Kuaishou

Kuaishou Technology (快手) is a Beijing-based short-video and live-streaming platform operating Kuaishou in mainland China and Kwai internationally, spanning short video, live commerce, local services and online marketing. Its developer surface is split across two public properties: the Kuaishou Open Platform (open.kuaishou.com), which exposes an OAuth 2.0 authorization-code flow and a JSON Open API for third-party apps, mini programs and merchant integrations; and Kwai for Business (developers.kwai.com), the international marketing/advertising API used by advertisers and measurement partners. Kuaishou also publishes open source under the Kwai GitHub organization. Documentation on both portals is delivered as a JavaScript single-page application and is largely Chinese-language and gated behind developer registration, so this profile records only endpoints and pages verified by live HTTP probe.

Kuaishou publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer, Social, Video, and Short Video.

Kuaishou’s developer surface includes support, authentication, and 12 more developer resources.

18.9/100 emerging Agent 17/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
2 APIs 0 Features
CompanyConsumerSocialVideoShort VideoLive StreamingAdvertisingMarketingSocial MediaContentChina

API Rating

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scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
Composite quality — 18.9/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 17/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
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 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs

Kuaishou Open Platform API

The Kuaishou Open Platform (快手开放平台) exposes a JSON HTTP API for third-party applications, mini programs and merchant tools built on Kuaishou. Access is granted through a standar...

Kwai for Business Marketing API

Kwai for Business is Kuaishou's international advertising and marketing platform for the Kwai app. Its developer portal at developers.kwai.com documents a marketing API served f...

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: kuaishou
name: Kuaishou
description: 'Kuaishou Technology (快手) is a Beijing-based short-video and live-streaming platform operating Kuaishou in mainland
  China and Kwai internationally, spanning short video, live commerce, local services and online marketing. Its developer
  surface is split across two public properties: the Kuaishou Open Platform (open.kuaishou.com), which exposes an OAuth 2.0
  authorization-code flow and a JSON Open API for third-party apps, mini programs and merchant integrations; and Kwai for
  Business (developers.kwai.com), the international marketing/advertising API used by advertisers and measurement partners.
  Kuaishou also publishes open source under the Kwai GitHub organization. Documentation on both portals is delivered as a
  JavaScript single-page application and is largely Chinese-language and gated behind developer registration, so this profile
  records only endpoints and pages verified by live HTTP probe.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kuaishou/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- dcm-ventures
- hongshan
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: verified-api-surface
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
image: https://s2-11031.kwimgs.com/kos/nlav11031/assets/favicon.ico
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Social
- Video
- Short Video
- Live Streaming
- Advertising
- Marketing
- Social Media
- Content
- China
apis:
- aid: kuaishou:open-platform
  name: Kuaishou Open Platform API
  description: The Kuaishou Open Platform (快手开放平台) exposes a JSON HTTP API for third-party applications, mini programs and
    merchant tools built on Kuaishou. Access is granted through a standard OAuth 2.0 authorization-code flow (/oauth2/authorize
    plus /oauth2/access_token) and API calls are made against the /openapi path. Responses use a Kuaishou-specific envelope
    carrying a numeric result code, an error_msg and a request_id for support correlation.
  humanURL: https://open.kuaishou.com/
  baseURL: https://open.kuaishou.com/openapi
  tags:
  - Social
  - Video
  - Content
  - OAuth
  properties:
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://open.kuaishou.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/kuaishou-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/kuaishou-error-codes.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/kuaishou-conventions.yml
- aid: kuaishou:kwai-for-business
  name: Kwai for Business Marketing API
  description: Kwai for Business is Kuaishou's international advertising and marketing platform for the Kwai app. Its developer
    portal at developers.kwai.com documents a marketing API served from the /rest/n/mapi path, used by advertisers, agencies
    and measurement partners for campaign, creative and reporting workflows. The service returns a JSON error envelope (timestamp,
    status, error, message, path) on unrouted requests.
  humanURL: https://developers.kwai.com/
  baseURL: https://developers.kwai.com/rest/n/mapi
  tags:
  - Advertising
  - Marketing
  - Reporting
  properties:
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developers.kwai.com/
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/kuaishou-conventions.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kuaishou-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.kuaishou.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://open.kuaishou.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/kwai
- type: Support
  url: https://www.kuaishou.com/about/contact
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://www.kuaishou.com/help/feedback
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.kuaishou.com/about/policy?tab=protocol
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.kuaishou.com/about/policy?tab=privacy
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/kuaishou-authentication.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/kuaishou-error-codes.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/kuaishou-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/kuaishou-conformance.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/kuaishou-packages.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/kuaishou-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence