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CenturyLink (Lumen Technologies)

CenturyLink is the residential broadband and home services brand of Lumen Technologies, a Fortune 500 telecommunications provider operating one of the largest fiber networks in North America. Following the Level 3 acquisition and rebrand to Lumen, CenturyLink's developer surface is exposed through the Lumen Developer Center and Lumen API Marketplace, which publish REST APIs secured by OAuth 2.0 for enterprise location qualification, quote-to-order, provisioning, billing, notifications, CDN and edge compute, DDoS mitigation, and Public Sector networking products.

CenturyLink (Lumen Technologies) publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Broadband, Connectivity, Edge, Fiber, and Lumen.

CenturyLink (Lumen Technologies)’s developer surface includes documentation and 9 more developer resources.

16.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessEnterprise
5 APIs
BroadbandConnectivityEdgeFiberLumenNetworkOAuth 2.0Quantum FiberSD-WANTelecomFortune 500

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 16.1/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
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 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
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APIs 5

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

Lumen Developer Center APIs

The Lumen Developer Center publishes Lumen's enterprise API catalog, including Location, Quote, Order (PX CreateOrder), Service Inventory, Billing, Outbound Notification, and Tr...

Lumen API Marketplace

The Lumen API Marketplace is the enterprise catalog where partners and customers browse APIs, request credentials, and manage app-level OAuth client IDs for programmatic access ...

Lumen OpenAPI Services (Level 3 legacy)

The Level 3 / Lumen OpenAPI Services portal provides OpenAPI-described REST services such as the Lumen Location API that returns detailed service location information by locatio...

Lumen Public Sector API Center

The Public Sector API Center offers government-tailored REST APIs for Lumen network services, enabling federal, state, and local agencies to programmatically order, provision, a...

Quantum Fiber Residential Services

Quantum Fiber is Lumen's residential multi-gigabit fiber brand that supersedes CenturyLink in markets with fiber deployment, with account and service management exposed through ...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Centurylink Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Security Posture 1

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

Centurylink Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Press 5

Recent news and press coverage referencing this provider.

Press Releases

2026-05-25

How Lumen and Corning Are Enabling AI with Fiber

2026-05-25

CenturyLink completes acquisition of Level 3

2026-05-25

CenturyLink Data Center Sale Continues Trend

2026-05-25

Finance Press

2026-05-25

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Other 5

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: centurylink
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/centurylink/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: CenturyLink (Lumen Technologies)
tags:
- Broadband
- Connectivity
- Edge
- Fiber
- Lumen
- Network
- OAuth 2.0
- Quantum Fiber
- SD-WAN
- Telecom
- Fortune 500
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/centurylink.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2026-03-23'
modified: '2026-04-23'
position: Consumer
specificationVersion: '0.19'
description: CenturyLink is the residential broadband and home services brand of Lumen Technologies, a Fortune 500 telecommunications
  provider operating one of the largest fiber networks in North America. Following the Level 3 acquisition and rebrand to
  Lumen, CenturyLink's developer surface is exposed through the Lumen Developer Center and Lumen API Marketplace, which publish
  REST APIs secured by OAuth 2.0 for enterprise location qualification, quote-to-order, provisioning, billing, notifications,
  CDN and edge compute, DDoS mitigation, and Public Sector networking products.
apis:
- aid: centurylink:lumen-developer-center
  name: Lumen Developer Center APIs
  tags:
  - Enterprise
  - Lumen
  - OAuth 2.0
  - Partner
  - REST
  humanURL: https://developer.lumen.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.lumen.com/
    type: Website
  - url: https://developer.lumen.com/apis
    type: Reference
  - url: https://developer.centurylink.com/apis
    type: LegacyDeveloper
  - url: https://developer-test.centurylink.com/content/using-oauth-20-access-lumen-apis
    type: Authentication
  description: The Lumen Developer Center publishes Lumen's enterprise API catalog, including Location, Quote, Order (PX CreateOrder),
    Service Inventory, Billing, Outbound Notification, and Trouble Ticket APIs. All APIs use OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials
    and require Partner Developer Portal registration and administrator enablement.
- aid: centurylink:lumen-api-marketplace
  name: Lumen API Marketplace
  tags:
  - API Marketplace
  - Enterprise
  - Partner
  humanURL: https://apimarketplace.lumen.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://apimarketplace.lumen.com/
    type: Website
  - url: https://apimarketplace.lumen.com/obtaining-user-credentials-access-centurylink-apis
    type: Credentials
  description: The Lumen API Marketplace is the enterprise catalog where partners and customers browse APIs, request credentials,
    and manage app-level OAuth client IDs for programmatic access to Lumen and legacy CenturyLink services.
- aid: centurylink:lumen-openapi-services
  name: Lumen OpenAPI Services (Level 3 legacy)
  tags:
  - Connectivity
  - Level 3
  - Location
  - OpenAPI
  humanURL: https://developer.level3.com/documentation
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.level3.com/documentation
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.level3.com/
    type: Developer
  description: The Level 3 / Lumen OpenAPI Services portal provides OpenAPI-described REST services such as the Lumen Location
    API that returns detailed service location information by locationId, along with reference specifications inherited from
    the Level 3 product family.
- aid: centurylink:lumen-public-sector-api-center
  name: Lumen Public Sector API Center
  tags:
  - Federal
  - Government
  - Public Sector
  - State and Local
  humanURL: https://blog.centurylink.com/lumen-launches-public-sector-api-marketplace-which-offers-easy-to-use-apis/
  properties:
  - url: https://blog.centurylink.com/lumen-launches-public-sector-api-marketplace-which-offers-easy-to-use-apis/
    type: Announcement
  - url: https://www.lumen.com/en-us/solutions/public-sector.html
    type: Solutions
  description: The Public Sector API Center offers government-tailored REST APIs for Lumen network services, enabling federal,
    state, and local agencies to programmatically order, provision, and monitor connectivity and managed services.
- aid: centurylink:quantum-fiber
  name: Quantum Fiber Residential Services
  tags:
  - Broadband
  - Fiber
  - Residential
  humanURL: https://www.quantumfiber.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://www.quantumfiber.com/
    type: Website
  - url: https://www.centurylink.com/
    type: LegacyBrand
  description: Quantum Fiber is Lumen's residential multi-gigabit fiber brand that supersedes CenturyLink in markets with
    fiber deployment, with account and service management exposed through consumer web and mobile apps rather than a public
    developer API.
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/centurylink-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lumentechnologies
- type: Website
  url: https://www.centurylink.com
- type: Corporate
  url: https://www.lumen.com/
- type: Developer
  url: https://developer.lumen.com/
- type: APIMarketplace
  url: https://apimarketplace.lumen.com/
- type: LegacyDeveloper
  url: https://developer.centurylink.com/apis
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.lumen.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/centurylink
- type: QuantumFiber
  url: https://www.quantumfiber.com/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com