Dev.to

Overview

The Dev.to (Forem) API serves articles, users, podcasts, tags, and comments from the developer community — and powers any Forem community. Public reads are keyless (verified live); an API key unlocks publishing and user-scoped actions.

Quick Start

Recent articles — no key needed (verified live):

curl "https://dev.to/api/articles?per_page=3"

[
  {
    "type_of": "article",
    "id": 4435427,
    "title": "Greatness Is Forged by Limitation",
    "description": "Can't believe I spent 2 weeks writing this...",
    "readable_publish_date": "Aug 19",
    "slug": "greatness-is-forged-by-limitation",
    "url": "https://dev.to/...",
    "user": { "name": "..." }
  }
]

Article by ID:

curl "https://dev.to/api/articles/4435427"

Tags / podcasts / users:

curl "https://dev.to/api/tags?per_page=5"
curl "https://dev.to/api/podcast_episodes?per_page=3"

Authentication

• Anonymous: public reads work keyless (verified).
• API key (free, dev.to → Settings → Extensions → API Keys): publishing articles, managing your profile.

Rate Limits & Notes

• Free; no hard documented limit for reads — be polite.
• Pagination via per_page (max 1000) and page.
• The same API works for any Forem community (forem.dev, dev.to, etc.) — they’re all Forem instances.
• Publishing requires the api-key header with your key.

FAQ

Is Dev.to API free? Yes — public reads are keyless; a free key enables publishing.

Do I need a key to read? No — articles, tags, and users are publicly readable (verified).

What is Forem? The open-source platform Dev.to runs on — the same API powers any Forem community.