Platzi

Platzi is the leading online learning platform in Latin America, offering thousands of technology, business, and marketing courses. For developers, Platzi (via PlatziLabs) publishes the free, public "Platzi Fake Store API" — a fully functional REST and GraphQL backend that provides mock e-commerce data (products, categories, users) with complete CRUD operations, JWT authentication, pagination, filtering, file upload, and AI-generated product imagery. It is a zero-signup prototyping API used worldwide to learn and practice building shopping and front-end applications, backed by an open source NestJS project.

Platzi publishes 6 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Auth API, Categories API, Files API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Company, Education, E-Commerce, Product, and Mock API.

The Platzi catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Platzi’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, pricing, authentication, sandbox, and 17 more developer resources.

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39.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 19/100 agent aware Front door AI 3/6 light saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

1 published contract 3 Agent Skills

Company Education E-Commerce Product Mock API Prototyping REST GraphQLFake StoreDeveloper Tools

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 39.7/100 · developing

Contract Quality 6.7 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 9.2 / 15

Access Clarity 4.7 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.8 / 10

Contract Governance 1.6 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.7 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 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 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 35.9 — up to +16.0 composite points
Access Clarity scores 31.6 — up to +13.7 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 18.4 — up to +10.6 composite points

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Standards implemented 3

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

GraphQL

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

REST

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 6

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

Platzi Auth API

The auth API from Platzi — 3 operation(s) for auth.

Platzi Categories API

The categories API from Platzi — 4 operation(s) for categories.

Platzi Files API

The files API from Platzi — 2 operation(s) for files.

Platzi Locations API

The Locations API from Platzi — 1 operation(s) for locations.

Platzi Products API

The products API from Platzi — 5 operation(s) for products.

Platzi Users API

The users API from Platzi — 3 operation(s) for users.

Open Collections 6

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

Platzi Fake Store auth API

OPEN COLLECTION

Platzi Fake Store auth categories API

OPEN COLLECTION

Platzi Fake Store auth files API

OPEN COLLECTION

Platzi Fake Store auth Locations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Platzi Fake Store auth products API

OPEN COLLECTION

Platzi Fake Store auth users API

OPEN COLLECTION

Agent Skills 3

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

Authenticate with JWT

AGENT SKILL

Browse and filter products

AGENT SKILL

Manage catalog (CRUD)

AGENT SKILL

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Platzi API Rules

35 rules · 33 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Platzi Fake Store Overlay

4 actions · documentation · platzi-fake-store-openapi-original.json

DERIVED

Security Posture 2

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

Platzi Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Platzi Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Sandbox

Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

WellKnown

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

DataModel

Lifecycle

Conformance

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: platzi
name: Platzi
description: Platzi is the leading online learning platform in Latin America, offering thousands of technology, business,
  and marketing courses. For developers, Platzi (via PlatziLabs) publishes the free, public "Platzi Fake Store API" — a fully
  functional REST and GraphQL backend that provides mock e-commerce data (products, categories, users) with complete CRUD
  operations, JWT authentication, pagination, filtering, file upload, and AI-generated product imagery. It is a zero-signup
  prototyping API used worldwide to learn and practice building shopping and front-end applications, backed by an open source
  NestJS project.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://static.platzi.com/media/og/platzi.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/platzi/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Education
- E-Commerce
- Product
- Mock API
- Prototyping
- REST
- GraphQL
- Fake Store
- Developer Tools
tags_raw:
- Company
- Education
- E-Commerce
- Products
- Mock API
- Prototyping
- REST
- GraphQL
- Fake Store
- Developer Tools
apis:
- aid: platzi:platzi-auth-api
  name: Platzi Auth API
  description: The auth API from Platzi — 3 operation(s) for auth.
  humanURL: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/
  baseURL: https://api.escuelajs.co/api/v1
  tags:
  - Authentication
  tags_raw:
  - auth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/platzi-auth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.escuelajs.co/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/en/about/introduction/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/en/rest/auth-jwt/
  - type: GraphQL
    url: https://api.escuelajs.co/graphql
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/platzi-authentication.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/platzi-sandbox.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/platzi-conventions.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/platzi-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/platzi-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/platzi-conformance.yml
- aid: platzi:platzi-categories-api
  name: Platzi Categories API
  description: The categories API from Platzi — 4 operation(s) for categories.
  humanURL: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/
  baseURL: https://api.escuelajs.co/api/v1
  tags:
  - Categories
  tags_raw:
  - categories
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/platzi-categories-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.escuelajs.co/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/en/about/introduction/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/en/rest/auth-jwt/
  - type: GraphQL
    url: https://api.escuelajs.co/graphql
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/platzi-authentication.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/platzi-sandbox.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/platzi-conventions.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/platzi-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/platzi-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/platzi-conformance.yml
- aid: platzi:platzi-files-api
  name: Platzi Files API
  description: The files API from Platzi — 2 operation(s) for files.
  humanURL: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/
  baseURL: https://api.escuelajs.co/api/v1
  tags:
  - File
  tags_raw:
  - files
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/platzi-files-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.escuelajs.co/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/en/about/introduction/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/en/rest/auth-jwt/
  - type: GraphQL
    url: https://api.escuelajs.co/graphql
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/platzi-authentication.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/platzi-sandbox.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/platzi-conventions.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/platzi-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/platzi-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/platzi-conformance.yml
- aid: platzi:platzi-locations-api
  name: Platzi Locations API
  description: The Locations API from Platzi — 1 operation(s) for locations.
  humanURL: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/
  baseURL: https://api.escuelajs.co/api/v1
  tags:
  - Location
  tags_raw:
  - Locations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/platzi-locations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.escuelajs.co/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/en/about/introduction/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/en/rest/auth-jwt/
  - type: GraphQL
    url: https://api.escuelajs.co/graphql
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/platzi-authentication.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/platzi-sandbox.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/platzi-conventions.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/platzi-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/platzi-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/platzi-conformance.yml
- aid: platzi:platzi-products-api
  name: Platzi Products API
  description: The products API from Platzi — 5 operation(s) for products.
  humanURL: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/
  baseURL: https://api.escuelajs.co/api/v1
  tags:
  - Product
  tags_raw:
  - products
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/platzi-products-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.escuelajs.co/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/en/about/introduction/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/en/rest/auth-jwt/
  - type: GraphQL
    url: https://api.escuelajs.co/graphql
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/platzi-authentication.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/platzi-sandbox.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/platzi-conventions.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/platzi-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/platzi-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/platzi-conformance.yml
- aid: platzi:platzi-users-api
  name: Platzi Users API
  description: The users API from Platzi — 3 operation(s) for users.
  humanURL: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/
  baseURL: https://api.escuelajs.co/api/v1
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/platzi-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.escuelajs.co/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/en/about/introduction/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/en/rest/auth-jwt/
  - type: GraphQL
    url: https://api.escuelajs.co/graphql
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/platzi-authentication.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/platzi-sandbox.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/platzi-conventions.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/platzi-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/platzi-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/platzi-conformance.yml
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.platzi.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/en/about/introduction/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.escuelajs.co/docs
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://fakeapi.platzi.com/en/rest/auth-jwt/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/PlatziLabs
- type: Blog
  url: https://platzi.com/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://platzi.com/precios/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://platzi.com/terminos/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://platzi.com/privacidad/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.platzi.com
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/platzi-llms.txt
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/platzi-authentication.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/platzi-sandbox.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/platzi-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/platzi-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/platzi-data-model.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/platzi-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/platzi-conformance.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/platzi-domain-security.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/platzi-well-known.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/platzi-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/platzi-fake-store-overlay.yaml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 17
  pass: local-v1

Platzi API — frequently asked questions

Does Platzi have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 6 APIs from Platzi, including Platzi Auth API, Platzi Categories API and Platzi Files API, and 3 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Platzi API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for Platzi, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Platzi API?

Platzi uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Platzi Authentication.

Is the Platzi API ready for AI agents?

Platzi has a Kin Score of 39.7 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 18.8 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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