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API

This project provides you different solutions to test your frontend implementation with an API by:

Run the official backend implementation locally​

The official backend implementation is open-sourced.
You can find the GitHub repository here.
The Readme will provide you guidances to start the server locally.

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We encourage you to use this implementation's main branch for local tests as the limited one includes limitations aimed to protect public-hosted APIs.

Host your own API​

The official backend implementation includes a Deploy to Heroku button.
This button provides you a quick and easy way to deploy the API on Heroku for your frontend implementation.

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The official backend implementation repository includes two branches:

  • the main branch which adheres to the RealWorld backend specs
  • the limited branch which includes limitations for public-hosted APIs

The limited branch will be more suitable if you plan to host your implementation. Here is the list of the limitations.

Demo API​

This project provides you with a public hosted API to test your frontend implementations.
Point your API requests to https://api.realworld.io/api and you're good to go!

API Usage​

The usage of the API is free and non-limited by any kind of key.

The public API is currently hosted on a free plan project on Heroku.
If the hosted API receives no traffic in 30 minutes, it will sleep. In such a situation, there will be an additional delay on the first request.

Non-demo Articles, Tags, and Comments are deleted on a daily basis to avoid additional costs.

Swagger documentation​

The API exposes a Swagger documentation on https://api.realworld.io/api-docs.

Most of the requests require a valid token.

Retrieve a token​

You can retrieve a token by logging in or by registering.

Log in : https://api.realworld.io/api-docs/#/User%20and%20Authentication/Login
Register: https://api.realworld.io/api-docs/#/User%20and%20Authentication/CreateUser

  • Click the Try it out button
  • populate the body input with the related credentials
  • Click Execute button
  • Copy the token from the response body

Register the token​

  • Click Authorize button on top of the Swagger documentation page
  • Populate the field with Token <generated token>

API Limitations​

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To provide everyone a safe and healthy experience, the following limitations have been introduced in 2021

The visibility of user content is limited :

  • logged out users see only content created by demo accounts
  • logged in users see only their content and the content created by demo accounts