Naver

aid: naver
name: Naver
description: 'Naver Corp. is South Korea''s largest internet company,

  operating the Naver search portal, Naver Webtoon, Naver Pay,

  Naver Maps, Naver Shopping, WORKS Mobile, and the LINE

  messenger platform (jointly with SoftBank via LY Corporation).

  Naver runs two distinct public developer surfaces: Naver

  Developers (developers.naver.com) which hosts Naver''s classic

  Open APIs — Search (blog, news, book, encyclopedia, café,

  knowledge, web, image, shop, doc), Papago N2MT translation,

  Naver Login (OAuth 2.0), Naver Maps geocoding and static map,

  Datalab trend, CAPTCHA, and SmartEditor; and Naver Cloud

  Platform (www.ncloud.com) — Naver''s IaaS / PaaS offering with

  Compute (Server, Container, Functions), Storage (Object,

  Block, File), Network (VPC, CDN+, Global Edge), AI (CLOVA

  Speech, CLOVA OCR, Papago, HyperCLOVA X), Maps, SENS (SMS /

  push messaging), Cloud Search, and Certificate Manager.

  '
type: Index
position: Provider
access: Public
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Search
- Translation
- Maps
- Cloud Platform
- AI
- Korea
- OAuth2
- SMS
- OCR
- Webtoon
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/naver/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
- aid: naver:search
  name: Naver Search Open API
  description: 'Naver Search API returns search results across Naver''s

    catalogs: blog, news, book, encyclopedia, café article,

    knowledge-in (Kin), web document, image, shopping product,

    and academic document. Each catalog has its own endpoint

    and shares a common JSON / XML response envelope.

    '
  humanURL: https://developers.naver.com/docs/serviceapi/search/blog/blog.md
  baseURL: https://openapi.naver.com
  tags:
  - Search
  - Blog
  - News
  - Books
  - Images
  - Shopping
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.naver.com/docs/serviceapi/search/blog/blog.md
- aid: naver:papago-translation
  name: Naver Papago Translation (N2MT) API
  description: 'Papago is Naver''s neural machine translation service. The

    Papago N2MT API performs text translation across Korean,

    English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified / Traditional),

    Spanish, French, German, Russian, Vietnamese, Thai,

    Indonesian, and other languages.

    '
  humanURL: https://developers.naver.com/docs/papago/papago-nmt-overview.md
  baseURL: https://openapi.naver.com
  tags:
  - Translation
  - NMT
  - AI
  - Papago
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.naver.com/docs/papago/papago-nmt-overview.md
- aid: naver:papago-detect-language
  name: Naver Papago Language Detection API
  description: 'Papago Language Detection identifies the source language of

    a text snippet, used to drive automatic translation routing.

    '
  humanURL: https://developers.naver.com/docs/papago/papago-detectlangs-overview.md
  baseURL: https://openapi.naver.com
  tags:
  - Translation
  - Detection
  - Papago
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.naver.com/docs/papago/papago-detectlangs-overview.md
- aid: naver:login
  name: Naver Login (OAuth 2.0) API
  description: 'Naver Login is an OAuth 2.0 identity provider used by

    Korean web and mobile apps to authenticate users with their

    Naver account and access basic profile attributes.

    '
  humanURL: https://developers.naver.com/docs/login/api/api.md
  baseURL: https://nid.naver.com
  tags:
  - Identity
  - OAuth2
  - Login
  - Korea
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.naver.com/docs/login/api/api.md
- aid: naver:datalab
  name: Naver Datalab API
  description: 'Datalab API exposes search-volume trend data for keywords

    across Naver Search and Naver Shopping over user-defined

    time windows, demographic slices, and category filters.

    '
  humanURL: https://developers.naver.com/docs/serviceapi/datalab/search/search.md
  baseURL: https://openapi.naver.com
  tags:
  - Analytics
  - Trends
  - Search
  - Shopping
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.naver.com/docs/serviceapi/datalab/search/search.md
- aid: naver:short-url
  name: Naver Shortener (me2.do) API
  description: 'The me2.do URL shortener API converts long URLs into Naver

    short links for sharing across messaging and social

    channels.

    '
  humanURL: https://developers.naver.com/docs/utils/shortenurl/
  baseURL: https://openapi.naver.com
  tags:
  - URL Shortener
  - Utility
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.naver.com/docs/utils/shortenurl/
- aid: naver:captcha
  name: Naver CAPTCHA API
  description: 'The CAPTCHA API issues image-based human-verification

    challenges and validates user responses, used by Korean

    sites to prevent bot abuse.

