Spring Framework

Spring is the leading open-source application framework for Java. The Spring ecosystem provides a comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise applications, covering web MVC, data access, security, messaging, cloud-native patterns, and AI integrations. Spring Boot enables rapid application development with embedded servers and auto-configuration. Spring is maintained by VMware and hosted under the Spring Projects GitHub organization.

Spring Framework publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Beans API, Environment API, Health API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, Cloud-Native, Enterprise, Framework, and Java.

The Spring Framework catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 3 Spectral governance rulesets.

Spring Framework’s developer surface includes authentication, GitHub presence, documentation, engineering blog, release notes, Stack Overflow tag, and 10 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

42.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

14 APIs

Artificial Intelligence Cloud-Native Enterprise Framework Java Microservices Open-Source REST Spring Boot

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 42.5/100 · developing

Contract Quality 16.9 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20

Access Clarity 2.6 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.1 / 13

Contract Governance 8.4 / 12

Discoverability 6.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 22/100 · 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

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 14

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

Open Collections 17

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Spring Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 4

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

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Guides

Guides

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

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

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Community

Community

ReleaseNotes

ReleaseNotes

StackOverflow

StackOverflow

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Events

Events

Maven Repository

Maven Repository

Source (apis.yml)

aid: spring
name: Spring Framework
description: Spring is the leading open-source application framework for Java. The Spring ecosystem provides a comprehensive
  programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise applications, covering web MVC, data access, security,
  messaging, cloud-native patterns, and AI integrations. Spring Boot enables rapid application development with embedded servers
  and auto-configuration. Spring is maintained by VMware and hosted under the Spring Projects GitHub organization.
specificationVersion: '0.23'
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://spring.io/img/spring-logo.svg
url: https://spring.io
created: '2026-05-02'
modified: '2026-08-08'
apis:
- name: Spring Data REST API
  description: Spring Data REST automatically exports Spring Data repository interfaces as RESTful hypermedia-driven APIs
    using HAL (Hypertext Application Language). It enables CRUD operations on domain entities through discoverable REST endpoints
    without writing controller code. The API supports HATEOAS linking, projections, validation, and event hooks.
  humanUrl: https://spring.io/projects/spring-data-rest
  baseUrl: https://api.spring.io/data/rest
  tags:
  - CRUD
  - Data
  - HATEOAS
  - Hypermedia
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-data/rest/docs/current/reference/html/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-data/rest/docs/current/api/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-rest
  - type: HALBrowser
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-data/rest/docs/current/reference/html/#tools.hal-explorer
- name: Spring Cloud Gateway API
  description: Spring Cloud Gateway provides an API Gateway built on Spring WebFlux and Reactor. It offers route configuration,
    request/response filtering, load balancing, circuit breaking, rate limiting, and retry capabilities via a fluent Java
    DSL or YAML configuration. The Actuator endpoint exposes live route and filter information.
  humanUrl: https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-gateway
  baseUrl: https://api.spring.io/gateway
  tags:
  - API Gateway
  - Cloud
  - Load Balancing
  - Routing
  - Security
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-gateway/docs/current/reference/html/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-gateway
  - type: Samples
    url: https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-gateway/tree/main/spring-cloud-gateway-sample
- name: Spring Authorization Server API
  description: Spring Authorization Server provides a full OAuth 2.1 and OpenID Connect 1.0 authorization server implementation
    built on Spring Security. It supports authorization code flow, client credentials, device authorization, token introspection,
    and token revocation. Exposes standard OAuth 2 endpoints.
  humanUrl: https://spring.io/projects/spring-authorization-server
  baseUrl: https://api.spring.io/oauth
  tags:
  - Authorization
  - Authentication
  - OpenID Connect
  - Security
  tags_raw:
  - Authorization
  - OAuth 2.0
  - OpenID Connect
  - Security
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-authorization-server/reference/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-authorization-server
  - type: OAuthGuide
    url: https://spring.io/guides/tutorials/spring-boot-oauth2/
- name: Spring AI API
  description: Spring AI provides a Spring-friendly API and abstractions for building AI-powered applications. It offers a
    unified ChatClient API for interacting with AI models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Ollama, and others), along with
    vector store integrations, prompt templates, output parsers, and function calling support. Follows portable, modular Spring
    design principles.
  humanUrl: https://spring.io/projects/spring-ai
  baseUrl: https://api.spring.io/ai
  tags:
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Chatbots
  - GenAI
  - LLM
  - Machine-Learning
  tags_raw:
  - AI
  - Chatbot
  - GenAI
  - LLM
  - Machine Learning
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-ai/reference/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-ai/reference/getting-started.html
- aid: spring:spring-beans-api
  name: Spring Framework Beans API
  description: Spring application context beans
  tags:
  - Beans
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-beans-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-boot/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/spring-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/initializr/docs/current/reference/html/
  - type: OpenAPIUpstream
    url: https://start.spring.io/v3/api-docs
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-io/initializr
  - type: WebInterface
    url: https://start.spring.io
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-application-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/spring-context.jsonld
- aid: spring:spring-environment-api
  name: Spring Framework Environment API
  description: Environment properties and configuration
  tags:
  - Environment
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-environment-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-boot/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/spring-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/initializr/docs/current/reference/html/
