# Dog API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/dog-api/  
**Website:** https://dog.ceo  
**APIs profiled:** 3

The internet's biggest collection of open-source dog pictures. Fetching over 20,000 dog images accessible by more than 120 breeds via a free, no-auth REST API returning JSON. Optional alt-text variants pair every image URL with descriptive text for accessibility.

## Kin Score — 20.1 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 20.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 23.5 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 13.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 20.4 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 39.8 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (3)

- **Dog API Breeds API** — List and look up master breeds and their sub-breeds.
- **Dog API Images API** — Fetch random or breed-specific dog images (with optional alt text).
- **Dog API Info API** — Look up free-text breed information where available.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Dog Api Agentic Access** — 24 operations

## Security (1)

- **Dog Api Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Plans (1)

- **Dog Api Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Dogs, Image, Open Data, Open-Source

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/dog-api/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.