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CodeProject

CodeProject is a long-running online community for software developers founded in 1999, hosting hundreds of thousands of developer-contributed articles, tutorials, code samples, tips, and a Q&A forum across a broad range of programming topics. It exposes a public REST API at api.codeproject.com (V1 Beta) for read access to articles, forum messages, questions, and authenticated user data, secured by OAuth 2.0 Bearer Tokens. CodeProject also operates CodeProject.AI Server, a free, open-source, self-hosted AI service that exposes object detection, face recognition, license-plate reading (ALPR), scene classification, image processing, audio classification, text analytics, and YOLOv5 training through a local HTTP REST API. CodeProject.AI is widely integrated with home-automation and surveillance platforms (Blue Iris, Home Assistant, Agent DVR).

CodeProject publishes 13 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Articles API, Audio API, ForumMessages API, and 10 more. Tagged areas include AI, Articles, Community, Computer Vision, and Developer Community.

The CodeProject catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

CodeProject’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, support, developer portal, GitHub presence, and 13 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub
46.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
13 APIs
AIArticlesCommunityComputer VisionDeveloper CommunityFace RecognitionForumKnowledge BaseLicense Plate RecognitionObject DetectionQ&ASoftware DevelopmentTutorials

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Composite quality — 46.3/100 · developing
Contract Quality 12.3 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 6.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 3.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
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 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 13

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

CodeProject Articles API

Articles, technical blogs, and tips and tricks (rating >= 3.0).

CodeProject Audio API

Sound classification.

CodeProject ForumMessages API

Latest messages for a forum or message thread.

CodeProject Image-Processing API

Background removal, cartoonise, portrait filter, super-resolution.

CodeProject My API

Authenticated user resources (answers, articles, blogs, bookmarks, notifications, profile, reputation, tips).

CodeProject Questions API

Q&A questions (new, active, unanswered).

CodeProject Status API

Server status, version, logs, and update checks.

CodeProject Text API

Sentiment analysis and summarization.

CodeProject Training API

Custom YOLO dataset and model training lifecycle.

CodeProject Vision-ALPR API

Automatic license-plate recognition.

CodeProject Vision-Detection API

Object detection across general and custom YOLO models.

CodeProject Vision-Face API

Face detection, comparison, registration, and recognition.

CodeProject Vision-Scene API

Scene classification.

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Open Collections 2

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

CodeProject.AI Server API

OPEN COLLECTION

CodeProject REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Codeproject Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Codeproject Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Codeproject Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Codeproject Context

0 classes · 7 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

CodeProject API Rules

9 rules · 4 errors 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

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

Codeproject Authentication

apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Codeproject Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Codeproject Scopes

1 scope · clientCredentials/authorizationCode/implicit

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Codeproject Agentic Access

42 operations · 29 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

42 operations · 29 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD
 Spectral
Spectral

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Samples
Samples
 GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Tutorials
Tutorials

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Forums
Forums
 Support
Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Newsletter
Newsletter

