iQIYI

iQIYI is one of China's largest online video streaming and entertainment platforms, delivering movies, TV dramas, variety shows, animation, documentaries, and original content across web, mobile (Android/iOS), and OTT/smart-TV devices. Beyond its consumer service, iQIYI runs a SaaS / OTT developer platform that lets partners launch their own branded streaming service with a RESTful API covering Video, Channel, Album, Search, and Player resources, plus AVOD/SVOD/TVOD monetization, analytics, audience management, and DRM. iQIYI also operates the QIYU XR developer platform for VR/AR device applications and maintains an active open-source GitHub organization. This profile entered the API Evangelist network as a portfolio lead of Hongshan and has been enriched from iQIYI's public developer surface.

iQIYI publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Technology, Video, Streaming, and Media.

iQIYI’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, and 5 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

11.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

1 APIs

Company Technology Video Streaming Media Entertainment OTT Software-as-a-Service

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 11.9/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Access Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.3 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: iqiyi
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/iqiyi.png
name: iQIYI
description: iQIYI is one of China's largest online video streaming and entertainment platforms, delivering movies, TV dramas,
  variety shows, animation, documentaries, and original content across web, mobile (Android/iOS), and OTT/smart-TV devices.
  Beyond its consumer service, iQIYI runs a SaaS / OTT developer platform that lets partners launch their own branded streaming
  service with a RESTful API covering Video, Channel, Album, Search, and Player resources, plus AVOD/SVOD/TVOD monetization,
  analytics, audience management, and DRM. iQIYI also operates the QIYU XR developer platform for VR/AR device applications
  and maintains an active open-source GitHub organization. This profile entered the API Evangelist network as a portfolio
  lead of Hongshan and has been enriched from iQIYI's public developer surface.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/iqiyi/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- hongshan
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Technology
- Video
- Streaming
- Media
- Entertainment
- OTT
- Software-as-a-Service
tags_raw:
- Company
- Technology
- Video
- Streaming
- Media
- Entertainment
- OTT
- SaaS
apis:
- name: iQIYI SaaS OTT Developer API
  description: RESTful API for the iQIYI SaaS / OTT platform, covering Video, Channel, Category, Album, Search, and Player
    resources, with an Authentication section and a getting-started tutorial. Used by partners building branded streaming
    experiences on iQIYI SaaS.
  humanURL: https://saas.iqiyi.com/kszt/Developer_Documentation.html
  baseURL: https://saas.iqiyi.com
  tags:
  - Video
  - Streaming
  - OTT
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://saas.iqiyi.com/kszt/Developer_Documentation.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://saas.iqiyi.com/kszt/api_reference.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://saas.iqiyi.com/kszt/getStarted.html
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://iqiyi.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://saas.iqiyi.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://saas.iqiyi.com/kszt/Developer_Documentation.html
- type: APIReference
  url: https://saas.iqiyi.com/kszt/api_reference.html
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://saas.iqiyi.com/kszt/getStarted.html
- type: Support
  url: mailto:SaaS_Service@qiyi.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/iqiyi
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/iqiyi-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/iqiyi-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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