# Badgr

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/badgr/  
**Website:** https://badgr.com  
**APIs profiled:** 7

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.

## Kin Score — 38.0 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 38.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 47.8 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 40.7 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 32.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| 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 (7)

- **Badgr Assertions API** — The Assertions API from Badgr — 6 operation(s) for assertions.
- **Badgr Authentication API** — The Authentication API from Badgr — 5 operation(s) for authentication.
- **Badgr Backpack API** — The Backpack API from Badgr — 5 operation(s) for backpack.
- **Badgr BadgeClasses API** — The BadgeClasses API from Badgr — 4 operation(s) for badgeclasses.
- **Badgr Collections API** — The Collections API from Badgr — 3 operation(s) for collections.
- **Badgr Issuers API** — The Issuers API from Badgr — 3 operation(s) for issuers.
- **Badgr Users API** — The Users API from Badgr — 3 operation(s) for users.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Badgr Agentic Access** — 48 operations · 26 acting · 3 human-in-the-loop

## Security (2)

- **Badgr Authentication** — oauth2 · 1 scheme
- **Badgr Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Badgr Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Digital Badges, Open Badges, Micro-Credentials, Credentialing, Verifiable Credentials, Education, Open-Source

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