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API Reference

Score 20.0 / 100 6 providers +16 via APIs 17 APIs Search apis.io →
Business capabilities this tag reaches
Cybersecurity Management 1
Variants seen in the corpus: API ReferencesAPI Reference

Providers using this tag (5)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Exemplar 3 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
ScalarAPI ClientAPI DocumentationCode Generation2 APIs77.3ReadMeDocumentationDeveloper HubPortal2 APIs68.4DeveloperHubDeveloper PortalDocumentationKnowledge Base1 API67.1
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
ApiNotesDeveloper PortalDeveloper ToolsDocumentation1 API18.1DapperDoxDocumentationDeveloper ToolsOpen Source1 API16.3

APIs with this tag (15)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Exemplar 3 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Speakeasy DocsMDGenerate beautiful API documentation from OpenAPI specs. Automatic synchronization keeps docs current with ...72.2Archbee API Reference APISync and inspect an imported OpenAPI reference71.8Matomo API Reference APIProvides Reporting API endpoints for reading OpenAPI plugin configuration and specifications. Exposes endpo...71.3
Strong 6 Solid coverage with minor gaps
.NET API BrowserComprehensive reference documentation for all .NET APIs including the .NET Runtime, base class libraries, A...65.5Kota API Reference APIThe API Reference API from Kota — 0 operation(s) for api reference.63.1AgentMail API Reference APIThe API Reference API from AgentMail — 0 operation(s) for api reference.61.2Casafari API and MCP Platform API References APIThe api---references API from Casafari API and MCP Platform — 10 operation(s) for api---references.60.7Codiumai API reference APIManage registered users and pending invitations. Organization owner access is required.57.9Stainless Docs PlatformThe Stainless Docs Platform combines your API reference, usage examples, and narrative guides into a single...55.8
Developing 3 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Kard API Reference APIThe API Reference API from Kard — 0 operation(s) for api reference.48.2CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services API Reference APIInformation about the state of Marketplace API.47.2LiveIntent API references APIThis API reference describes how to interact with the Privacy Management API.42.0
Thin 1 Limited public surface area
Zudoku API References APIOpenAPI document references for generating API documentation.31.7
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
ApiNotesApiNotes generates interactive REST API documentation from OpenAPI or Swagger specifications with live endp...18.1
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
Apono Api Reference APIThe Api Reference API from Apono — 3 operation(s) for api reference.10.7

Companies reaching this through an API (16)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “API Reference” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

AgentMail Apono Archbee Casafari API and MCP Platform CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Codiumai Kard Kota LiveIntent Matomo Microsoft .NET Revnu Speakeasy Stainless Telenor Sverige Zudoku

Score breakdown

Frequency
40.9
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.1
spread across providers
Quality lift
42.9
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
7.4
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Where this tag sits

Documentation broader

Related tags

Developer Portal 6 co-occurrences Documentation 10 co-occurrences OpenAPI 8 co-occurrences Organization 7 co-occurrences Developer Tools 8 co-occurrences Agents 7 co-occurrences MCP 10 co-occurrences Authentication 9 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Api tag17
Provider tag6
Openapi tag9
Openapi op tag21

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