    '
  humanURL: https://developers.naver.com/docs/utils/captcha/
  baseURL: https://openapi.naver.com
  tags:
  - CAPTCHA
  - Bot Mitigation
  - Security
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.naver.com/docs/utils/captcha/
- aid: naver:smarteditor
  name: Naver SmartEditor 2 API
  description: 'SmartEditor 2 is Naver''s embeddable rich-text editor for

    blog and CMS-style applications. The integration API exposes

    attachment uploads, image processing, and editor lifecycle.

    '
  humanURL: https://developers.naver.com/docs/utils/smarteditor2/
  baseURL: https://openapi.naver.com
  tags:
  - Editor
  - CMS
  - Rich Text
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.naver.com/docs/utils/smarteditor2/
- aid: naver:maps-web
  name: Naver Maps (Web) API
  description: 'The Naver Maps Web API embeds Korean street-level mapping,

    markers, polylines, and geocoding in third-party web

    applications. (Naver Cloud Platform''s Maps API hosts the

    production-grade map and directions service.)

    '
  humanURL: https://navermaps.github.io/maps.js.ncp/
  baseURL: https://oapi.map.naver.com
  tags:
  - Maps
  - Geocoding
  - Korea
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://navermaps.github.io/maps.js.ncp/
- aid: naver-cloud:maps
  name: Naver Cloud Platform Maps API
  description: 'Naver Cloud Platform Maps exposes geocoding, reverse

    geocoding, directions (driving / walking / public transit),

    static map images, and the dynamic JavaScript map tile

    service for Korean addresses and POIs.

    '
  humanURL: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/ai-naver-mapsgeocoding
  baseURL: https://maps.apigw.ntruss.com
  tags:
  - Maps
  - Geocoding
  - Directions
  - Korea
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/ai-naver-mapsgeocoding
- aid: naver-cloud:papago
  name: Naver Cloud Platform Papago APIs
  description: 'The Papago service group on Naver Cloud Platform packages

    production-grade NMT translation, language detection,

    Korean name romanization, and Papago Image Translation.

    '
  humanURL: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/ai-naver-papagonmt
  baseURL: https://naveropenapi.apigw.ntruss.com
  tags:
  - Translation
  - NMT
  - Papago
  - AI
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/ai-naver-papagonmt
- aid: naver-cloud:clova-ocr
  name: Naver Cloud CLOVA OCR API
  description: 'CLOVA OCR detects and extracts text from images and

    documents — supporting general OCR, document-template OCR

    for IDs / receipts / business cards, and structured key /

    value extraction.

    '
  humanURL: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/ai-application-service-ocr
  baseURL: https://*.apigw.ntruss.com
  tags:
  - OCR
  - Vision
  - AI
  - Documents
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/ai-application-service-ocr
- aid: naver-cloud:clova-speech
  name: Naver Cloud CLOVA Speech API
  description: 'CLOVA Speech provides Korean-first speech-to-text (STT) and

    Korean speech synthesis (TTS / Premium Voice) APIs for

    contact-center, captioning, and voice-app workloads.

    '
  humanURL: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/ai-application-service-clovaspeech
  baseURL: https://clovaspeech-gw.ncloud.com
  tags:
  - Speech
  - STT
  - TTS
  - Korean
  - CLOVA
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/ai-application-service-clovaspeech
- aid: naver-cloud:hyperclova-x
  name: Naver Cloud HyperCLOVA X API
  description: 'HyperCLOVA X is Naver''s Korean-language large language

    model. The HyperCLOVA X API exposes chat completion,

    embeddings, summarization, and tool-use endpoints for

    Korean-first generative AI applications.

    '
  humanURL: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/clovastudio-overview
  baseURL: https://clovastudio.stream.ntruss.com
  tags:
  - LLM
  - Generative AI
  - Korean
  - HyperCLOVA
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/clovastudio-overview
- aid: naver-cloud:sens
  name: Naver Cloud SENS Messaging API
  description: 'SENS (Simple & Easy Notification Service) sends SMS, LMS,

    MMS, Alimtalk (KakaoTalk channel), Friend Talk, and push

    notifications to Korean recipients.

