# Dog CEO

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/dog-ceo/  
**Website:** https://dog.ceo/dog-api/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

Free REST API providing random dog images organized by breed and sub-breed from 120+ breeds. Backed by the Stanford Dogs Dataset and community-contributed photos, Dog CEO is widely used for learning HTTP concepts, API integration practice, and building dog-related applications. No authentication or API key is required. All endpoints return JSON with image URLs served via Vultr CDN. Open-source under the MIT license and community-funded via voluntary donations.

## Kin Score — 36.1 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 36.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 59.6 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 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

Free · Open access — onboarding: open, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (4)

- **Dog CEO Breed API** — Operations for fetching images from a specific breed
- **Dog CEO Breeds API** — Operations for listing all available dog breeds
- **Dog CEO Random API** — Operations for fetching random dog images across all breeds
- **Dog CEO Sub-Breed API** — Operations for fetching images from a specific sub-breed

## Agentic access (1)

- **Dog Ceo Agentic Access** — 10 operations

## Security (1)

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

## Plans (1)

- **Dog Ceo Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Dogs, Image, Animals, Open-Source, Free API, Machine-Learning, Education

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