  - type: OpenAPIUpstream
    url: https://start.spring.io/v3/api-docs
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-io/initializr
  - type: WebInterface
    url: https://start.spring.io
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-application-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/spring-context.jsonld
- aid: spring:spring-health-api
  name: Spring Framework Health API
  description: Application health status and component health details
  tags:
  - Health
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-health-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-boot/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/spring-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/initializr/docs/current/reference/html/
  - type: OpenAPIUpstream
    url: https://start.spring.io/v3/api-docs
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-io/initializr
  - type: WebInterface
    url: https://start.spring.io
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-application-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/spring-context.jsonld
- aid: spring:spring-info-api
  name: Spring Framework Info API
  description: Application information and build metadata
  tags:
  - Info
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-info-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-boot/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/spring-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/initializr/docs/current/reference/html/
  - type: OpenAPIUpstream
    url: https://start.spring.io/v3/api-docs
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-io/initializr
  - type: WebInterface
    url: https://start.spring.io
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-application-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/spring-context.jsonld
- aid: spring:spring-loggers-api
  name: Spring Framework Loggers API
  description: Application logger configuration
  tags:
  - Loggers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-loggers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-boot/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/spring-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/initializr/docs/current/reference/html/
  - type: OpenAPIUpstream
    url: https://start.spring.io/v3/api-docs
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-io/initializr
  - type: WebInterface
    url: https://start.spring.io
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-application-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/spring-context.jsonld
- aid: spring:spring-mappings-api
  name: Spring Framework Mappings API
  description: HTTP request handler mappings
  tags:
  - Mappings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-mappings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-boot/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/spring-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/initializr/docs/current/reference/html/
  - type: OpenAPIUpstream
    url: https://start.spring.io/v3/api-docs
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-io/initializr
  - type: WebInterface
    url: https://start.spring.io
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-application-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/spring-context.jsonld
- aid: spring:spring-metadata-api
  name: Spring Framework Metadata API
  description: Discover available project options and capabilities
  tags:
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-boot/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/spring-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/initializr/docs/current/reference/html/
  - type: OpenAPIUpstream
    url: https://start.spring.io/v3/api-docs
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-io/initializr
  - type: WebInterface
    url: https://start.spring.io
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-application-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/spring-context.jsonld
- aid: spring:spring-metrics-api
  name: Spring Framework Metrics API
  description: Application performance and operational metrics
  tags:
  - Metrics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-metrics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-boot/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/spring-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/initializr/docs/current/reference/html/
  - type: OpenAPIUpstream
    url: https://start.spring.io/v3/api-docs
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-io/initializr
  - type: WebInterface
    url: https://start.spring.io
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-application-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/spring-context.jsonld
- aid: spring:spring-project-generation-api
  name: Spring Framework Project Generation API
  description: Generate new Spring Boot project archives
  tags:
  - Project Generation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-project-generation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-boot/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/spring-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/initializr/docs/current/reference/html/
  - type: OpenAPIUpstream
    url: https://start.spring.io/v3/api-docs
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-io/initializr
  - type: WebInterface
    url: https://start.spring.io
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-application-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/spring-context.jsonld
- aid: spring:spring-threads-api
  name: Spring Framework Threads API
  description: Thread dump and virtual thread information
  tags:
  - Threads
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-threads-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-boot/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/spring-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/initializr/docs/current/reference/html/
  - type: OpenAPIUpstream
    url: https://start.spring.io/v3/api-docs
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-io/initializr
  - type: WebInterface
    url: https://start.spring.io
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-application-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/spring-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/spring-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/spring-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/spring-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/spring-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://spring.io
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/spring-projects
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.spring.io
- type: Blog
  url: https://spring.io/blog
- type: Community
  url: https://spring.io/community
- type: Guides
  url: https://spring.io/guides
- type: Events
  url: https://spring.io/events
- type: Maven Repository
  url: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/spring-cloud
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-cloud
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/spring-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- name: Spring Team at VMware
  email: spring-team@vmware.com
  url: https://spring.io/team
tags:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cloud-Native
- Enterprise
- Framework
- Java
- Microservices
- Open-Source
- REST
- Spring Boot
tags_raw:
- AI
- Cloud Native
- Enterprise
- Framework
- Java
- Microservices
- Open Source
- REST
- Spring Boot
x-merged-from:
- spring-cloud

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