# The Guardian

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/guardian/  
**Website:** https://open-platform.theguardian.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 5

The Guardian newspaper REST API providing access to 2M+ articles, news content, sections, tags, editions, and real-time breaking news from Guardian journalists worldwide. The API covers all articles published since 1999 and supports advanced search, filtering by section, tag, date range, and edition (UK, US, Australia).

## Kin Score — 40.3 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 40.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 61.4 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 31.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 28.6 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

## Agent readiness — 42.9 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| 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 · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (5)

- **The Guardian Content API** — Search and retrieve articles, news content, and multimedia from The Guardian's archive of 2 million+ pieces of content published since 1999. Supports keyword search, section fil...
- **The Guardian Content API** — Search and retrieve Guardian content items
- **The Guardian Editions API** — Browse Guardian editions (UK, US, AU, International, Europe)
- **The Guardian Sections API** — Browse Guardian sections
- **The Guardian Tags API** — Browse and search Guardian tags (keywords, series, contributors, etc.)

## Agentic access (1)

- **Guardian Agentic Access** — 5 operations

## Security (3)

- **Guardian Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Guardian Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC
- **Guardian Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Guardian Plans Pricing**

## Tags

News, Media, Content, Articles, Journalism

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