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DEV Community API

Published articles, tags and users from dev.to.
Status
Working
API key
Not needed
Browser calls
Runs in the browser
Latency
48 ms
Docs
developers.forem.com ↗

Build snapshot, not live. One verifier run on , from the machine that built this site. How we check

Example request

GEThttps://dev.to/api/articles?per_page=1

Sent from your browser straight to dev.to. No proxy: this site never sees the request or the answer.

Copy the request

Shell
curl -s 'https://dev.to/api/articles?per_page=1'

Response stored by the verifier

This is what dev.to answered when the verifier sent the request above on : HTTP 200, application/json. Arrays are cut to two items and long strings are shortened. It comes from the build snapshot.

application/json · stored
[
  {
    "type_of": "article",
    "id": 4766339,
    "title": "What was your win this week?",
    "description": "👋👋👋👋 Looking back on your week -- what was something you're proud of? All wins count -- big or small...",
    "readable_publish_date": "Oct 2",
    "slug": "what-was-your-win-this-week-4jli",
    "path": "/devteam/what-was-your-win-this-week-4jli",
    "url": "https://dev.to/devteam/what-was-your-win-this-week-4jli",
    "comments_count": 39,
    "public_reactions_count": 49,
    "collection_id": null,
    "published_timestamp": "2026-10-02T13:00:00Z",
    "language": "en",
    "subforem_id": 1
  }
]

Availability

Up 1 of 1 day checked · 30-day window

What counts as up for this API: an answer within five seconds, a 2xx status, and the body must be a JSON array with at least one item.

Last check: — passed, HTTP 200 in 48 ms.

The check runs from our infrastructure, not from where you are. If you need certainty, send the request yourself above. How the verifier works.

Questions

Does the DEV Community API need an API key?

No. The sample request on this page was answered without a key, token or account.

Can I call the DEV Community API from the browser?

Yes. dev.to answered our verifier with an Access-Control-Allow-Origin header on Oct 3, 2026, so a fetch call from a web page can read the response.

Is the DEV Community API working?

At the check on Oct 3, 2026 it returned HTTP 200 with the expected data in 48 ms. The status at the top of this page shows the most recent result we have.