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Reference

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Providers using this tag (6)

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

Developing 1 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
Minimal 2 Almost no public developer surface

APIs with this tag (66)

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
Strong 12 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Developing 19 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
PayMate Reference APIReference data53.9Temenos Reference APIManage reference data including exchange rates, interest rates, security prices, swap rates, holiday calend...53.4Socialbakers Reference APIManaged profiles, labels, label groups, listening queries, ad accounts51.7crob.at Reference APIRead sample teams and Pokemon reference data.51.4Getty Images Reference APIThe Reference API from Getty Images — 1 operation(s) for reference.50.9Wealth-X Reference APIReference / lookup data used to build searches.50.7Paga Reference APILook-up operations - banks, mobile operators, status.50.4Maxar Technologies MGP Postman CollectionPublic Postman workspace documenting the Maxar Geospatial Platform API surface for quick exploration and te...50.1MNTN Reference APIEnumerations and lookup data shared across endpoints.48.5Moody's Corporation Reference APIOperations for retrieving frequency, vintage, and file type metadata48.3Databento Reference APIReference and non-price data that complements the market data feeds - a security master (instrument definit...47.8Fortellis AsyncAPI Hello World ReferenceHello World AsyncAPI reference distributed by Fortellis to teach the asynchronous API pattern, channel topo...47.4Climatiq Reference APIReference data such as regions and unit types.45.8Refinitiv Reference APIReference data operations for retrieving profile details and resolution toolkit configurations.45.8FERC Reference APIForm lists and submission constraints.44.1Willo Reference APIRead-only reference data - languages and IDV countries of employment.43.0Rice University Reference APIControlled vocabularies the catalog's fields draw from.42.7Sideko SDK ReferenceBoilerplate code used by Sideko to generate SDKs, including example SDKs that demonstrate the generated sur...41.9Elexon Reference APIReference data which can be used to filter other API requests.39.4
Thin 22 Limited public surface area
Bunny.net Countries APIReference endpoint returning the list of countries Bunny.net supports for geo-targeting in Pull Zone and DN...38.9Bunny.net Regions APIReference endpoint returning the list of Bunny.net edge and storage regions for use in zone configuration.38.9RunSignup Reference APIReference data such as countries and states used across the API.38.9HealthSherpa Reference APIThe Reference API from HealthSherpa — 3 operation(s) for reference.37.9Sample Transactions APIThe State Street Sample Transactions API is a reference and onboarding API provided in the developer portal...37.5One Degree Reference APIProperty types, rating types, and guides.36.5Metals-API Reference APISymbols and reference data.35.3TutorCruncher Reference APIReference data - subjects, countries, categories, action types.34.4Monad JSON-RPC APIFull JSON-RPC method reference — standard Ethereum eth_*, net_*, web3_*, debug_*, and trace_* methods plus ...34.1Wodify Reference APIReference data such as locations, employees, programs, and services.33.0Apache HTTP Server Configuration ReferenceConfiguration directive reference for Apache HTTP Server covering VirtualHost, mod_ssl, mod_rewrite, mod_pr...32.4Claim.MD Reference APIPayer directory, enrollment, appeals, and webhooks.31.9Portcast Reference APISupported carrier SCAC reference data.31.9OpenPrescribing Reference APIBNF code, organisation code and organisation-location reference lookups.30.9Sportsbook API Reference APIThe Reference API from Sportsbook API — 2 operation(s) for reference.30.3Spinwheel Reference APIConstants and vehicle reference data.29.8Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) and Handbook (FAH)Department-wide policy and procedural manuals issued by the Office of Directives Management.29.6Amiibo API Reference APIReference data endpoints for types, series, characters, and game series29.4Forex Reference APIThe Reference API from Forex — 1 operation(s) for reference.29.3IGDB Reference APIReference data such as keywords, collections, and franchises.27.6ReDocReDoc is an open-source API documentation renderer for OpenAPI specifications, originally created by Rebill...26.8MCP Reference ServersCanonical collection of reference MCP server implementations maintained by the project. The active servers ...26.7
Emerging 9 Early or largely undocumented
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface

Companies reaching this through an API (65)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “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.

Aave Amiibo API Apache HTTP Server API Evangelist APITube Aviation Edge BICS Bunny.net CDK Global Central Intelligence Agency Chainguard Claim.MD Clarivate Climatiq Containerfile crob.at Currencycloud Databento Delft University of Technology Department of State DeveloperHub DHL Elexon Emplifi fatsecret FERC Forex Getty Images HealthSherpa Helium Network IGDB ITU Lane API Massive (formerly Polygon.io) Metals-API Microsoft .NET MNTN Model Context Protocol (MCP) Monad Moody's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Numbers Online One Degree OpenPrescribing Paga PayMate Portcast PostEx Redocly Refinitiv
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Score breakdown

Frequency
58.3
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.2
spread across providers
Quality lift
30.7
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
2.8
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Currency 5 co-occurrences Reference Data 5 co-occurrences OpenAPI 6 co-occurrences Financial Data 5 co-occurrences Documentation 5 co-occurrences Services 6 co-occurrences Collection 6 co-occurrences CLI 5 co-occurrences

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