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: codeproject
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/codeproject/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: CodeProject
tags:
- AI
- Articles
- Community
- Computer Vision
- Developer Community
- Face Recognition
- Forum
- Knowledge Base
- License Plate Recognition
- Object Detection
- Q&A
- Software Development
- Tutorials
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/codeproject.png
access: 3rd-Party
kind: company
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consumer
description: CodeProject is a long-running online community for software developers founded in 1999, hosting hundreds of thousands
  of developer-contributed articles, tutorials, code samples, tips, and a Q&A forum across a broad range of programming topics.
  It exposes a public REST API at api.codeproject.com (V1 Beta) for read access to articles, forum messages, questions, and
  authenticated user data, secured by OAuth 2.0 Bearer Tokens. CodeProject also operates CodeProject.AI Server, a free, open-source,
  self-hosted AI service that exposes object detection, face recognition, license-plate reading (ALPR), scene classification,
  image processing, audio classification, text analytics, and YOLOv5 training through a local HTTP REST API. CodeProject.AI
  is widely integrated with home-automation and surveillance platforms (Blue Iris, Home Assistant, Agent DVR).
apis:
- aid: codeproject:codeproject-articles-api
  name: CodeProject Articles API
  description: Articles, technical blogs, and tips and tricks (rating >= 3.0).
  humanURL: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  baseURL: https://api.codeproject.com
  tags:
  - Articles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/codeproject-articles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/
  - type: Samples
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Samples
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/986918/The-CodeProject-API-Part
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/articles/989081/the-code-project-api-part-getting-some-rest
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/AI/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/api/api_reference.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/codeproject/CodeProject.AI-Server
- aid: codeproject:codeproject-audio-api
  name: CodeProject Audio API
  description: Sound classification.
  humanURL: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  baseURL: https://api.codeproject.com
  tags:
  - Audio
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/codeproject-audio-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/
  - type: Samples
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Samples
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/986918/The-CodeProject-API-Part
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/articles/989081/the-code-project-api-part-getting-some-rest
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/AI/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/api/api_reference.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/codeproject/CodeProject.AI-Server
- aid: codeproject:codeproject-forummessages-api
  name: CodeProject ForumMessages API
  description: Latest messages for a forum or message thread.
  humanURL: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  baseURL: https://api.codeproject.com
  tags:
  - ForumMessages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/codeproject-forummessages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/
  - type: Samples
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Samples
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/986918/The-CodeProject-API-Part
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/articles/989081/the-code-project-api-part-getting-some-rest
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/AI/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/api/api_reference.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/codeproject/CodeProject.AI-Server
- aid: codeproject:codeproject-image-processing-api
  name: CodeProject Image-Processing API
  description: Background removal, cartoonise, portrait filter, super-resolution.
  humanURL: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  baseURL: https://api.codeproject.com
  tags:
  - Image-Processing
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/codeproject-image-processing-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/
  - type: Samples
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Samples
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/986918/The-CodeProject-API-Part
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/articles/989081/the-code-project-api-part-getting-some-rest
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/AI/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/api/api_reference.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/codeproject/CodeProject.AI-Server
- aid: codeproject:codeproject-my-api
  name: CodeProject My API
  description: Authenticated user resources (answers, articles, blogs, bookmarks, notifications, profile, reputation, tips).
  humanURL: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  baseURL: https://api.codeproject.com
  tags:
  - My
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/codeproject-my-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/
  - type: Samples
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Samples
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/986918/The-CodeProject-API-Part
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/articles/989081/the-code-project-api-part-getting-some-rest
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/AI/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/api/api_reference.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/codeproject/CodeProject.AI-Server
- aid: codeproject:codeproject-questions-api
  name: CodeProject Questions API
  description: Q&A questions (new, active, unanswered).
  humanURL: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  baseURL: https://api.codeproject.com
  tags:
  - Questions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/codeproject-questions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/
  - type: Samples
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Samples
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/986918/The-CodeProject-API-Part
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/articles/989081/the-code-project-api-part-getting-some-rest
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/AI/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/api/api_reference.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/codeproject/CodeProject.AI-Server
- aid: codeproject:codeproject-status-api
  name: CodeProject Status API
  description: Server status, version, logs, and update checks.
  humanURL: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  baseURL: https://api.codeproject.com
  tags:
  - Status
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/codeproject-status-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/
  - type: Samples
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Samples
