Whisky Hunter

Whisky Hunter is a market research and data platform for whisky collectors, investors, traders, and enthusiasts that aggregates historical auction data from 28 online whisky auction sites into a single database. It tracks trading volumes, winning bids, lot counts, and per-distillery statistics. All trading volumes and winning bids are stated in GBP (£). The Whisky Hunter API provides free, public access to this auction data with no authentication required.

Whisky Hunter publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Auctions API and Distilleries API. Tagged areas include Whisky, Spirits, Auctions, Market Data, and Collectors.

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

Whisky Hunter’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 8 more developer resources.

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24.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemiumOpen⚡ Free to try

2 APIs

WhiskySpirits Auctions Market Data Collectors Investors

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 24.7/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 11.9 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 17

Access Clarity 0.0 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.9 / 11

Contract Governance 2.9 / 10

Discoverability 5.8 / 9

Regulatory Posture 4.2 / 15

Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 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 4 / 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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Rate Limits 1

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Whisky Hunter Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

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OpenAPI

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AgenticAccess

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JSONLDContext

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SpectralRules

SpectralRules

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DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

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Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

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API

API

Source (apis.yml)

aid: whisky-hunter
name: Whisky Hunter
description: Whisky Hunter is a market research and data platform for whisky collectors, investors, traders, and enthusiasts
  that aggregates historical auction data from 28 online whisky auction sites into a single database. It tracks trading volumes,
  winning bids, lot counts, and per-distillery statistics. All trading volumes and winning bids are stated in GBP (£). The
  Whisky Hunter API provides free, public access to this auction data with no authentication required.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Freemium · Open access
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/whisky-hunter.png
tags:
- Whisky
- Spirits
- Auctions
- Market Data
- Collectors
- Investors
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/whisky-hunter/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-02-24'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: whisky-hunter:whisky-hunter-auctions-api
  name: Whisky Hunter Auctions API
  description: The Auctions API from Whisky Hunter — 1 operation(s) for auctions.
  humanURL: https://whiskyhunter.net/api/
  baseURL: https://whiskyhunter.net/api
  tags:
  - Auctions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/whisky-hunter-auctions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://whiskyhunter.net/api/
  - type: AuctionsData
    url: https://whiskyhunter.net/api/auctions_data/?format=json
  - type: DistilleriesInfo
    url: https://whiskyhunter.net/api/distilleries_info/?format=json
- aid: whisky-hunter:whisky-hunter-distilleries-api
  name: Whisky Hunter Distilleries API
  description: The Distilleries API from Whisky Hunter — 2 operation(s) for distilleries.
  humanURL: https://whiskyhunter.net/api/
  baseURL: https://whiskyhunter.net/api
  tags:
  - Distilleries
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/whisky-hunter-distilleries-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://whiskyhunter.net/api/
  - type: AuctionsData
    url: https://whiskyhunter.net/api/auctions_data/?format=json
  - type: DistilleriesInfo
    url: https://whiskyhunter.net/api/distilleries_info/?format=json
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/whisky-hunter-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/whisky-hunter-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://whiskyhunter.net
- type: API
  url: https://whiskyhunter.net/api/
- type: OpenAPI
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/whisky-hunter/refs/heads/main/openapi/whisky-hunter-openapi.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/whisky-hunter/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/whisky-hunter-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/whisky-hunter/refs/heads/main/json-ld/whisky-hunter-context.jsonld
- type: SpectralRules
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/whisky-hunter/refs/heads/main/rules/whisky-hunter-rules.yml
- url: https://whiskyhunter.net/blog/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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