SpicyAPI

SpicyAPI is a pay-as-you-go aggregator for generative media and chat models. One API key reaches image, video, audio and LLM models through an async jobs API (quote, create task, poll, stream, retry) plus OpenAI-, Anthropic- and Gemini-compatible endpoints (chat completions, responses, messages, generateContent, videos), with a model catalog, usage and credit endpoints, signed upload/download URLs, webhooks and first-party SDKs.

SpicyAPI publishes 5 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Account API, Media API, Models API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Company, Artificial Intelligence, Generative Media, LLM, and Video Generation.

The SpicyAPI catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification, 1 JSON-LD context, and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

SpicyAPI’s developer surface includes sandbox, authentication, documentation, API reference, engineering blog, changelog, getting-started guide, and 34 more developer resources.

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1 published contract 1 MCP Servers

Company Artificial Intelligence Generative Media LLM Video Generation Image Generation Model Aggregator

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

AI Model Services

AE-110

ModelsOpenAI CompatibleTasks

GET /api/v1/models GET /api/v1/models/{model}

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 58.0/100 · strong

Contract Quality 13.2 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 6.4 / 15

Access Clarity 9.9 / 15

Operational Transparency 6.2 / 10

Contract Governance 2.0 / 9

Discoverability 5.4 / 8

Regulatory Posture 4.0 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 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 Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 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):

A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
Documented Reversibility +6 pts — a reversal operation in the contract, graded up when a window is documented too
Pagination +5 pts — share of collection GETs (an array, or one wrapped in data/items/results ...) that declare a page/limit/offset/cursor parameter, a Link header or a next/cursor field; na with no collection GETs

6 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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

Developer Ergonomics scores 42.9 — up to +11.4 composite points
Contract Governance scores 22.0 — up to +9.4 composite points
Contract Quality scores 70.5 — up to +7.4 composite points

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Standards implemented 2

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.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (documented)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 5

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

SpicyAPI Account API

The Account API from SpicyAPI — 2 operation(s) for account.

SpicyAPI Media API

The Media API from SpicyAPI — 3 operation(s) for media.

SpicyAPI Models API

The Models API from SpicyAPI — 3 operation(s) for models.

SpicyAPI OpenAI Compatible API

OpenAI / Anthropic protocol shells under `/v1` and the Google Gemini shell under `/v1beta`. They share API keys, limits, validation and billing with `/api/v1` but use the extern...

SpicyAPI Tasks API

The Tasks API from SpicyAPI — 7 operation(s) for tasks.

MCP Servers 1

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

SpicyAPI MCP Server

MCP SERVER

SpicyAPI pricing

Prices published by SpicyAPI, read 2026-10-28 from spicyapi.ai/pricing.

Plan	Price
Seedream 5.0 Pro (image editing)	From $0.036/ image
Qwen Image Edit Spicy	$0.038/ image
Face Swap Pro	$0.16/ image
Background Remover	$0.0048/ image
Wan 3.0 (image to video)	From $0.045/ output second
MiniMax H3 (image to video)	From $0.025/ output second
Seedance 2.5 Spicy	From $0.216/ output second

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Requests per account: 1,000 per 10 seconds for reads, the same again for writes
Upload URL requests: 1,000 per 10 seconds
Upload URLs requested but not yet used: 128 files or 1 GiB

All 4 limits →

Billed by: image · FinOps profile →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Spicyapi Plans Pricing

7 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Spicyapi Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

SpicyAPI

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Spicyapi Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Spicyapi Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Spicyapi Context

49 classes · 196 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

SpicyAPI API Rules

18 rules · 10 errors 7 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 6

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

ChatCompletionRequest

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ChatCompletion

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CreateTaskRequest

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GeminiGenerateContentRequest

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OpenAIModelList

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ResponseObject

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 3

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

Spicyapi Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Spicyapi Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Spicyapi Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Spicyapi Agentic Access

24 operations · 14 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox

Sandbox

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Login

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

LLMsTxt

MCPServer

WellKnown

Design & Contract 9

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

JSONLD

Vocabulary

Webhooks

DataModel

Idempotency

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

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Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Security

SecurityTxt

TrustCenter

Authentication

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

StatusPage

StatusPage

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Pricing

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Hosts

Hosts

Vendors

Vendors

Source (apis.yml)

