Qiniu Cloud

Qiniu Cloud (七牛云) is a data-centric cloud infrastructure platform for storing, delivering, processing, and computing over large-scale unstructured data. Its core products are Object Storage (Kodo), CDN and full-site acceleration (DCDN), live and on-demand audio/video PaaS, intelligent media processing (Dora), and AI large-model inference and agent workflows. Developers integrate over REST APIs authenticated with AccessKey/SecretKey HMAC signatures, first-party SDKs in a dozen languages, the qshell CLI, and an official MCP server. This profile was seeded as a portfolio company of Qiming Venture Partners and enriched from Qiniu's public developer surface (developer.qiniu.com, github.com/qiniu).

Qiniu Cloud publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Cloud, Object Storage, CDN, and Media Processing.

Qiniu Cloud’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, pricing, CLI, authentication, and 17 more developer resources.

34.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 34/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
2 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyCloudObject StorageCDNMedia ProcessingLive StreamingIAMSDKAIChina

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 34.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 15.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 34/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 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
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APIs 2

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

Object Storage (Kodo)

REST API for Qiniu Kodo object storage — bucket administration, object upload/download, stat/copy/move/delete, lifecycle and CORS rules, async fetch, and CDN prefetch/refresh. S...

IAM

Identity and access management API — IAM sub-users, AK/SK keypairs, groups, and permission policies scoping services/actions/resources.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

qiniu-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 2

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

Qiniu Authentication

apiKey/hmac-signature · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Qiniu Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: qiniu
name: Qiniu Cloud
description: Qiniu Cloud (七牛云) is a data-centric cloud infrastructure platform for storing, delivering, processing, and computing
  over large-scale unstructured data. Its core products are Object Storage (Kodo), CDN and full-site acceleration (DCDN),
  live and on-demand audio/video PaaS, intelligent media processing (Dora), and AI large-model inference and agent workflows.
  Developers integrate over REST APIs authenticated with AccessKey/SecretKey HMAC signatures, first-party SDKs in a dozen
  languages, the qshell CLI, and an official MCP server. This profile was seeded as a portfolio company of Qiming Venture
  Partners and enriched from Qiniu's public developer surface (developer.qiniu.com, github.com/qiniu).
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qiniu/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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accessModel:
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  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
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image: https://www.qiniu.com/favicon.ico
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Cloud
- Object Storage
- CDN
- Media Processing
- Live Streaming
- IAM
- SDK
- AI
- China
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
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apis:
- name: Object Storage (Kodo)
  description: REST API for Qiniu Kodo object storage — bucket administration, object upload/download, stat/copy/move/delete,
    lifecycle and CORS rules, async fetch, and CDN prefetch/refresh. S3-compatible surface available.
  humanURL: https://developer.qiniu.com/kodo
  baseURL: https://rs.qiniu.com
  tags:
  - Object Storage
  - Storage
  - CDN
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.qiniu.com/kodo/1731/api-overview
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.qiniu.com/kodo/1231/upload-process
- name: IAM
  description: Identity and access management API — IAM sub-users, AK/SK keypairs, groups, and permission policies scoping
    services/actions/resources.
  humanURL: https://developer.qiniu.com/af
  baseURL: https://api.qiniu.com
  tags:
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  - Security
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  url: https://qiniu.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.qiniu.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.qiniu.com
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer.qiniu.com/kodo/1731/api-overview
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.qiniu.com/kodo/1231/upload-process
- type: Support
  url: https://developer.qiniu.com/faq
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/qiniu
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.qiniu.com/prices
- type: Login
  url: https://sso.qiniu.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.qiniu.com/user-agreement
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.qiniu.com/privacy-right
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/qiniu-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/qiniu-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/qiniu-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/qiniu-cli.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/qiniu-mcp.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/qiniu-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/qiniu-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/qiniu-error-codes.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/qiniu-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/qiniu-data-model.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/qiniu-domain-security.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  name: Upload and manage a Kodo object
  url: skills/qiniu-upload-and-manage-object.md
- type: AgentSkill
  name: Provision a Qiniu IAM sub-account
  url: skills/qiniu-provision-iam-user.md
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  date: '2026-07-20'
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