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API Reference

Score 20.5 / 100 5 providers +11 via APIs 13 APIs Search apis.io →
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 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
ScalarAPI ClientAPI DocumentationCode Generation2 APIs71.7
Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
ReadMeDocumentationDeveloper HubPortal2 APIs59.1DeveloperHubDeveloper PortalDocumentationKnowledge Base1 API57.5
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
ApiNotesDeveloper PortalDeveloper ToolsDocumentation1 API19.6DapperDoxDocumentationDeveloper ToolsOpen Source1 API16.2

APIs with this tag (11)

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 4 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Archbee API Reference APISync and inspect an imported OpenAPI reference70.9Matomo API Reference APIProvides Reporting API endpoints for reading OpenAPI plugin configuration and specifications. Exposes endpo...70.5Speakeasy DocsMDGenerate beautiful API documentation from OpenAPI specs. Automatic synchronization keeps docs current with ...68.3.NET API BrowserComprehensive reference documentation for all .NET APIs including the .NET Runtime, base class libraries, A...67.7
Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Kota API Reference APIThe API Reference API from Kota — 0 operation(s) for api reference.61.3AgentMail API Reference APIThe API Reference API from AgentMail — 0 operation(s) for api reference.60.2
Developing 3 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Kard API Reference APIThe API Reference API from Kard — 0 operation(s) for api reference.50.8Stainless Docs PlatformThe Stainless Docs Platform combines your API reference, usage examples, and narrative guides into a single...47.7LiveIntent API references APIThis API reference describes how to interact with the Privacy Management API.42.1
Thin 1 Limited public surface area
Zudoku API References APIOpenAPI document references for generating API documentation.30.1
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
ApiNotesApiNotes generates interactive REST API documentation from OpenAPI or Swagger specifications with live endp...19.6

Companies reaching this through an API (11)

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 Archbee CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Kard Kota LiveIntent Matomo Microsoft .NET Speakeasy Stainless Zudoku

Score breakdown

Frequency
37.8
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.1
spread across providers
Quality lift
50.1
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
6.7
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Developer Portal 5 co-occurrences Documentation 9 co-occurrences OpenAPI 8 co-occurrences Organization 6 co-occurrences Developer Tools 8 co-occurrences Agents 5 co-occurrences MCP 8 co-occurrences Authentication 7 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Api tag12
Provider tag5
Openapi tag7
Openapi op tag13

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