# Mashable

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/mashable/  
**Website:** https://mashable.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

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.

## Kin Score — 33.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 33.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 53.1 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 13.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 36.8 |
| Access Clarity | 36.8 |

## Agent readiness — 22.9 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| 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 |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (2)

- **Mashable Articles API** — Search across all indexed articles.
- **Mashable Headlines API** — Top headline retrieval.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Mashable Agentic Access** — 2 operations

## Security (2)

- **Mashable Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Mashable Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Mashable Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Articles, Digital Culture, Headlines, Media, News, Technology News

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