Badgr

Badgr is an open digital badging and micro-credentialing platform built on the Open Badges standard. Originally created by Concentric Sky, Badgr is now operated by Instructure as Canvas Credentials (and folded into Parchment Digital Badges). It lets organizations issue verifiable, portable achievement badges and learners collect them in a shareable Backpack. The platform is backed by the open-source badgr-server (github.com/concentricsky/badgr-server), which implements Open Badges 2.0/2.1 (Badge Connect). The documented REST API (base https://api.badgr.io/v2, with regional deployments in the EU, Canada, and Australia) uses OAuth2 bearer tokens and exposes Issuers, BadgeClasses, Assertions (awarded badges), the learner Backpack, Collections, and Users.

Badgr publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Assertions API, Authentication API, Backpack API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Digital Badges, Open Badges, Micro-Credentials, Credentialing, and Verifiable Credentials.

Badgr’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 9 more developer resources.

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38.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 32/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

7 APIs

Digital BadgesOpen BadgesMicro-CredentialsCredentialing Verifiable Credentials Education Open-Source

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 38.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 10.2 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 3.6 / 17

Access Clarity 6.7 / 17

Operational Transparency 3.8 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 6.3 / 9

Regulatory Posture 6.1 / 15

Agent readiness — 32/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 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

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Education & Research 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.

The six quality facets above are damped to 85 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 15. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 85% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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APIs 7

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Badgr Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Badgr Scopes

3 scopes · password/authorizationCode

3 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Badgr Agentic Access

48 operations · 26 acting · 3 human-in-the-loop

48 operations · 26 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

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 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: badgr
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/badgr/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Badgr
kind: company
description: Badgr is an open digital badging and micro-credentialing platform built on the Open Badges standard. Originally
  created by Concentric Sky, Badgr is now operated by Instructure as Canvas Credentials (and folded into Parchment Digital
  Badges). It lets organizations issue verifiable, portable achievement badges and learners collect them in a shareable Backpack.
  The platform is backed by the open-source badgr-server (github.com/concentricsky/badgr-server), which implements Open Badges
  2.0/2.1 (Badge Connect). The documented REST API (base https://api.badgr.io/v2, with regional deployments in the EU, Canada,
  and Australia) uses OAuth2 bearer tokens and exposes Issuers, BadgeClasses, Assertions (awarded badges), the learner Backpack,
  Collections, and Users.
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/badgr.png
tags:
- Digital Badges
- Open Badges
- Micro-Credentials
- Credentialing
- Verifiable Credentials
- Education
- Open-Source
tags_raw:
- Digital Badges
- Open Badges
- Micro-Credentials
- Credentialing
- Verifiable Credentials
- Education
- Open Source
created: '2026-07-05'
modified: '2026-07-05'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: badgr:badgr-assertions-api
  name: Badgr Assertions API
  description: The Assertions API from Badgr — 6 operation(s) for assertions.
  humanURL: https://api.badgr.io/docs/v2/
  baseURL: https://api.badgr.io/v2
  tags:
  - Assertions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/badgr-assertions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.badgr.io/docs/v2/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Badges/Canvas-Badges-App-Developers-API-Guide-Quickstart/ta-p/528729
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://concentricsky.github.io/badge-connect-guide/
- aid: badgr:badgr-authentication-api
  name: Badgr Authentication API
  description: The Authentication API from Badgr — 5 operation(s) for authentication.
  humanURL: https://api.badgr.io/docs/v2/
  baseURL: https://api.badgr.io/v2
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/badgr-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.badgr.io/docs/v2/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Badges/Canvas-Badges-App-Developers-API-Guide-Quickstart/ta-p/528729
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://concentricsky.github.io/badge-connect-guide/
- aid: badgr:badgr-backpack-api
  name: Badgr Backpack API
  description: The Backpack API from Badgr — 5 operation(s) for backpack.
  humanURL: https://api.badgr.io/docs/v2/
  baseURL: https://api.badgr.io/v2
  tags:
  - Backpack
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/badgr-backpack-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.badgr.io/docs/v2/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Badges/Canvas-Badges-App-Developers-API-Guide-Quickstart/ta-p/528729
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://concentricsky.github.io/badge-connect-guide/
- aid: badgr:badgr-badgeclasses-api
  name: Badgr BadgeClasses API
  description: The BadgeClasses API from Badgr — 4 operation(s) for badgeclasses.
  humanURL: https://api.badgr.io/docs/v2/
  baseURL: https://api.badgr.io/v2
  tags:
  - BadgeClasses
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/badgr-badgeclasses-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.badgr.io/docs/v2/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Badges/Canvas-Badges-App-Developers-API-Guide-Quickstart/ta-p/528729
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://concentricsky.github.io/badge-connect-guide/
- aid: badgr:badgr-collections-api
  name: Badgr Collections API
  description: The Collections API from Badgr — 3 operation(s) for collections.
  humanURL: https://api.badgr.io/docs/v2/
  baseURL: https://api.badgr.io/v2
  tags:
  - Collection
  tags_raw:
  - Collections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/badgr-collections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.badgr.io/docs/v2/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Badges/Canvas-Badges-App-Developers-API-Guide-Quickstart/ta-p/528729
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://concentricsky.github.io/badge-connect-guide/
- aid: badgr:badgr-issuers-api
  name: Badgr Issuers API
  description: The Issuers API from Badgr — 3 operation(s) for issuers.
  humanURL: https://api.badgr.io/docs/v2/
  baseURL: https://api.badgr.io/v2
  tags:
  - Issuers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/badgr-issuers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.badgr.io/docs/v2/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Badges/Canvas-Badges-App-Developers-API-Guide-Quickstart/ta-p/528729
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://concentricsky.github.io/badge-connect-guide/
- aid: badgr:badgr-users-api
  name: Badgr Users API
  description: The Users API from Badgr — 3 operation(s) for users.
  humanURL: https://api.badgr.io/docs/v2/
  baseURL: https://api.badgr.io/v2
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/badgr-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.badgr.io/docs/v2/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Badges/Canvas-Badges-App-Developers-API-Guide-Quickstart/ta-p/528729
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://concentricsky.github.io/badge-connect-guide/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/badgr-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/badgr-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/badgr-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/badgr-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/concentricsky
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/instructure
- type: Website
  url: https://badgr.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.badgr.io/docs/v2/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/badgr-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/badgr-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/badgr-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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