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Mashable

Mashable is a digital media and entertainment company covering tech, culture, and digital trends. Founded in 2005, Mashable has grown into a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company. Mashable does not publish a first-party REST API, but its headlines and articles are accessible via the third-party News API REST service.

Mashable publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Articles API and Headlines API. Tagged areas include Articles, Digital Culture, Headlines, Media, and News.

Mashable’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, YouTube channel, GitHub presence, and 13 more developer resources.

33.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 APIs
ArticlesDigital CultureHeadlinesMediaNewsTechnology News

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
Composite quality — 33.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 13.3 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Access Clarity 7.4 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13
Contract Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 6 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 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 4 / 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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APIs 2

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

Mashable Articles API

Search across all indexed articles.

Mashable Headlines API

Top headline retrieval.

Open Collections 4

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Mashable via News API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Mashable Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Security Posture 2

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

Mashable Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Mashable Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Mashable Agentic Access

2 operations

2 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 6

The organization behind the API

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: mashable
name: Mashable
description: Mashable is a digital media and entertainment company covering tech, culture, and digital trends. Founded in
  2005, Mashable has grown into a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company. Mashable does not publish a first-party
  REST API, but its headlines and articles are accessible via the third-party News API REST service.
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/mashable.png
access: 3rd-Party
tags:
- Articles
- Digital Culture
- Headlines
- Media
- News
- Technology News
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mashable/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: mashable:mashable-articles-api
  name: Mashable Articles API
  description: Search across all indexed articles.
  humanURL: https://newsapi.org/s/mashable-api
  baseURL: https://newsapi.org/v2
  tags:
  - Articles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/mashable-articles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://newsapi.org/s/mashable-api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://newsapi.org/docs/get-started
  - type: Endpoints
    url: https://newsapi.org/docs/endpoints/top-headlines
  - type: Endpoints
    url: https://newsapi.org/docs/endpoints/everything
- aid: mashable:mashable-headlines-api
  name: Mashable Headlines API
  description: Top headline retrieval.
  humanURL: https://newsapi.org/s/mashable-api
  baseURL: https://newsapi.org/v2
  tags:
  - Headlines
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/mashable-headlines-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://newsapi.org/s/mashable-api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://newsapi.org/docs/get-started
  - type: Endpoints
    url: https://newsapi.org/docs/endpoints/top-headlines
  - type: Endpoints
    url: https://newsapi.org/docs/endpoints/everything
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/mashable-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/mashable-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/mashable-authentication.yml
- url: https://mashable.com/
  name: Mashable Website
  type: Website
- url: https://mashable.com/about
  name: About Mashable
  type: About
- url: https://mashable.com/advertise
  name: Advertise with Mashable
  type: Advertising
- url: https://mashable.com/newsletter
  name: Mashable Newsletter
  type: Newsletter
- url: https://newsapi.org/s/mashable-api
  name: Mashable API via News API
  type: Documentation
- url: http://feeds.mashable.com/mashable
  name: Mashable RSS Feed
  type: RSS
- url: https://mashable.com/privacy
  name: Privacy Policy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://mashable.com/terms
  name: Terms of Service
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://twitter.com/mashable
  name: Mashable on X (Twitter)
  type: X
- url: https://www.facebook.com/mashable/
  name: Mashable on Facebook
  type: Facebook
- url: https://www.instagram.com/mashable/
  name: Mashable on Instagram
  type: Instagram
- url: https://www.youtube.com/user/mashable
  name: Mashable on YouTube
  type: YouTube
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mashable
  name: Mashable on LinkedIn
  type: LinkedIn
- url: https://github.com/mashable
  name: Mashable on GitHub
  type: GitHub
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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