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Grist

Grist is a collaborative spreadsheet and relational database platform that combines the flexibility of spreadsheets with the power of a structured database. It provides a REST API for reading and writing table records, managing organizations, workspaces, and documents, executing SQL queries against document data, and configuring outgoing webhooks triggered by data changes. Grist is available as a cloud-hosted SaaS at getgrist.com and as an open-source self-hosted deployment via the Apache-licensed grist-core repository maintained by Grist Labs.

Grist publishes 17 APIs on the APIs.io network, including attachments API, columns API, data API, and 14 more. Tagged areas include Spreadsheet, Database, Collaboration, No-Code, and Data Management.

The Grist catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Grist’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, changelog, and 14 more developer resources.

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51.2/100 developing ▼ -6.1 Agent 34/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
17 APIs
SpreadsheetDatabaseCollaborationNo-CodeData ManagementWebhooksOpen Source

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 51.2/100 · developing
Contract Quality 13.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 34/100 · 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 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 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 17

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

Grist attachments API

Documents may include attached files. Data records can refer to these using a column of type `Attachments`.

Grist columns API

Tables are structured as a collection of columns.

Grist data API

Work with table data, using a (now deprecated) columnar format. We now recommend the `records` endpoints.

Grist docs API

Workspaces contain collections of Grist documents.

Grist forms API

The forms API from Grist — 1 operation(s) for forms.

Grist orgs API

Team sites and personal spaces are called 'orgs' in the API.

Grist profile API

The profile API from Grist — 4 operation(s) for profile.

Grist records API

Tables contain collections of records (also called rows).

Grist service accounts API

Impersonations to manage grist resources through REST APIs with specific rights.

Grist session API

The session API from Grist — 2 operation(s) for session.

Grist sql API

Sql endpoint to query data from documents.

Grist tables API

Documents are structured as a collection of tables.

Grist templates API

The templates API from Grist — 2 operation(s) for templates.

Grist users API

Grist users.

Grist webhooks API

Document changes can trigger requests to URLs called webhooks.

Grist widgets API

The widgets API from Grist — 1 operation(s) for widgets.

Grist workspaces API

Sites can be organized into groups of documents called workspaces.

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Grist Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Grist Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Grist Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Grist Context

45 classes · 6 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Grist API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

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

GristDocument

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GristRecord

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GristWebhook

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Add Records Request

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Create Webhook Request

1 fields

EXAMPLE

List Records Response

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Run Sql Request

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

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

Grist Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Grist Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Grist Agentic Access

120 operations · 75 acting · 3 human-in-the-loop

120 operations · 75 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary
Vocabulary
 JSONLDContext
JSONLDContext

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

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 Community
Community
 Discord
Discord
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: grist
name: Grist
description: 'Grist is a collaborative spreadsheet and relational database platform that combines the flexibility of spreadsheets
  with the power of a structured database. It provides a REST API for reading and writing table records, managing organizations,
  workspaces, and documents, executing SQL queries against document data, and configuring outgoing webhooks triggered by data
  changes. Grist is available as a cloud-hosted SaaS at getgrist.com and as an open-source self-hosted deployment via the
  Apache-licensed grist-core repository maintained by Grist Labs.

  '
type: Index
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/grist.png
tags:
- Spreadsheet
- Database
- Collaboration
- No-Code
- Data Management
- Webhooks
- Open Source
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/grist/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: grist:grist-attachments-api
  name: Grist attachments API
  description: Documents may include attached files. Data records can refer to these using a column of type `Attachments`.
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - attachments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-attachments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
- aid: grist:grist-columns-api
  name: Grist columns API
  description: Tables are structured as a collection of columns.
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - columns
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-columns-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
- aid: grist:grist-data-api
  name: Grist data API
  description: Work with table data, using a (now deprecated) columnar format. We now recommend the `records` endpoints.
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
- aid: grist:grist-docs-api
  name: Grist docs API
  description: Workspaces contain collections of Grist documents.
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - docs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-docs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
- aid: grist:grist-forms-api
  name: Grist forms API
  description: The forms API from Grist — 1 operation(s) for forms.
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - forms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-forms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
- aid: grist:grist-orgs-api
  name: Grist orgs API
  description: Team sites and personal spaces are called 'orgs' in the API.
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - orgs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-orgs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
- aid: grist:grist-profile-api
  name: Grist profile API
  description: The profile API from Grist — 4 operation(s) for profile.
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - profile
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-profile-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
- aid: grist:grist-records-api
  name: Grist records API
  description: Tables contain collections of records (also called rows).
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - records
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-records-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
- aid: grist:grist-service-accounts-api
  name: Grist service accounts API
  description: Impersonations to manage grist resources through REST APIs with specific rights.
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - service accounts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-service-accounts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
- aid: grist:grist-session-api
  name: Grist session API
  description: The session API from Grist — 2 operation(s) for session.
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - session
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-session-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
- aid: grist:grist-sql-api
  name: Grist sql API
  description: Sql endpoint to query data from documents.
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - sql
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-sql-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
- aid: grist:grist-tables-api
  name: Grist tables API
  description: Documents are structured as a collection of tables.
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - tables
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-tables-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
- aid: grist:grist-templates-api
  name: Grist templates API
  description: The templates API from Grist — 2 operation(s) for templates.
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - templates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-templates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
- aid: grist:grist-users-api
  name: Grist users API
  description: Grist users.
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
- aid: grist:grist-webhooks-api
  name: Grist webhooks API
  description: Document changes can trigger requests to URLs called webhooks.
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - webhooks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
- aid: grist:grist-widgets-api
  name: Grist widgets API
  description: The widgets API from Grist — 1 operation(s) for widgets.
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - widgets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-widgets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
- aid: grist:grist-workspaces-api
  name: Grist workspaces API
  description: Sites can be organized into groups of documents called workspaces.
  humanURL: https://support.getgrist.com/api/
  baseURL: https://docs.getgrist.com/api
  tags:
  - workspaces
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grist-workspaces-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://support.getgrist.com/rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPIConsole
    url: https://docs.getgrist.com/apiconsole
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/grist-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/grist-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/grist-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.getgrist.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://support.getgrist.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/gristlabs
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grist-labs/
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/getgrist
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.getgrist.com/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.getgrist.com/pricing/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/gristlabs/grist-core/releases
- type: Community
  url: https://community.getgrist.com/
- type: Discord
  url: https://discord.gg/MYKpYQ3fbP
- type: Plans
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/grist/refs/heads/main/plans/grist-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/grist/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/grist-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/grist/refs/heads/main/finops/grist-finops.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/grist/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/grist-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/grist/refs/heads/main/json-ld/grist-context.jsonld
- type: Blog
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/grist/refs/heads/main/blogs/blogs.json
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com