Dev.to
Dev community articles feed
Dev.to public API lists articles, tags and users as JSON. Read endpoints need no key — great for dev-news widgets.
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"
}
]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())/api/articles?per_page=1PROBEDDev community articles feed
/apiApi — documented GET route.
/api/1Api details by ID (example: 1).
/api?limit=10Api — documented GET route.
/api/search?q=testSearch by query parameters.
/api/articles?limit=5Articles — documented GET route.
We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.
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 You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).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?
As of our last scheduled check, Dev.to is unmonitored. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.