling-services
  baseURL: https://turbo.ardrive.io
  tags:
  - Upload
  - Bundling
  - ANS-104
  - Storage
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.ar.io/build/upload/bundling-services
  - type: PricingPage
    url: https://docs.ar.io/build/upload/turbo-credits
- aid: arweave:arweave-account-api
  name: Arweave Account API
  description: Account balance and wallet information
  humanURL: https://gql-guide.vercel.app/
  baseURL: https://arweave.net/graphql
  tags:
  - Account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/arweave-account-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.arweave.org/developers/arweave-node-server/http-api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/transaction.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/network-info.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/chunk.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-network-info.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/submit-transaction.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-wallet-balance.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-transaction-price.json
- aid: arweave:arweave-pricing-api
  name: Arweave Pricing API
  description: Pricing calculation endpoints
  humanURL: https://gql-guide.vercel.app/
  baseURL: https://arweave.net/graphql
  tags:
  - Pricing
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/arweave-pricing-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.arweave.org/developers/arweave-node-server/http-api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/transaction.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/network-info.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/chunk.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-network-info.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/submit-transaction.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-wallet-balance.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-transaction-price.json
- aid: arweave:arweave-service-info-api
  name: Arweave Service Info API
  description: Service information and health endpoints
  humanURL: https://gql-guide.vercel.app/
  baseURL: https://arweave.net/graphql
  tags:
  - Service Info
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/arweave-service-info-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.arweave.org/developers/arweave-node-server/http-api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/transaction.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/network-info.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/chunk.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-network-info.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/submit-transaction.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-wallet-balance.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-transaction-price.json
- aid: arweave:arweave-transaction-data-api
  name: Arweave Transaction Data API
  description: Transaction status and metadata retrieval
  humanURL: https://gql-guide.vercel.app/
  baseURL: https://arweave.net/graphql
  tags:
  - Transaction Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/arweave-transaction-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.arweave.org/developers/arweave-node-server/http-api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/transaction.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/network-info.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/chunk.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-network-info.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/submit-transaction.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-wallet-balance.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-transaction-price.json
- aid: arweave:arweave-upload-api
  name: Arweave Upload API
  description: Data item upload endpoints (single and multi-part)
  humanURL: https://gql-guide.vercel.app/
  baseURL: https://arweave.net/graphql
  tags:
  - Upload
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/arweave-upload-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.arweave.org/developers/arweave-node-server/http-api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/transaction.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/network-info.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/chunk.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-network-info.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/submit-transaction.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-wallet-balance.json
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-transaction-price.json
common:
- url: https://www.arweave.org/blog/
  type: Blog
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/arweave/overview
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/arweave-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.arweave.org/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.arweave.org/developers
- type: Cookbook
  url: https://cookbook.arweave.net/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.ar.io/build/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/ArweaveTeam
- type: Plans
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- type: PricingPage
  url: https://docs.ar.io/build/upload/turbo-credits
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.ar.io/
- type: Discord
  url: https://discord.gg/arweave
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/ArweaveTeam
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.arweave.org/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.arweave.org/legal/privacy-policy
- type: Blog
  url: https://arweave.medium.com/
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/arweave-vocabulary.json
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-ld/arweave-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  url: https://apievangelist.com
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Arweave API — frequently asked questions

Does Arweave have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from Arweave, including Arweave GraphQL API, Arweave Turbo Upload API and Arweave Account API, and 4 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Arweave API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for Arweave, each linked for download from this page.

How much does the Arweave API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Arweave, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Arweave API ready for AI agents?

Arweave has a Kin Score of 32.9 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 20.1 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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