dev-to

Access Forem articles, users and other resources via API. For a real-world example of Forem in action, check out [DEV](https://www.dev.to). All endpoints can be accessed with the 'api-key' header and a accept header, but some of them are accessible publicly without authentication. Dates and date times, unless otherwise specified, must be in the [RFC 3339](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339) format.

dev-to publishes 15 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Dev.to Webhooks API, Articles API, Comments API, and 12 more.

The dev-to catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification, 1 JSON-LD context, and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

dev-to’s developer surface includes authentication, engineering blog, and 6 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

31.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 30/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

15 APIs

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 31.7/100 · thin

Contract Quality 17.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.9 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 1.4 / 12

Discoverability 5.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 30/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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 6 / 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

Improve this rating by publishing the missing artifacts — every area above can be raised, and the full rubric is at apis.io/rating/. This rating is computed from github.com/api-evangelist/dev-to: open an issue to ask a question, or submit a pull request to add artifacts. Want it done for you? Prioritized profiling — $2,500 →

APIs 15

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

Open Collections 16

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Dev To Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

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 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: dev-to
specificationVersion: '0.23'
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/dev-to.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dev-to/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: dev-to:webhooks-api
  name: Dev.to Webhooks API
  tags:
  - Automation
  - Event
  - Notification
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - Automation
  - Events
  - Notifications
  - Webhooks
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://dev.to/api
  humanURL: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
    type: Documentation
  - url: asyncapi/dev-to-webhooks-asyncapi.yml
    type: AsyncAPI
  description: The Dev.to Webhooks API allows developers to subscribe to real-time notifications for events occurring on the
    Dev.to platform. By creating webhook subscriptions, applications can receive HTTP callbacks when specific events happen,
    such as new articles being published. This enables event-driven integrations and automation workflows that respond immediately
    to activity on the platform without the need to continuously poll the REST API for changes.
- aid: dev-to:dev-to-articles-api
  name: dev-to Articles API
  description: Endpoints for creating, reading, updating, and managing articles (blog posts, discussions, help threads) on
    the platform.
  humanURL: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
  baseURL: https://dev.to/api
  tags:
  - Articles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dev-to-articles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
- aid: dev-to:dev-to-comments-api
  name: dev-to Comments API
  description: Endpoints for retrieving comments on articles and podcast episodes, including threaded conversation views.
  humanURL: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
  baseURL: https://dev.to/api
  tags:
  - Comments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dev-to-comments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
- aid: dev-to:dev-to-displayads-api
  name: dev-to DisplayAds API
  description: Endpoints for managing display advertisements on the platform. Requires admin-level API key.
  humanURL: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
  baseURL: https://dev.to/api
  tags:
  - Display Ads
  tags_raw:
  - DisplayAds
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dev-to-displayads-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
- aid: dev-to:dev-to-followedtags-api
  name: dev-to FollowedTags API
  description: Endpoints for retrieving the tags followed by the authenticated user.
  humanURL: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
  baseURL: https://dev.to/api
  tags:
  - FollowedTags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dev-to-followedtags-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
- aid: dev-to:dev-to-followers-api
  name: dev-to Followers API
  description: Endpoints for retrieving followers of the authenticated user.
  humanURL: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
  baseURL: https://dev.to/api
  tags:
  - Followers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dev-to-followers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
- aid: dev-to:dev-to-organizations-api
  name: dev-to Organizations API
  description: Endpoints for retrieving organization details, members, and articles.
  humanURL: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
  baseURL: https://dev.to/api
  tags:
  - Organization
  tags_raw:
  - Organizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dev-to-organizations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
- aid: dev-to:dev-to-pages-api
  name: dev-to Pages API
  description: Endpoints for managing static pages on the platform. Requires admin-level API key.
  humanURL: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
  baseURL: https://dev.to/api
  tags:
  - Pages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dev-to-pages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
- aid: dev-to:dev-to-podcastepisodes-api
  name: dev-to PodcastEpisodes API
  description: Endpoints for retrieving published podcast episodes.
  humanURL: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
  baseURL: https://dev.to/api
  tags:
  - PodcastEpisodes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dev-to-podcastepisodes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
- aid: dev-to:dev-to-profileimages-api
  name: dev-to ProfileImages API
  description: Endpoints for retrieving profile images of users and organizations.
  humanURL: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
  baseURL: https://dev.to/api
  tags:
  - ProfileImages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dev-to-profileimages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
- aid: dev-to:dev-to-reactions-api
  name: dev-to Reactions API
  description: Endpoints for creating and toggling reactions on articles, comments, and users.
  humanURL: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
  baseURL: https://dev.to/api
  tags:
  - Reactions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dev-to-reactions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
- aid: dev-to:dev-to-readinglist-api
  name: dev-to ReadingList API
  description: Endpoints for retrieving the authenticated user's reading list.
  humanURL: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
  baseURL: https://dev.to/api
  tags:
  - ReadingList
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dev-to-readinglist-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
- aid: dev-to:dev-to-tags-api
  name: dev-to Tags API
  description: The Tags API from dev-to — 1 operation(s) for tags.
  humanURL: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
  baseURL: https://dev.to/api
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dev-to-tags-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
- aid: dev-to:dev-to-users-api
  name: dev-to Users API
  description: Endpoints for retrieving user profiles and managing user accounts.
  humanURL: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
  baseURL: https://dev.to/api
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dev-to-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
- aid: dev-to:dev-to-webhooks-api
  name: dev-to Webhooks API
  description: Endpoints for creating, listing, retrieving, and deleting webhook subscriptions for real-time event notifications.
  humanURL: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
  baseURL: https://dev.to/api
  tags:
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dev-to-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.forem.com/api/v1
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/dev-to-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dev-to-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/dev-to-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/forem
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepracticaldev
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/dev-to-context.jsonld
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/dev-to-article-schema.json
- type: Blog
  url: https://dev.to/feed/devteam
modified: '2026-05-19'
description: Access Forem articles, users and other resources via API. For a real-world example of Forem in action, check
  out [DEV](https://www.dev.to). All endpoints can be accessed with the 'api-key' header and a accept header, but some of
  them are accessible publicly without authentication. Dates and date times, unless otherwise specified, must be in the [RFC
  3339](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339) format.

dev-to

APIs 15

Open Collections 16

Pricing Plans 1

Rate Limits 1

FinOps 1

Event Specifications 1

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Spectral Rules 2