NPR

National Public Radio (NPR) APIs. The APIs support station finding, authentication, user management, and listening with audio recommendations tailored to a user's preferences.

NPR publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Listening, Authorization API, Identity API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Media, News, and Radio.

NPR’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 7 more developer resources.

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25.5/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 33/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try

3 APIs

Media News Radio

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 25.5/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 12.3 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 3.0 / 18

Access Clarity 2.4 / 18

Operational Transparency 0.9 / 12

Contract Governance 0.0 / 11

Discoverability 5.0 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 33/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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 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

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 4

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

NPR Listening

Audio recommendations tailored to a user's preferences.

NPR Authorization API

The Authorization API from NPR — 4 operation(s) for authorization.

NPR Identity API

The Identity API from NPR — 3 operation(s) for identity.

NPR Stationfinder API

The Stationfinder API from NPR — 2 operation(s) for stationfinder.

Open Collections 4

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

NPR Identity Service Authorization API

OPEN COLLECTION

NPR Service Authorization Identity API

OPEN COLLECTION

NPR Identity Service Authorization Stationfinder API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Npr Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Npr Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Npr Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

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

Npr Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Npr Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Npr Scopes

5 scopes · authorizationCode

5 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Npr Agentic Access

18 operations · 12 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

18 operations · 12 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

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: npr
name: NPR
description: National Public Radio (NPR) APIs. The APIs support station finding, authentication, user management, and listening
  with audio recommendations tailored to a user's preferences.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · 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/npr.png
tags:
- Media
- News
- Radio
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/npr/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-04-14'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: npr:listening
  name: NPR Listening
  description: Audio recommendations tailored to a user's preferences.
  humanURL: https://dev.npr.org/guide/services/listening
  baseURL: https://listening.api.npr.org/
  tags:
  - Audio
  - Listening
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.npr.org/guide/services/listening
  - type: Swagger
    url: https://listening.api.npr.org/v2/swagger.json
- aid: npr:npr-authorization-api
  name: NPR Authorization API
  description: The Authorization API from NPR — 4 operation(s) for authorization.
  humanURL: https://dev.npr.org/guide/services/listening
  baseURL: https://listening.api.npr.org/
  tags:
  - Authorization
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/npr-authorization-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.npr.org/guide/services/station-finder
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.npr.org/guide/services/identity
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.npr.org/guide/services/authorization
- aid: npr:npr-identity-api
  name: NPR Identity API
  description: The Identity API from NPR — 3 operation(s) for identity.
  humanURL: https://dev.npr.org/guide/services/listening
  baseURL: https://listening.api.npr.org/
  tags:
  - Identity
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/npr-identity-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.npr.org/guide/services/station-finder
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.npr.org/guide/services/identity
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.npr.org/guide/services/authorization
- aid: npr:npr-stationfinder-api
  name: NPR Stationfinder API
  description: The Stationfinder API from NPR — 2 operation(s) for stationfinder.
  humanURL: https://dev.npr.org/guide/services/listening
  baseURL: https://listening.api.npr.org/
  tags:
  - Stationfinder
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/npr-stationfinder-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.npr.org/guide/services/station-finder
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.npr.org/guide/services/identity
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.npr.org/guide/services/authorization
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/npr-capability-edges.yml
  name: NPR Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/npr-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/npr-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/npr-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/npr-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/npr
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/npr
- type: Website
  url: https://www.npr.org/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://dev.npr.org/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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