Patreon

Patreon is a membership platform for creators offering tiered subscriptions, content publishing, community, and payments. The Patreon API v2 follows the JSON:API specification and exposes campaigns, members, posts, tiers, benefits, and webhooks via OAuth 2.0.

Patreon publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Oauth2 API. Tagged areas include Creator Economy, Membership, Subscription, Content, and Community.

Patreon’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, signup flow, pricing, and 10 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

34.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 32/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessPaidSelf serve

2 APIs

Creator Economy Membership Subscription Content Community

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 34.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 13.2 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20

Access Clarity 7.4 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 32/100 · agent aware

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 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 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.

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Patreon Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Signup

Signup

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

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Forums

Forums

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: patreon
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/patreon/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Patreon
kind: company
description: Patreon is a membership platform for creators offering tiered subscriptions, content publishing, community, and
  payments. The Patreon API v2 follows the JSON:API specification and exposes campaigns, members, posts, tiers, benefits,
  and webhooks via OAuth 2.0.
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · 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/patreon.png
tags:
- Creator Economy
- Membership
- Subscription
- Content
- Community
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: patreon:patreon-api-v2
  name: Patreon API v2
  humanURL: https://docs.patreon.com/
  baseURL: https://www.patreon.com/api/oauth2/v2
  tags:
  - Creator Economy
  - Membership
  - Campaigns
  - Members
  - Posts
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - Creator Economy
  - Membership
  - Campaigns
  - Members
  - Posts
  - Webhooks
  description: The Patreon REST API v2 follows the JSON:API specification. It exposes campaigns, members (patrons), posts,
    tiers, benefits, addresses, and webhooks. Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 with creator-issued access tokens or three-legged
    OAuth flows.
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.patreon.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.patreon.com/#oauth
  - type: Signup
    url: https://www.patreon.com/portal/registration/register-clients
  - type: Webhooks
    url: https://docs.patreon.com/#webhooks
  - url: graphql/patreon-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- aid: patreon:patreon-oauth2-api
  name: Patreon Oauth2 API
  description: The Oauth2 API from Patreon — 13 operation(s) for oauth2.
  humanURL: https://docs.patreon.com/
  baseURL: https://www.patreon.com/api/oauth2/v2
  tags:
  - Authentication
  tags_raw:
  - Oauth2
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/patreon-oauth2-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/patreon-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/patreon-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/patreon-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/patreon-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Patreon
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/patreon
- type: Website
  url: https://www.patreon.com/
- type: Portal
  url: https://docs.patreon.com/
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.patreon.com/portal/registration/register-clients
- type: Forums
  url: https://www.patreondevelopers.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.patreon.com/pricing
- type: Plans
  url: plans/patreon-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/patreon-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/patreon-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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