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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.

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42.8/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 APIs
ArticlesDigital CultureHeadlinesMediaNewsTechnology News

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 42.8/100 · developing
Contract Quality 15.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · 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 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 0 / 4
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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 1

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

Mashable via News API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Mashable Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

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.

Mashable Finops

FINOPS

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

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube
YouTube

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 6

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 About
About
 Newsletter
Newsletter
 Facebook
Facebook
 Instagram
Instagram
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Advertising
Advertising
 RSS
RSS
 X
X

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: '0.19'
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