Western Digital

Western Digital is a global leader in data infrastructure, providing storage solutions including hard disk drives, solid state drives, flash memory, and data center systems. Their developer program exposes the WD My Cloud Home REST API enabling third-party applications to manage files, folders, thumbnails, shares, and user accounts stored on WD My Cloud Home devices.

Western Digital publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including western-digital Authentication API, western-digital Configuration API, western-digital Device API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Fortune 500.

The Western Digital catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Western Digital’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 15 more developer resources.

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40.0/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 21/100 agent aware Front door AI 5/6 prominent Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 published contract

Fortune 500

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Composite quality — 40.0/100 · developing

Contract Quality 11.1 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 7.3 / 15

Access Clarity 5.4 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.2 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 3.9 / 8

Regulatory Posture 2.8 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 21/100 · 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 Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship Ask about this →
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented) Ask about this →
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Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document Ask about this →
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) Ask about this →

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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Access Clarity scores 36.2 — up to +12.8 composite points Ask about this →
Operational Transparency scores 11.9 — up to +11.5 composite points Ask about this →
Contract Governance scores 13.6 — up to +10.4 composite points Ask about this →

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Standards implemented 1

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.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 7

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

western-digital Authentication API

OAuth 2.0 authorization and token operations.

western-digital Configuration API

Retrieve dynamic service endpoint configuration.

western-digital Device API

Device registration and discovery.

western-digital Files API

File and folder CRUD operations.

western-digital Search API

Search files by parent directory.

western-digital Sharing API

Create and manage file shares.

western-digital User API

User account information.

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Open Collections 8

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

WD My Cloud Home Authentication API

OPEN COLLECTION

WD My Cloud Home Authentication Configuration API

OPEN COLLECTION

WD My Cloud Home Authentication Device API

OPEN COLLECTION

WD My Cloud Home Authentication Files API

OPEN COLLECTION

WD My Cloud Home API

OPEN COLLECTION

WD My Cloud Home Authentication Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

WD My Cloud Home Authentication Sharing API

OPEN COLLECTION

WD My Cloud Home Authentication User API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Western Digital API pricing

Not yet checked against Western Digital's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Professional paid	Free
Enterprise enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Western Digital's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Western Digital Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Western Digital Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Terms of Service 1

What its API terms permit and prohibit, quoted from its own page.

Western Digital

8 quoted statements, read from Western Digital's own page on 2026-11-10.

TERMS

Privacy & Data 1

Its role, the data it processes, retention and transfers, quoted from its own privacy page.

Western Digital

21 quoted statements, read from Western Digital's own page on 2026-11-10.

PRIVACY

Eligibility 1

Who may sign up and where, quoted from its own terms.

Western Digital

5 quoted statements, read from Western Digital's own page on 2026-11-10.

ELIGIBILITY

Data License 1

How its data and outputs may be reused, quoted from its own terms.

Western Digital

1 quoted statement, read from Western Digital's own page on 2026-11-10.

LICENSE

FinOps 1

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

Western Digital Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Western Digital Context

0 classes · 20 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

Western Digital — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 3 warn-severity 2 info-severity

SPECTRAL

Western Digital API Rules

7 rules · 1 error-severity 6 warn-severity

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

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

Device

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

File Item

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Western Digital File Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Western Digital Create Share Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Western Digital List Files Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

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

Western Digital Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Western Digital Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

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

Western Digital Agentic Access

16 operations · 6 acting

AGENTIC

Press 5

Recent news and press coverage referencing this provider.

We Drive Certainty in the AI Era | Brand Evolution

Western Digital Accelerates Storage Innovation for AI Era

Western Digital Doubles Down On AI Data Centers And ...

Western Digital Unveiled Go-Forward Strategy at Investor ...

Western Digital forecasts quarterly revenue above ...

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

SDKs

SDKs

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 6

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

UsageTerms

DataLicense

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

DataProcessing

DataProcessing

Eligibility

Eligibility

Source (apis.yml)

aid: western-digital
name: Western Digital
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/western-digital.png
tags:
- Fortune 500
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/western-digital/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
modified: '2026-05-19'
description: Western Digital is a global leader in data infrastructure, providing storage solutions including hard disk drives,
  solid state drives, flash memory, and data center systems. Their developer program exposes the WD My Cloud Home REST API
  enabling third-party applications to manage files, folders, thumbnails, shares, and user accounts stored on WD My Cloud
  Home devices.
apis:
- aid: western-digital:western-digital-authentication-api
  name: western-digital Authentication API
  description: OAuth 2.0 authorization and token operations.
  humanURL: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/
  baseURL: https://device.mycloud.com
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/western-digital-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd/api.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd/sdk.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/discover/off-device-applications/creating-off-device-apps.html
- aid: western-digital:western-digital-configuration-api
  name: western-digital Configuration API
  description: Retrieve dynamic service endpoint configuration.
  humanURL: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/
  baseURL: https://device.mycloud.com
  tags:
  - Configuration
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/western-digital-configuration-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd/api.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd/sdk.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/discover/off-device-applications/creating-off-device-apps.html
- aid: western-digital:western-digital-device-api
  name: western-digital Device API
  description: Device registration and discovery.
  humanURL: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/
  baseURL: https://device.mycloud.com
  tags:
  - Device
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/western-digital-device-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd/api.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd/sdk.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/discover/off-device-applications/creating-off-device-apps.html
- aid: western-digital:western-digital-files-api
  name: western-digital Files API
  description: File and folder CRUD operations.
  humanURL: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/
  baseURL: https://device.mycloud.com
  tags:
  - File
  tags_raw:
  - Files
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/western-digital-files-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd/api.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd/sdk.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/discover/off-device-applications/creating-off-device-apps.html
- aid: western-digital:western-digital-search-api
  name: western-digital Search API
  description: Search files by parent directory.
  humanURL: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/
  baseURL: https://device.mycloud.com
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/western-digital-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd/api.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd/sdk.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/discover/off-device-applications/creating-off-device-apps.html
- aid: western-digital:western-digital-sharing-api
  name: western-digital Sharing API
  description: Create and manage file shares.
  humanURL: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/
  baseURL: https://device.mycloud.com
  tags:
  - Sharing
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/western-digital-sharing-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd/api.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd/sdk.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/discover/off-device-applications/creating-off-device-apps.html
- aid: western-digital:western-digital-user-api
  name: western-digital User API
  description: User account information.
  humanURL: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/
  baseURL: https://device.mycloud.com
  tags:
  - User
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/western-digital-user-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd/api.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd/sdk.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/discover/off-device-applications/creating-off-device-apps.html
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/western-digital/overview
- type: Plans
  url: plans/western-digital-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/western-digital-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/western-digital-finops.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/western-digital-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/western-digital-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/western-digital-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.westerndigital.com
- type: Portal
  url: https://developer.westerndigital.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd-my-cloud-home/
- type: SDKs
  url: https://developer.westerndigital.com/develop/wd/sdk.html
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.westerndigital.com/legal/privacy-statement
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.westerndigital.com/legal/terms-of-use
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/westerndigitalcorporation
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/western-digital
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.westerndigital.com/company/partners
- url: https://blog.westerndigital.com/feed/
  type: Blog
- type: UsageTerms
  url: terms/western-digital-terms-of-service.yml
- type: DataProcessing
  url: privacy/western-digital-privacy-policy.yml
- type: Eligibility
  url: eligibility/western-digital-eligibility.yml
- type: DataLicense
  url: data-license/western-digital-data-license.yml
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Western Digital API — frequently asked questions

Does Western Digital have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from Western Digital, including western-digital Authentication API, western-digital Configuration API and western-digital Device API, and 4 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Western Digital API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 7 OpenAPI specifications for Western Digital, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Western Digital API?

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

How much does the Western Digital API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Western Digital, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Western Digital API ready for AI agents?

Western Digital has a Kin Score of 40.0 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 21.3 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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