Friendbuy

Friendbuy is a referral and loyalty marketing platform for ecommerce and direct-to-consumer brands. Merchants launch referral, loyalty, and reward campaigns through on-site widgets and a no-code dashboard, and integrate server-to-server through the Friendbuy Merchant API (base https://mapi.fbot.me/v1). The Merchant API lets merchants sync customer records, generate personal referral links, track purchase / sign-up / custom conversion events, pull campaign and reward analytics, and manage loyalty ledger balances, adjustments, redemptions, and coupons. Authentication is a key/secret exchange at POST /authorization that returns a short-lived Bearer JWT. Access to the API and to production credentials is gated behind a paid, contact-sales plan.

Friendbuy publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Analytics API, Authorization API, Customers API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Referral Marketing, Loyalty, Rewards, E-Commerce, and Marketing.

The Friendbuy catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Friendbuy’s developer surface includes pricing, authentication, documentation, engineering blog, changelog, API reference, getting-started guide, and 26 more developer resources.

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AccessPaid

1 published contract

Referral Marketing Loyalty Rewards E-Commerce Marketing Advocacy Loyalty & Incentives

What this lets a business do 2

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Customer Relationship Management

BC-420

CustomersReferralsRewards & Loyalty

GET /ledger-balance POST /reward/redeem POST /postCustomer GET /getMemberTierCustomer

Marketing Management

BC-400

Analytics

GET /analytics/widget-views GET /analytics/rewards/referral GET /analytics/email-metrics

Kin Score

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scored 2026-10-23 · rubric v0.25.0

Composite quality — 59.8/100 · strong

Contract Quality 10.8 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 8.3 / 15

Access Clarity 10.5 / 15

Operational Transparency 7.2 / 10

Contract Governance 0.4 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.7 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 30/100 · agent ready

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 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

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Markets this provider is in provisional

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Commerce Platform Ecosystems (Shopify, WooCommerce, Stripe Apps)	undeclared	-	-	-
MACH & Headless Commerce	undeclared	-	-	-
Stripe App Marketplace and Partner Ecosystem (builders on Stripe)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

APIs 7

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

Friendbuy Analytics API

Pull campaign, share, click, conversion, and reward analytics.

Friendbuy Authorization API

Exchange account key and secret for a Bearer token.

Friendbuy Customers API

Create and retrieve customer records and manage customer data requests.

Friendbuy Events API

Track purchase, sign-up, and custom conversion events.

Friendbuy Management API

Block users from campaigns.

Friendbuy Referrals API

Generate personal referral links and check referral status.

Friendbuy Rewards & Loyalty API

Manage loyalty ledger balances, adjustments, redemptions, and coupons.

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Open Collections 8

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

Friendbuy Merchant Analytics API

OPEN COLLECTION

Friendbuy Merchant Analytics Authorization API

OPEN COLLECTION

Friendbuy Merchant Analytics Customers API

OPEN COLLECTION

Friendbuy Merchant Analytics Events API

OPEN COLLECTION

Friendbuy Merchant Analytics Management API

OPEN COLLECTION

Friendbuy Merchant Analytics Referrals API

OPEN COLLECTION

Friendbuy Merchant Analytics Rewards & Loyalty API

OPEN COLLECTION

Friendbuy Merchant API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Friendbuy Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Friendbuy Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Friendbuy Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Friendbuy Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

OpenAPI Overlays 7

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Friendbuy Analytics Overlay

13 actions · update · friendbuy-analytics-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Friendbuy Authorization Overlay

4 actions · update · friendbuy-authorization-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Friendbuy Customers Overlay

5 actions · update · friendbuy-customers-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Friendbuy Events Overlay

6 actions · update · friendbuy-events-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Friendbuy Management Overlay

4 actions · update · friendbuy-management-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Friendbuy Referrals Overlay

5 actions · update · friendbuy-referrals-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Friendbuy Rewards Loyalty Overlay

11 actions · update · friendbuy-rewards-loyalty-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

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Security Posture 2

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

Friendbuy Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Friendbuy Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Friendbuy Agentic Access

31 operations · 12 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 7

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conformance

Webhooks

DataModel

Components

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Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

