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Wagtail

Wagtail is a leading open-source Python content management system built on Django. It provides a REST API v2 for accessing pages, images, documents, snippets, and custom content types in both headless and traditional deployments. The API delivers JSON-formatted content to web, mobile, and other non-web clients, supporting filtering, full-text search, field selection, and pagination. Wagtail is used by NASA, Google, NHS, Mozilla, MIT, and thousands of other organisations worldwide.

Wagtail publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include CMS, Content Management, Django, Python, and Headless CMS.

Wagtail’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 11 more developer resources.

19.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
CMSContent ManagementDjangoPythonHeadless CMSOpen SourceREST APIPagesImagesDocuments

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 19.7/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
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
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APIs 1

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

Wagtail API v2

The Wagtail REST API v2 exposes site content — pages, images, documents, and redirects — as JSON. Endpoints support filtering by field value, tree relationships (child_of, ances...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Wagtail Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Wagtail Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Security Posture 2

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

Wagtail Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Wagtail Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 1

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 4

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: wagtail
name: Wagtail
description: 'Wagtail is a leading open-source Python content management system built on Django. It provides a REST API v2
  for accessing pages, images, documents, snippets, and custom content types in both headless and traditional deployments.
  The API delivers JSON-formatted content to web, mobile, and other non-web clients, supporting filtering, full-text search,
  field selection, and pagination. Wagtail is used by NASA, Google, NHS, Mozilla, MIT, and thousands of other organisations
  worldwide.

  '
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/wagtail.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wagtail/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: 2026-06-13
modified: 2026-06-13
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- CMS
- Content Management
- Django
- Python
- Headless CMS
- Open Source
- REST API
- Pages
- Images
- Documents
apis:
- aid: wagtail:wagtail-api-v2
  name: Wagtail API v2
  description: 'The Wagtail REST API v2 exposes site content — pages, images, documents, and redirects — as JSON. Endpoints
    support filtering by field value, tree relationships (child_of, ancestor_of, descendant_of), locale, and site. Full-text
    search, field selection, and cursor-based pagination via limit and offset are built in. Custom page models can expose
    additional fields through the api_fields attribute. Authentication is optional and configurable via Django REST Framework.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.wagtail.org/en/latest/advanced_topics/api/
  baseURL: https://{your-wagtail-site}/api/v2/
  tags:
  - CMS
  - Content Management
  - Pages
  - Images
  - Documents
  - REST API
  - Django
  - Python
  - Headless CMS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.wagtail.org/en/latest/advanced_topics/api/v2/usage.html
  - type: Configuration
    url: https://docs.wagtail.org/en/latest/advanced_topics/api/v2/configuration.html
  contact:
  - FN: Wagtail Community
    url: https://wagtail.org/slack
    email: hello@wagtail.org
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/wagtail-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/wagtail-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://wagtail.org
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.wagtail.org/en/latest/advanced_topics/api/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/wagtail
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wagtail-cms
- type: Blog
  url: https://wagtail.org/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://wagtail.org/services/
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/WagtailCMS
- type: Plans
  url: plans/wagtail-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/wagtail-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/wagtail-finops.yml
- type: BlogPosts
  url: blogs/blogs.json
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/wagtail.json
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com