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/986918/The-CodeProject-API-Part
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/articles/989081/the-code-project-api-part-getting-some-rest
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/AI/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/api/api_reference.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/codeproject/CodeProject.AI-Server
- aid: codeproject:codeproject-text-api
  name: CodeProject Text API
  description: Sentiment analysis and summarization.
  humanURL: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  baseURL: https://api.codeproject.com
  tags:
  - Text
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/codeproject-text-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/
  - type: Samples
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Samples
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/986918/The-CodeProject-API-Part
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/articles/989081/the-code-project-api-part-getting-some-rest
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/AI/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/api/api_reference.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/codeproject/CodeProject.AI-Server
- aid: codeproject:codeproject-training-api
  name: CodeProject Training API
  description: Custom YOLO dataset and model training lifecycle.
  humanURL: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  baseURL: https://api.codeproject.com
  tags:
  - Training
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/codeproject-training-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/
  - type: Samples
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Samples
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/986918/The-CodeProject-API-Part
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/articles/989081/the-code-project-api-part-getting-some-rest
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/AI/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/api/api_reference.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/codeproject/CodeProject.AI-Server
- aid: codeproject:codeproject-vision-alpr-api
  name: CodeProject Vision-ALPR API
  description: Automatic license-plate recognition.
  humanURL: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  baseURL: https://api.codeproject.com
  tags:
  - Vision-ALPR
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/codeproject-vision-alpr-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/
  - type: Samples
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Samples
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/986918/The-CodeProject-API-Part
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/articles/989081/the-code-project-api-part-getting-some-rest
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/AI/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/api/api_reference.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/codeproject/CodeProject.AI-Server
- aid: codeproject:codeproject-vision-detection-api
  name: CodeProject Vision-Detection API
  description: Object detection across general and custom YOLO models.
  humanURL: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  baseURL: https://api.codeproject.com
  tags:
  - Vision-Detection
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/codeproject-vision-detection-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/
  - type: Samples
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Samples
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/986918/The-CodeProject-API-Part
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/articles/989081/the-code-project-api-part-getting-some-rest
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/AI/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/api/api_reference.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/codeproject/CodeProject.AI-Server
- aid: codeproject:codeproject-vision-face-api
  name: CodeProject Vision-Face API
  description: Face detection, comparison, registration, and recognition.
  humanURL: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  baseURL: https://api.codeproject.com
  tags:
  - Vision-Face
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/codeproject-vision-face-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/
  - type: Samples
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Samples
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/986918/The-CodeProject-API-Part
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/articles/989081/the-code-project-api-part-getting-some-rest
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/AI/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/api/api_reference.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/codeproject/CodeProject.AI-Server
- aid: codeproject:codeproject-vision-scene-api
  name: CodeProject Vision-Scene API
  description: Scene classification.
  humanURL: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  baseURL: https://api.codeproject.com
  tags:
  - Vision-Scene
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/codeproject-vision-scene-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/
  - type: Samples
    url: https://api.codeproject.com/Samples
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/986918/The-CodeProject-API-Part
  - type: Article
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/articles/989081/the-code-project-api-part-getting-some-rest
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.codeproject.com/AI/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://codeproject.github.io/codeproject.ai/api/api_reference.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/codeproject/CodeProject.AI-Server
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/codeproject-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/codeproject-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/codeproject-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/codeproject-scopes.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-code-project
- url: https://www.codeproject.com/
  name: CodeProject Website
  type: Website
- url: https://api.codeproject.com/Help
  name: API Documentation
  type: Documentation
- url: https://api.codeproject.com/Samples
  name: API Samples
  type: Samples
- url: https://www.codeproject.com/Terms
  name: Terms of Service
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://www.codeproject.com/privacy
  name: Privacy Policy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://www.codeproject.com/Lounge.aspx
  name: Community Forum
  type: Forums
- url: https://www.codeproject.com/KB/
  name: Articles and Tutorials
  type: Tutorials
- url: https://www.codeproject.com/Questions/
  name: Q&A
  type: Support
- url: https://www.codeproject.com/newsletters
  name: Newsletter
  type: Newsletter
- url: https://codeproject.ai/
  name: CodeProject.AI
  type: Portal
- url: https://github.com/codeproject
  name: GitHub Organization
  type: GitHub
- url: json-ld/codeproject-context.jsonld
  type: JSONLD
- url: rules/codeproject-rules.yml
  type: Spectral
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'