Bitstrips

Bitstrips was a Toronto-based consumer software company, founded in 2007 by Jacob "Ba" Blackstock, that created the personalized comic platform Bitstrips and the personal-avatar app Bitmoji. Snap Inc. acquired Bitstrips in March 2016, retired the original Bitstrips comic product, and now operates the technology as Bitmoji. The public developer surface today is the Bitmoji Direct API (Bitmoji for Developers): an OAuth2 authorization-code-with-PKCE flow via www.bitmoji.com/connect that grants third-party apps access to a user's avatar ID, sticker packs, and sticker search, served from bitmoji.api.snapchat.com/direct. Note that Snap has deprecated the "Bitmoji For Identity" product; the standalone stickers and search integrations remain documented. This profile was surfaced as a Kleiner Perkins portfolio company and enriched from the public Bitmoji developer documentation.

Bitstrips publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer, Avatars, Stickers, and Bitmoji.

Bitstrips’ developer surface includes documentation, authentication, and 6 more developer resources.

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13.9/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 14/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

AccessSelf serve

1 APIs

CompanyConsumerAvatarsStickersBitmojiMessagingImagesOAuthSocial

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 13.9/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 9.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 14/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 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 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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APIs 1

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

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

WellKnown

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance

Conformance

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: bitstrips
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bitstrips.png
name: Bitstrips
description: 'Bitstrips was a Toronto-based consumer software company, founded in 2007 by Jacob "Ba" Blackstock, that created
  the personalized comic platform Bitstrips and the personal-avatar app Bitmoji. Snap Inc. acquired Bitstrips in March 2016,
  retired the original Bitstrips comic product, and now operates the technology as Bitmoji. The public developer surface today
  is the Bitmoji Direct API (Bitmoji for Developers): an OAuth2 authorization-code-with-PKCE flow via www.bitmoji.com/connect
  that grants third-party apps access to a user''s avatar ID, sticker packs, and sticker search, served from bitmoji.api.snapchat.com/direct.
  Note that Snap has deprecated the "Bitmoji For Identity" product; the standalone stickers and search integrations remain
  documented. This profile was surfaced as a Kleiner Perkins portfolio company and enriched from the public Bitmoji developer
  documentation.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bitstrips/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- kleiner-perkins
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Avatars
- Stickers
- Bitmoji
- Messaging
- Images
- OAuth
- Social
apis:
- name: Bitmoji Direct API
  description: OAuth2 (authorization code + PKCE) API for Bitmoji for Developers, providing access to a connected user's avatar
    ID, sticker packs, and sticker search. Served from bitmoji.api.snapchat.com/direct with authorization initiated at www.bitmoji.com/connect.
  humanURL: https://github.com/Bitmoji/BitmojiForDevelopers
  baseURL: https://bitmoji.api.snapchat.com/direct/
  tags:
  - Avatars
  - Stickers
  - OAuth
  properties:
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/bitstrips-authentication.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/Bitmoji/BitmojiForDevelopers/blob/main/docs/DIRECT_AUTH_FOR_DEVELOPERS.md
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bitstrips-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bitmoji.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/Bitmoji/BitmojiForDevelopers
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Bitmoji
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bitstrips-authentication.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/bitstrips-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/bitstrips-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/bitstrips-well-known.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

Bitstrips

Kin Score

APIs 1

Bitmoji Direct API

Security Posture 2

Bitstrips Authentication

Bitstrips Domain Security

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