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API Reference

Score 19.2 / 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.

Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
DeveloperHubDeveloper PortalDocumentationKnowledge Base1 API55.4
Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
ReadMeDocumentationDeveloper HubPortal2 APIs51.3ScalarAPI ClientAPI DocumentationCode Generation1 API48.8
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
ApiNotesDeveloper PortalDeveloper ToolsDocumentation1 API20.7DapperDoxDocumentationDeveloper ToolsOpen-Source1 API17.3

APIs with this tag (13)

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 2 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services API Reference APIInformation about the state of Marketplace API.81.7Archbee API Reference APISync and inspect an imported OpenAPI reference66.9
Strong 3 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Matomo API Reference APIProvides Reporting API endpoints for reading OpenAPI plugin configuration and specifications. Exposes endpo...65.8.NET API BrowserComprehensive reference documentation for all .NET APIs including the .NET Runtime, base class libraries, A...60.9Kota API Reference APIThe API Reference API from Kota — 0 operation(s) for api reference.58.1
Developing 5 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Kard API Reference APIThe API Reference API from Kard — 0 operation(s) for api reference.53.9Speakeasy DocsMDGenerate beautiful API documentation from OpenAPI specs. Automatic synchronization keeps docs current with ...53.4AgentMail API Reference APIThe API Reference API from AgentMail — 0 operation(s) for api reference.50.5Scalar API ReferenceOpen-source (MIT) renderer that turns an OpenAPI/Swagger or AsyncAPI document into an interactive API refer...48.8LiveIntent API references APIThis API reference describes how to interact with the Privacy Management API.43.0
Thin 2 Limited public surface area
Zudoku API References APIOpenAPI document references for generating API documentation.31.6Stainless Docs PlatformThe Stainless Docs Platform combines your API reference, usage examples, and narrative guides into a single...29.4
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
ApiNotesApiNotes generates interactive REST API documentation from OpenAPI or Swagger specifications with live endp...20.7

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 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Kard Kota LiveIntent Matomo Microsoft .NET Speakeasy Stainless Zudoku

Score breakdown

Frequency
37.9
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.1
spread across providers
Quality lift
43.9
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
5.8
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Documentation 9 co-occurrences OpenAPI 6 co-occurrences Organization 5 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 tag13
Provider tag5
Openapi tag7
Openapi op tag13

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