ChinaCache (EdgeNext)

ChinaCache International Holdings was one of China's earliest and largest content delivery network (CDN) operators, founded in 1998 and formerly listed on NASDAQ. Its international CDN, edge computing, and cloud security business now operates under the EdgeNext brand at edgenext.com, delivering content acceleration, DDoS/WAF security, and edge compute across a network of 1500+ global points of presence and 90+ Tbps of capacity, with a strong footprint in China and other emerging markets. The company runs a customer console at home.console.edgenext.com with OpenID Connect (Keycloak) single sign-on and a REST API host at api.edgenext.com, documented in its online Document Center, for managing CDN domains, cache purge/prefetch, security policies, and edge configuration. The original chinacache.com domain now resolves to the EdgeNext web properties.

ChinaCache (EdgeNext) publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, CDN, Content Delivery Network, Edge Computing, and Cloud Security.

ChinaCache (EdgeNext)’s developer surface includes documentation, signup flow, engineering blog, support, and 7 more developer resources.

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22.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

1 APIs

CompanyCDNContent Delivery NetworkEdge ComputingCloud SecurityDDoS ProtectionWAFMedia DeliveryNetworkingChina

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Composite quality — 22.9/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.1 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 9.3 / 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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APIs 1

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

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

SignUp

SignUp

Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

StatusPage

StatusPage

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: chinacache
name: ChinaCache (EdgeNext)
description: ChinaCache International Holdings was one of China's earliest and largest content delivery network (CDN) operators,
  founded in 1998 and formerly listed on NASDAQ. Its international CDN, edge computing, and cloud security business now operates
  under the EdgeNext brand at edgenext.com, delivering content acceleration, DDoS/WAF security, and edge compute across a
  network of 1500+ global points of presence and 90+ Tbps of capacity, with a strong footprint in China and other emerging
  markets. The company runs a customer console at home.console.edgenext.com with OpenID Connect (Keycloak) single sign-on
  and a REST API host at api.edgenext.com, documented in its online Document Center, for managing CDN domains, cache purge/prefetch,
  security policies, and edge configuration. The original chinacache.com domain now resolves to the EdgeNext web properties.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/chinacache/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- qiming
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://docs.edgenext.com/doc/logo192.png
tags:
- Company
- CDN
- Content Delivery Network
- Edge Computing
- Cloud Security
- DDoS Protection
- WAF
- Media Delivery
- Networking
- China
apis:
- name: EdgeNext CDN API
  description: REST API for the ChinaCache/EdgeNext CDN and edge platform — manage CDN domains, cache purge and prefetch,
    security (DDoS/WAF) policies, and edge configuration. Documented in the EdgeNext Document Center; requires a console account.
    No public OpenAPI specification is currently published.
  humanURL: https://docs.edgenext.com/
  baseURL: https://api.edgenext.com
  tags:
  - CDN
  - Edge Computing
  - Cloud Security
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.edgenext.com/
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://home.console.edgenext.com/#/doc/dashboard
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/chinacache-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.edgenext.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://home.console.edgenext.com/#/doc/dashboard
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.edgenext.com/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://home.console.edgenext.com/#/uc/register
- type: Login
  url: https://account.console.edgenext.com/auth/realms/edgenext/protocol/openid-connect/auth
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.edgenext.com/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://www.edgenext.com/contact-us
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.edgenext.com/legal
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.edgenext.com/legal
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://www.edgenext.com/network
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence