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ZDNet

ZDNet is a business technology news website owned by Ziff Davis, covering enterprise IT, cybersecurity, cloud computing, hardware, software, and innovation for IT professionals and tech-savvy business leaders. ZDNet provides news, analysis, product reviews, and how-to guides. No public developer API is available; content is accessible via RSS feeds.

ZDNet publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including AI API, Cloud API, News API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Enterprise IT, Media, and Technology News.

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

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46.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
4 APIs 3 Features 2 Use Cases
Enterprise ITMediaTechnology News

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 46.9/100 · developing
Contract Quality 16.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 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
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APIs 4

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

ZDNet AI API

Artificial intelligence feeds

ZDNet Cloud API

Cloud computing feeds

ZDNet News API

General news feeds

ZDNet Security API

Security feeds

Open Collections 1

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

ZDNet RSS Feed API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Zdnet Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Zdnet Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Zdnet Finops

FINOPS

Features 3

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

RSS News Feed

Latest enterprise IT news from ZDNet.

Topic-Specific Feeds

Filtered RSS feeds for security, cloud, AI, developer, and innovation topics.

RSS 2.0 Format

Standard XML RSS 2.0 format for syndication.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Zdnet Rss Context

3 classes · 8 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

ZDNet API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

ZDNet API Rules

18 rules · 5 errors 13 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

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

RssFeed

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RssItem

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Rss Rss Feed Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Rss Rss Item Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Rss Rss Feed Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Rss Rss Item Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

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

Zdnet Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Zdnet Agentic Access

6 operations

6 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 2

What developers build with this provider.

News Aggregation

Aggregate ZDNet articles into a news app or dashboard.

Topic Monitoring

Monitor specific topic feeds (security, cloud, AI) for industry tracking.

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

EditorialGuidelines
EditorialGuidelines

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules
SpectralRules
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 About
About
 Newsletter
Newsletter
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Facebook
Facebook

Other 9

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

RSS
RSS
 RSS
RSS
 RSS
RSS
 RSS
RSS
 RSS
RSS
 Team
Team
 Advertising
Advertising
 X
X
 Podcast
Podcast

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: zdnet
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: zdnet:zdnet-ai-api
  name: ZDNet AI API
  description: Artificial intelligence feeds
  humanURL: https://www.zdnet.com/news/rss.xml
  baseURL: https://www.zdnet.com
  tags:
  - AI
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zdnet-ai-api-openapi.yml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/news/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/security/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/cloud/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/artificial-intelligence/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/developer/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/innovation/rss.xml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/json-schema/
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/json-structure/
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/json-ld/zdnet-rss-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/examples/
- aid: zdnet:zdnet-cloud-api
  name: ZDNet Cloud API
  description: Cloud computing feeds
  humanURL: https://www.zdnet.com/news/rss.xml
  baseURL: https://www.zdnet.com
  tags:
  - Cloud
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zdnet-cloud-api-openapi.yml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/news/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/security/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/cloud/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/artificial-intelligence/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/developer/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/innovation/rss.xml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/json-schema/
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/json-structure/
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/json-ld/zdnet-rss-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/examples/
- aid: zdnet:zdnet-news-api
  name: ZDNet News API
  description: General news feeds
  humanURL: https://www.zdnet.com/news/rss.xml
  baseURL: https://www.zdnet.com
  tags:
  - News
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zdnet-news-api-openapi.yml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/news/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/security/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/cloud/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/artificial-intelligence/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/developer/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/innovation/rss.xml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/json-schema/
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/json-structure/
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/json-ld/zdnet-rss-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/examples/
- aid: zdnet:zdnet-security-api
  name: ZDNet Security API
  description: Security feeds
  humanURL: https://www.zdnet.com/news/rss.xml
  baseURL: https://www.zdnet.com
  tags:
  - Security
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zdnet-security-api-openapi.yml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/news/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/security/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/cloud/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/artificial-intelligence/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/developer/rss.xml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/innovation/rss.xml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/json-schema/
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/json-structure/
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/json-ld/zdnet-rss-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/examples/
name: ZDNet
description: ZDNet is a business technology news website owned by Ziff Davis, covering enterprise IT, cybersecurity, cloud
  computing, hardware, software, and innovation for IT professionals and tech-savvy business leaders. ZDNet provides news,
  analysis, product reviews, and how-to guides. No public developer API is available; content is accessible via RSS feeds.
tags:
- Enterprise IT
- Media
- Technology News
type: Index
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/zdnet.png
access: 3rd-Party
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/zdnet-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/zdnet-domain-security.yml
- url: https://www.zdnet.com/
  name: ZDNet Website
  type: Website
- url: https://www.zdnet.com/about-zdnet/
  name: About ZDNet
  type: About
- url: https://www.zdnet.com/news/rss.xml
  name: News RSS Feed
  type: RSS
- url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/security/rss.xml
  name: Security RSS Feed
  type: RSS
- url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/cloud/rss.xml
  name: Cloud RSS Feed
  type: RSS
- url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/artificial-intelligence/rss.xml
  name: AI RSS Feed
  type: RSS
- url: https://www.zdnet.com/topic/developer/rss.xml
  name: Developer RSS Feed
  type: RSS
- url: https://www.zdnet.com/newsletters/
  name: Newsletters
  type: Newsletter
- url: https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/
  name: Editorial Team
  type: Team
- url: https://www.zdnet.com/advertise/
  name: Advertise
  type: Advertising
- url: https://www.zdnet.com/article/zdnet-editorial-guidelines/
  name: Editorial Guidelines
  type: EditorialGuidelines
- url: https://www.zdnet.com/privacy-policy/
  name: Privacy Policy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://www.zdnet.com/terms-of-use/
  name: Terms of Use
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://x.com/ZDNet
  name: X (Twitter)
  type: X
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zdnet-com
  name: LinkedIn
  type: LinkedIn
- url: https://www.facebook.com/ZDNet
  name: Facebook
  type: Facebook
- url: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/zdnet-video/id271364310
  name: ZDNet Video Podcast on Apple Podcasts
  type: Podcast
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/rules/zdnet-rules.yml
  name: ZDNet Spectral Ruleset
  type: SpectralRules
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zdnet/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/zdnet-vocabulary.yml
  name: ZDNet Vocabulary
  type: Vocabulary
- data:
  - name: RSS News Feed
    description: Latest enterprise IT news from ZDNet.
  - name: Topic-Specific Feeds
    description: Filtered RSS feeds for security, cloud, AI, developer, and innovation topics.
  - name: RSS 2.0 Format
    description: Standard XML RSS 2.0 format for syndication.
  name: Features
  type: Features
- data:
  - name: News Aggregation
    description: Aggregate ZDNet articles into a news app or dashboard.
  - name: Topic Monitoring
    description: Monitor specific topic feeds (security, cloud, AI) for industry tracking.
  name: UseCases
  type: UseCases
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com