CenturyLink (Lumen Technologies)

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
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
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: 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