aid: spicyapi
name: SpicyAPI
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://spicyapi.ai/opengraph-image
description: SpicyAPI is a pay-as-you-go aggregator for generative media and chat models. One API key reaches image, video,
  audio and LLM models through an async jobs API (quote, create task, poll, stream, retry) plus OpenAI-, Anthropic- and Gemini-compatible
  endpoints (chat completions, responses, messages, generateContent, videos), with a model catalog, usage and credit endpoints,
  signed upload/download URLs, webhooks and first-party SDKs.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spicyapi/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:new-submission
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-10-09 (local-v5; was harvest)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-10-09'
modified: '2026-10-09'
tags:
- Company
- Artificial Intelligence
- Generative Media
- LLM
- Video Generation
- Image Generation
- Model Aggregator
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/spicyapi-capability-edges.yml
  name: SpicyAPI Business Capability Map
- type: Security
  url: https://spicyapi.ai/legal/reporting
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/spicyapi-agentic-access.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/spicyapi-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/spicyapi-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/spicyapi-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/spicyapi-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/spicyapi-vocabulary.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/spicyapi-webhooks.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/spicyapi-data-model.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/spicyapi-conventions.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/spicyapi-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/spicyapi-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/spicyapi-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/spicyapi-llms.txt
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/spicyapi-mcp.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/spicyapi-security.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/spicyapi-well-known.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/spicyapi-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/spicyapi-vendors.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/spicyapi-packages.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://spicyapi.ai/trust
- type: Sandbox
  url: https://spicyapi.ai/console
- type: SDKs
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@spicyapi/sdk
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/spicyapi-authentication.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/spicyapi-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/spicyapi-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://spicyapi.ai
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.spicyapi.ai
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.spicyapi.ai/docs/api-reference
- type: Blog
  url: https://spicyapi.ai/blog
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://spicyapi.ai/changelog
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://spicyapi.ai/developers
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.spicyapi.ai/docs
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/spicyapi-ai
- type: Login
  url: https://spicyapi.ai/login
- type: SignUp
  url: https://spicyapi.ai/register
- type: Pricing
  url: https://spicyapi.ai/pricing
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://spicyapi.ai/legal/privacy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://spicyapi.ai/legal/terms
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.spicyapi.ai
apis:
- aid: spicyapi:spicyapi-account-api
  name: SpicyAPI Account API
  description: The Account API from SpicyAPI — 2 operation(s) for account.
  humanURL: https://docs.spicyapi.ai/docs/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.spicyapi.ai
  tags:
  - Account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spicyapi-account-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-create-task-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-chat-completion-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-open-aimodel-list-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-chat-completion-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-gemini-generate-content-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-response-object-schema.json
- aid: spicyapi:spicyapi-media-api
  name: SpicyAPI Media API
  description: The Media API from SpicyAPI — 3 operation(s) for media.
  humanURL: https://docs.spicyapi.ai/docs/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.spicyapi.ai
  tags:
  - Media
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spicyapi-media-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-create-task-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-chat-completion-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-open-aimodel-list-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-chat-completion-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-gemini-generate-content-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-response-object-schema.json
- aid: spicyapi:spicyapi-models-api
  name: SpicyAPI Models API
  description: The Models API from SpicyAPI — 3 operation(s) for models.
  humanURL: https://docs.spicyapi.ai/docs/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.spicyapi.ai
  tags:
  - Models
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spicyapi-models-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-create-task-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-chat-completion-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-open-aimodel-list-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-chat-completion-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-gemini-generate-content-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-response-object-schema.json
- aid: spicyapi:spicyapi-openai-compatible-api
  name: SpicyAPI OpenAI Compatible API
  description: 'OpenAI / Anthropic protocol shells under `/v1` and the Google Gemini shell under `/v1beta`. They share API
    keys, limits, validation and billing with `/api/v1` but use the external protocol''s own request, response and error shapes.
    On these paths the API key may be sent as `Authorization: Bearer <key>`, `x-api-key: <key>` (Anthropic SDKs) or `x-goog-api-key:
    <key>` (Google GenAI SDKs); `/api/v1` accepts only `Authorization: Bearer`. Keys in the URL query string are never accepted.'
  humanURL: https://docs.spicyapi.ai/docs/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.spicyapi.ai
  tags:
  - OpenAI-Compatible
  tags_raw:
  - OpenAI Compatible
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spicyapi-openai-compatible-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-create-task-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-chat-completion-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-open-aimodel-list-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-chat-completion-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-gemini-generate-content-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-response-object-schema.json
- aid: spicyapi:spicyapi-tasks-api
  name: SpicyAPI Tasks API
  description: The Tasks API from SpicyAPI — 7 operation(s) for tasks.
  humanURL: https://docs.spicyapi.ai/docs/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.spicyapi.ai
  tags:
  - Task
  tags_raw:
  - Tasks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spicyapi-tasks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-create-task-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-chat-completion-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-open-aimodel-list-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-chat-completion-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-gemini-generate-content-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spicyapi-response-object-schema.json
x-submission-notes: Pay-as-you-go generative media + chat aggregator, MCP npm pkg
x-submission-probe: OpenAPI 3.1 24 ops; llms.txt 200 (323KB); invented path 404
x-submitted-by: support@spicyapi.ai (apis.io/add, 2026-10-09)
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-10-09'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 32
  pass: local-v5

SpicyAPI — frequently asked questions

Does SpicyAPI have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from SpicyAPI, including SpicyAPI Account API, SpicyAPI Media API and SpicyAPI Models API, and 2 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the SpicyAPI?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for SpicyAPI, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the SpicyAPI?

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

How much does the SpicyAPI cost?

SpicyAPI publishes its prices; its Seedream 5.0 Pro (image editing) plan is From $0.036/ image as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 7 pricing plans for SpicyAPI, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does SpicyAPI have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for SpicyAPI.

Is the SpicyAPI ready for AI agents?

SpicyAPI has a Kin Score of 58.0 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 37.3 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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