Retrofit

Retrofit is a type-safe HTTP client for Android and the JVM (Java and Kotlin) built by Square, turning HTTP API interfaces into callable Java objects with annotation-based configuration and pluggable serialization. Retrofit is built on top of OkHttp and supports synchronous/asynchronous execution, JSON/XML/Protobuf converters, RxJava adapters, and Kotlin coroutines. Current stable version is 3.0.0.

Retrofit publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Android, HTTP Client, Java, Kotlin, and Library.

The Retrofit catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Retrofit’s developer surface includes documentation, GitHub presence, changelog, and 7 more developer resources.

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18.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemium

4 APIs

Android HTTP Client Java Kotlin Library Mobile Open-Source SDK Square

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 18.0/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 4.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 17

Access Clarity 2.7 / 17

Operational Transparency 2.9 / 11

Contract Governance 2.6 / 10

Discoverability 5.5 / 9

Regulatory Posture 1.4 / 15

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 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 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 4

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Retrofit Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Issues

Issues

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Maven

Maven

JavaDoc

JavaDoc

Source (apis.yml)

aid: retrofit
name: Retrofit
description: Retrofit is a type-safe HTTP client for Android and the JVM (Java and Kotlin) built by Square, turning HTTP API
  interfaces into callable Java objects with annotation-based configuration and pluggable serialization. Retrofit is built
  on top of OkHttp and supports synchronous/asynchronous execution, JSON/XML/Protobuf converters, RxJava adapters, and Kotlin
  coroutines. Current stable version is 3.0.0.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/retrofit.png
tags:
- Android
- HTTP Client
- Java
- Kotlin
- Library
- Mobile
- Open-Source
- SDK
- Square
tags_raw:
- Android
- HTTP Client
- Java
- Kotlin
- Library
- Mobile
- Open Source
- SDK
- Square
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/retrofit/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-27'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: retrofit:retrofit-core
  name: Retrofit
  description: Retrofit is a type-safe HTTP client for the JVM that turns annotated Java/Kotlin interfaces into HTTP API calls.
    Supports all HTTP methods via annotations. Built on OkHttp with support for synchronous Call, RxJava, Java 8 CompletableFuture,
    and Kotlin coroutines.
  humanURL: https://square.github.io/retrofit/
  tags:
  - Android
  - HTTP Client
  - Java
  - Kotlin
  - Open-Source
  tags_raw:
  - Android
  - HTTP Client
  - Java
  - Kotlin
  - Open Source
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://square.github.io/retrofit/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/square/retrofit
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://github.com/square/retrofit/blob/trunk/CHANGELOG.md
  - type: JavaDoc
    url: https://square.github.io/retrofit/2.x/retrofit/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/retrofit/refs/heads/main/json-schema/retrofit-library-schema.json
- aid: retrofit:retrofit-converters
  name: Retrofit Converters
  description: Pluggable serialization converters for Retrofit supporting Gson, Moshi, Jackson, Kotlinx Serialization, JAXB,
    Protocol Buffers (Wire), SimpleXML, and Scalars.
  humanURL: https://square.github.io/retrofit/#converters
  tags:
  - Converters
  - Gson
  - Jackson
  - Moshi
  - Protobuf
  - Serialization
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://square.github.io/retrofit/#converters
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/square/retrofit/tree/trunk/retrofit-converters
- aid: retrofit:retrofit-adapters
  name: Retrofit Call Adapters
  description: Pluggable call adapters that allow Retrofit interfaces to return RxJava Observables (v1, v2, v3), Java 8 CompletableFuture,
    Guava ListenableFuture, and Scala Future types.
  humanURL: https://square.github.io/retrofit/#call-adapters
  tags:
  - Adapters
  - Async
  - Java 8
  - RxJava
  - Scala
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://square.github.io/retrofit/#call-adapters
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/square/retrofit/tree/trunk/retrofit-adapters
- aid: retrofit:retrofit-mock
  name: Retrofit Mock
  description: Provides behavior-simulating implementations of Retrofit interfaces for local testing without requiring a network
    connection.
  humanURL: https://github.com/square/retrofit/tree/trunk/retrofit-mock
  tags:
  - Mock
  - Testing
  properties:
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/square/retrofit/tree/trunk/retrofit-mock
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://square.github.io/retrofit/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://square.github.io/retrofit/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/square/retrofit
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/square
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/square/retrofit/blob/trunk/CHANGELOG.md
- type: Issues
  url: https://github.com/square/retrofit/issues
- type: Maven
  url: https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.squareup.retrofit2/retrofit
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/square/retrofit/blob/trunk/LICENSE.txt
- type: JavaDoc
  url: https://square.github.io/retrofit/2.x/retrofit/
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/retrofit/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/retrofit-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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