OpenWeb

aid: openweb
name: OpenWeb
description: OpenWeb (formerly Spot.IM) is a community and audience-engagement platform for publishers, delivering OpenWebOS
  — a unified, end-to-end suite for building community, harnessing first-party data, and driving sustainable revenue. Its
  developer platform exposes a JWT-authenticated Publisher API (comment export, top comments, trending articles, SSO user
  management, moderation policy, and SEO markup services) at api.openweb.com, a notification webhook surface, and web, Android,
  iOS, and React Native SDKs for embedding Conversation, Reactions, Community Spotlight, Live Blog, and Standalone Ad experiences.
  Backed by Insight Partners.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openweb/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://www.openweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/favicon-32x32-1.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- insight-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 13
  pass: local-v1
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Community
- Comments
- Audience Engagement
- Publishing
- Media
- Moderation
- Identity
- SSO
- Webhooks
apis:
- name: OpenWeb Publisher API
  description: 'JWT-authenticated REST API for publishers on the OpenWeb platform: request an API token, export comments/users/ranks
    (v2 and v4), retrieve top comments and trending articles, manage SSO users (register, retrieve, update, delete), generate
    SEO markup, and read or set article moderation policy.'
  humanURL: https://developers.openweb.com/
  baseURL: https://api.openweb.com
  tags:
  - Comments
  - Community
  - Moderation
  - SSO
  - SEO
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.openweb.com/docs/getting-started
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.openweb.com/reference/post_v1-publisher-auth
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/openweb-authentication.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/openweb-notifications-webhooks.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/openweb-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.openweb.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.openweb.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.openweb.com/docs/getting-started
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developers.openweb.com/reference/post_v1-publisher-auth
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.openweb.com/docs/getting-started
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.openweb.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/spotim
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.openweb.com/terms-of-service
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.openweb.com
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://updates.openweb.com
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://trust.openweb.com
- type: Packages
  url: packages/openweb-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/openweb-packages.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/openweb-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/openweb-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/openweb-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://trust.openweb.com
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/openweb-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/openweb-changelog.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/openweb-notifications-webhooks.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/openweb-components.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/openweb-mcp.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/openweb-well-known.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/openweb-llms.txt