StatusPage

ChangeLog

Support

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Plans

FinOps

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: friendbuy
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/friendbuy/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Friendbuy
kind: company
description: Friendbuy is a referral and loyalty marketing platform for ecommerce and direct-to-consumer brands. Merchants
  launch referral, loyalty, and reward campaigns through on-site widgets and a no-code dashboard, and integrate server-to-server
  through the Friendbuy Merchant API (base https://mapi.fbot.me/v1). The Merchant API lets merchants sync customer records,
  generate personal referral links, track purchase / sign-up / custom conversion events, pull campaign and reward analytics,
  and manage loyalty ledger balances, adjustments, redemptions, and coupons. Authentication is a key/secret exchange at POST
  /authorization that returns a short-lived Bearer JWT. Access to the API and to production credentials is gated behind a
  paid, contact-sales plan.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/friendbuy.png
tags:
- Referral Marketing
- Loyalty
- Rewards
- E-Commerce
- Marketing
- Advocacy
- Loyalty & Incentives
tags_raw:
- Referral Marketing
- Loyalty
- Rewards
- Ecommerce
- Marketing
- Advocacy
- Loyalty & Incentives
created: '2026-07-10'
modified: '2026-08-13'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: friendbuy:friendbuy-analytics-api
  name: Friendbuy Analytics API
  description: Pull campaign, share, click, conversion, and reward analytics.
  humanURL: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  baseURL: https://mapi.fbot.me/v1
  tags:
  - Analytics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/friendbuy-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/friendbuy-analytics-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/friendbuy.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/friendbuy.opencollection.json
- aid: friendbuy:friendbuy-authorization-api
  name: Friendbuy Authorization API
  description: Exchange account key and secret for a Bearer token.
  humanURL: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  baseURL: https://mapi.fbot.me/v1
  tags:
  - Authorization
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/friendbuy-authorization-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/friendbuy-authorization-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/friendbuy.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/friendbuy.opencollection.json
- aid: friendbuy:friendbuy-customers-api
  name: Friendbuy Customers API
  description: Create and retrieve customer records and manage customer data requests.
  humanURL: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  baseURL: https://mapi.fbot.me/v1
  tags:
  - Customers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/friendbuy-customers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/friendbuy-customers-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/friendbuy.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/friendbuy.opencollection.json
- aid: friendbuy:friendbuy-events-api
  name: Friendbuy Events API
  description: Track purchase, sign-up, and custom conversion events.
  humanURL: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  baseURL: https://mapi.fbot.me/v1
  tags:
  - Event
  tags_raw:
  - Events
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/friendbuy-events-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/friendbuy-events-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/friendbuy.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/friendbuy.opencollection.json
- aid: friendbuy:friendbuy-management-api
  name: Friendbuy Management API
  description: Block users from campaigns.
  humanURL: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  baseURL: https://mapi.fbot.me/v1
  tags:
  - Management
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/friendbuy-management-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/friendbuy-management-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/friendbuy.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/friendbuy.opencollection.json
- aid: friendbuy:friendbuy-referrals-api
  name: Friendbuy Referrals API
  description: Generate personal referral links and check referral status.
  humanURL: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  baseURL: https://mapi.fbot.me/v1
  tags:
  - Referrals
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/friendbuy-referrals-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/friendbuy-referrals-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/friendbuy.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/friendbuy.opencollection.json
- aid: friendbuy:friendbuy-rewards-loyalty-api
  name: Friendbuy Rewards & Loyalty API
  description: Manage loyalty ledger balances, adjustments, redemptions, and coupons.
  humanURL: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  baseURL: https://mapi.fbot.me/v1
  tags:
  - Rewards & Loyalty
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/friendbuy-rewards-loyalty-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/friendbuy-rewards-loyalty-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/friendbuy.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/friendbuy.opencollection.json
common:
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.friendbuy.com/book-a-meeting
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/friendbuy-capability-edges.yml
  name: Friendbuy Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/friendbuy-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/friendbuy-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/friendbuy-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/friendbuy
- type: Website
  url: https://friendbuy.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
- type: Plans
  url: plans/friendbuy-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/friendbuy-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/friendbuy-finops.yml
- url: https://friendbuy.com/blog
  type: Blog
- type: Packages
  url: packages/friendbuy-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/friendbuy-packages.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/friendbuy-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/friendbuy-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/friendbuy-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://friendbuy.statuspage.io
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/friendbuy-conformance.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/friendbuy-webhooks.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/friendbuy-data-model.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/friendbuy-components.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/friendbuy-llms.txt
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://www.friendbuy.com/product-updates
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developers.friendbuy.com
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.friendbuy.com#integration-setup
- type: Support
  url: https://support.friendbuy.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/friendbuy
- type: Login
  url: https://retailer.fbot.me
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://friendbuy.com/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://friendbuy.com/privacy
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-13'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 24
  pass: local-v1

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