DEV.to API

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DEV Community articles, users, tags, and podcast episodes. Read all public content without auth; post and manage your own content with an API key.

Authentication

API Key API key optional for reading. Required for writing. Get from dev.to/settings/extensions.

Sample Requests

GET Get latest articles

Get the latest DEV Community articles.

https://dev.to/api/articles?per_page=5

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://dev.to/api/articles?per_page=5"

import requests
params = {
    "per_page": "5"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://dev.to/api/articles",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://dev.to/api/articles');
url.searchParams.set('per_page', '5');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://dev.to/api/articles")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("per_page", "5")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://dev.to/api/articles")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "per_page" => "5"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://dev.to/api/articles?" . http_build_query([
    "per_page" => "5"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Search by tag

Get the latest JavaScript articles on DEV.

https://dev.to/api/articles?tag=javascript&per_page=5

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://dev.to/api/articles?tag=javascript&per_page=5"

import requests
params = {
    "tag": "javascript",
    "per_page": "5"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://dev.to/api/articles",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://dev.to/api/articles');
url.searchParams.set('tag', 'javascript');
url.searchParams.set('per_page', '5');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://dev.to/api/articles")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("tag", "javascript")
	q.Set("per_page", "5")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://dev.to/api/articles")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "tag" => "javascript",
  "per_page" => "5"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://dev.to/api/articles?" . http_build_query([
    "tag" => "javascript",
    "per_page" => "5"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

Postman Setup Guide

Get Postman ↗

No API key needed to read public articles
GET https://dev.to/api/articles?tag=python&per_page=5
Top articles: ?top=7 (published in last 7 days)
Specific user: GET /api/articles?username=devto
For posting: get API key from dev.to/settings/extensions

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