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Dev.to public API lists articles, tags and users as JSON. Read endpoints need no key — great for dev-news widgets.

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GET https://dev.to/api/articles?per_page=1

[
  {
    "type_of": "article",
    "id": 4036380,
    "title": "Forward Deployed Engineers and the future of software engineering",
    "description": "Cover Image: Sierra’s Natalie Meurer at the AI Engineer World’s Fair today.  Natalie Meurer is Head...",
    "readable_publish_date": "Jul 2",
    "slug": "forward-deployed-engineers-and-the-future-of-software-engineering-jll",
    "path": "/dailycontext/forward-deployed-engineers-and-the-future-of-software-engineering-jll",
    "url": "https://dev.to/dailycontext/forward-deployed-engineers-and-the-future-of-software-engineering-jll"
  }
]
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://dev.to/api/articles?per_page=1"
const res = await fetch("https://dev.to/api/articles?per_page=1");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://dev.to/api/articles?per_page=1")
print(res.json())
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Dev community articles feed

GET/api

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/1

Api details by ID (example: 1).

GET/api?limit=10

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/api/articles?limit=5

Articles — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Dev.to: common questions

Is Dev.to free to use?

Yes — Dev.to is a free developer tools API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Dev.to need an API key?

No — Dev.to needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Dev.to from the browser?

Yes — Dev.to returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Dev.to up right now?

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