# Associated Press

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/associated-press/  
**Website:** https://www.ap.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency founded in 1846. The AP is the world's oldest and largest newsgathering organization, serving media companies worldwide with text, photos, video, audio, and interactive content. The AP provides developer APIs for accessing election data, news content, and media assets including the AP Elections API for real-time election results, the AP Content API for news and media asset access, and the AP Media API for digital asset management integration.

## Kin Score — 32.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 57.4 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 31.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## 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 (4)

- **AP Elections API** — Integrate your election systems with AP Elections API. Your election results delivery application retrieves election race information from AP Elections API to power election web...
- **Associated Press Account API** — The Account API from Associated Press — 6 operation(s) for account.
- **Associated Press Content API** — The Content API from Associated Press — 6 operation(s) for content.
- **Associated Press Monitors and Alerts API** — The Monitors and Alerts API from Associated Press — 10 operation(s) for monitors and alerts.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Associated Press Agentic Access** — 21 operations · 3 acting

## Security (2)

- **Associated Press Authentication** — apiKey · 2 schemes
- **Associated Press Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Associated Press Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (3)

- **Election Coverage** — News organizations and election management companies use the AP Elections API to power live election result dashboards and reporting.
- **News Content Integration** — Media companies integrate AP content APIs to supplement their own coverage with AP newswire stories and multimedia content.
- **Photo and Video Licensing** — Publishers and digital media companies access AP's photo and video archive through the Media API for editorial and commercial use.

## Tags

Elections, Journalism, Media, News, Content

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