BARK (BarkBox)

BARK, Inc. (operating as BarkBox) is a New York-based dog-focused consumer company founded in 2011 by Henrik Werdelin and Matt Meeker, serving over two million dogs monthly through its BarkBox and Super Chewer subscription boxes, the BARK Bright dental line, the BARK Air pet travel experience, and retail distribution. The company went public via a SPAC merger in 2021 (NYSE: BARK). BarkBox does not operate a public developer program or externally documented API portal; its engineering surface is a set of mostly-internal Ruby services and open-source libraries published under the github.com/barkbox organization (including the barkbox_client Ruby API client and cursor-pagination gems). This profile was surfaced as a Slow Ventures portfolio company and enriched with verified public identity and domain-security signals.

BARK (BarkBox) is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Pets, Ecommerce, Subscription, and Consumer.

BARK (BarkBox)’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 8 more developer resources.

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13.0/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyPetsEcommerceSubscriptionConsumerDirect to ConsumerRetail

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 13.0/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

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

Barkbox Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
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Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 About
About

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: barkbox
name: BARK (BarkBox)
description: 'BARK, Inc. (operating as BarkBox) is a New York-based dog-focused consumer company founded in 2011 by Henrik
  Werdelin and Matt Meeker, serving over two million dogs monthly through its BarkBox and Super Chewer subscription boxes,
  the BARK Bright dental line, the BARK Air pet travel experience, and retail distribution. The company went public via a
  SPAC merger in 2021 (NYSE: BARK). BarkBox does not operate a public developer program or externally documented API portal;
  its engineering surface is a set of mostly-internal Ruby services and open-source libraries published under the github.com/barkbox
  organization (including the barkbox_client Ruby API client and cursor-pagination gems). This profile was surfaced as a Slow
  Ventures portfolio company and enriched with verified public identity and domain-security signals.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/barkbox/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- slow-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://bark.co/cdn/shop/files/bark-og-image-logo-1200x600.png
tags:
- Company
- Pets
- Ecommerce
- Subscription
- Consumer
- Direct to Consumer
- Retail
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/barkbox-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://barkbox.com
- type: Website
  name: Corporate Site
  url: https://bark.co
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/barkbox
- type: Blog
  url: https://bark.co/blogs/bark-post
- type: Support
  name: FAQs
  url: https://bark.co/pages/faqs
- type: Support
  name: Contact
  url: https://bark.co/pages/contact
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://bark.co/policies/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://bark.co/policies/privacy-policy
- type: About
  url: https://bark.co/pages/about
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence