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Disqus

Disqus is a hosted web comments and community discussion service used by publishers and bloggers to add threaded commenting, social sharing, and audience engagement features to their sites without running their own backend. The Disqus Public API lets developers read and write comments, threads, forums, users, and category data and integrate Disqus communities into custom applications. Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 plus an API key and secret, with all REST endpoints served from disqus.com/api/3.0/.

Disqus publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Categories API, Forums API, Posts API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Comments, Community, Discussions, Publishing, and Audience Engagement.

Disqus’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, signup flow, support, engineering blog, and 13 more developer resources.

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36.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessSelf serve
5 APIs
CommentsCommunityDiscussionsPublishingAudience EngagementSocial

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 36.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 12.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 7.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 28/100 · 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 0 / 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.

Disqus Categories API

The Categories API from Disqus — 2 operation(s) for categories.

Disqus Forums API

The Forums API from Disqus — 10 operation(s) for forums.

Disqus Posts API

The Posts API from Disqus — 6 operation(s) for posts.

Disqus Threads API

The Threads API from Disqus — 4 operation(s) for threads.

Disqus Users API

The Users API from Disqus — 3 operation(s) for users.

Open Collections 1

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

Disqus Public API

OPEN COLLECTION

Security Posture 2

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

Disqus Authentication

apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Disqus Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Disqus Scopes

3 scopes · authorizationCode

3 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Disqus Agentic Access

25 operations · 13 acting

25 operations · 13 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 Signup
Signup
 Login
Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Help
Help
 Support
Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 X (Twitter)
X (Twitter)
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: disqus
name: Disqus
description: Disqus is a hosted web comments and community discussion service used by publishers and bloggers to add threaded
  commenting, social sharing, and audience engagement features to their sites without running their own backend. The Disqus
  Public API lets developers read and write comments, threads, forums, users, and category data and integrate Disqus communities
  into custom applications. Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 plus an API key and secret, with all REST endpoints served from
  disqus.com/api/3.0/.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/disqus.png
tags:
- Comments
- Community
- Discussions
- Publishing
- Audience Engagement
- Social
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/disqus/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: disqus:disqus-categories-api
  name: Disqus Categories API
  description: The Categories API from Disqus — 2 operation(s) for categories.
  humanURL: https://disqus.com/api/docs/
  baseURL: https://disqus.com/api/3.0/
  tags:
  - Categories
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/disqus-categories-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/auth/
  - type: Request Signing
    url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/signing/
- aid: disqus:disqus-forums-api
  name: Disqus Forums API
  description: The Forums API from Disqus — 10 operation(s) for forums.
  humanURL: https://disqus.com/api/docs/
  baseURL: https://disqus.com/api/3.0/
  tags:
  - Forums
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/disqus-forums-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/auth/
  - type: Request Signing
    url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/signing/
- aid: disqus:disqus-posts-api
  name: Disqus Posts API
  description: The Posts API from Disqus — 6 operation(s) for posts.
  humanURL: https://disqus.com/api/docs/
  baseURL: https://disqus.com/api/3.0/
  tags:
  - Posts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/disqus-posts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/auth/
  - type: Request Signing
    url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/signing/
- aid: disqus:disqus-threads-api
  name: Disqus Threads API
  description: The Threads API from Disqus — 4 operation(s) for threads.
  humanURL: https://disqus.com/api/docs/
  baseURL: https://disqus.com/api/3.0/
  tags:
  - Threads
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/disqus-threads-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/auth/
  - type: Request Signing
    url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/signing/
- aid: disqus:disqus-users-api
  name: Disqus Users API
  description: The Users API from Disqus — 3 operation(s) for users.
  humanURL: https://disqus.com/api/docs/
  baseURL: https://disqus.com/api/3.0/
  tags:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/disqus-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/auth/
  - type: Request Signing
    url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/signing/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/disqus-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/disqus-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/disqus-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/disqus-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://disqus.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://disqus.com/api/applications/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://disqus.com/api/docs/auth/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://disqus.com/pricing/
- type: Signup
  url: https://disqus.com/profile/signup/
- type: Login
  url: https://disqus.com/profile/login/
- type: Help
  url: https://help.disqus.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://help.disqus.com/en/articles/1717104-contacting-disqus
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.disqus.com/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://help.disqus.com/en/articles/1717103-disqus-privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://help.disqus.com/en/articles/1717102-terms-of-service
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/disqus
- type: X (Twitter)
  url: https://x.com/disqus
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/disqus
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com