    '
  humanURL: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/ai-application-service-sens
  baseURL: https://sens.apigw.ntruss.com
  tags:
  - Messaging
  - SMS
  - Push
  - KakaoTalk
  - Korea
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/ai-application-service-sens
- aid: naver-cloud:object-storage
  name: Naver Cloud Object Storage API
  description: 'Object Storage is Naver Cloud Platform''s S3-compatible

    object store for unstructured data, with public read /

    versioning / lifecycle / CDN-origin support.

    '
  humanURL: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/storage-objectstorage
  baseURL: https://kr.object.ncloudstorage.com
  tags:
  - Storage
  - S3
  - Object
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/storage-objectstorage
- aid: naver-cloud:server
  name: Naver Cloud Server (Compute) API
  description: 'Server is Naver Cloud Platform''s IaaS compute service, with

    VPC and Classic deployments, GPU and bare-metal options,

    and standard create / scale / snapshot / image management

    APIs.

    '
  humanURL: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/compute-server
  baseURL: https://ncloud.apigw.ntruss.com
  tags:
  - Compute
  - Server
  - IaaS
  - VPC
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/compute-server
- aid: naver-cloud:cdn-plus
  name: Naver Cloud CDN+ / Global Edge API
  description: 'CDN+ and Global Edge are Naver Cloud Platform''s Korean and

    global content delivery services, with cache configuration,

    purge, and traffic-reporting APIs.

    '
  humanURL: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/networking-cdn
  baseURL: https://ncloud.apigw.ntruss.com
  tags:
  - CDN
  - Edge
  - Performance
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/networking-cdn
features:
- name: Naver Developers Open APIs
  description: Free public APIs for Search, Papago translation, Naver Login, Maps, Datalab, and SmartEditor.
- name: Naver Cloud Platform
  description: Full-stack Korean cloud with Compute, Storage, Network, AI (CLOVA, HyperCLOVA X, Papago), Maps, and SENS messaging.
- name: HyperCLOVA X LLM
  description: Korean-first generative AI exposed through Naver Cloud's CLOVA Studio API.
- name: Korean Address & Map Coverage
  description: Strongest geocoding and POI dataset for South Korea, ahead of global mapping providers in-market.
- name: KakaoTalk Channel Messaging via SENS
  description: SENS supports KakaoTalk Alimtalk / Friend Talk delivery alongside SMS and push.
useCases:
- name: Korean Market Search Integration
  description: Display Naver search results, blog posts, news, and shopping items in third-party apps.
- name: Multilingual Translation
  description: Translate Korean ↔ English / Japanese / Chinese / Vietnamese text using Papago.
- name: Korean OCR Workflows
  description: Extract structured data from Korean IDs, receipts, and business documents via CLOVA OCR.
- name: Korean LLM Applications
  description: Build Korean-language chatbots, summarizers, and copilots on HyperCLOVA X.
- name: Korean SMS / Alimtalk Delivery
  description: Send transactional SMS, LMS, and KakaoTalk Alimtalk messages via SENS.
integrations:
- name: Naver Login
- name: Naver Pay
- name: Naver Shopping
- name: Naver Maps
- name: KakaoTalk Alimtalk
- name: LINE Messaging
- name: AWS S3 (compatible)
authentication:
- type: APIKey
  description: Naver Developers Open APIs authenticate with X-Naver-Client-Id and X-Naver-Client-Secret headers from a registered
    application.
- type: OAuth2
  description: Naver Login uses OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow with user-granted scopes.
- type: AccessKey
  description: Naver Cloud Platform APIs authenticate with NCP Access Key ID and Secret Key, signed per request with HMAC-SHA256.
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.navercorp.com/
- type: ConsumerPortal
  url: https://www.naver.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.naver.com/main/
- type: NaverCloudPlatform
  url: https://www.ncloud.com/
- type: NaverCloudDocs
  url: https://api.ncloud-docs.com/docs/home
- type: HyperCLOVAStudio
  url: https://clovastudio.ncloud.com/
- type: PapagoConsumer
  url: https://papago.naver.com/
- type: NaverMaps
  url: https://map.naver.com/
- type: NaverShopping
  url: https://shopping.naver.com/
- type: NaverPay
  url: https://new-m.pay.naver.com/
- type: NaverWebtoon
  url: https://comic.naver.com/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/naver
- type: TechBlog
  url: https://d2.naver.com/home
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/naver-corporation/
- type: InvestorRelations
  url: https://www.navercorp.com/en/investment
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://www.navercorp.com/en/news
- type: Careers
  url: https://recruit.navercorp.com/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com