Apple
Collection of Apple's public APIs and developer resources.
Solid contracts, transparent operations, and an easy start — typically complete on four or five facets with one clear soft spot.
API Evangelist profiles Apple the way a machine reads it — 166 machine-readable artifacts across 21 APIs, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.
Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Apple scores 59.3/100 (strong), with a separate agent-readiness read of 48/100 (agent ready). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.
Kin Score
This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance.
Kin Score
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How we profile Apple
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Apple. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
APIs 21
Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Apple Music API
Access Apple Music catalog, user library, and playback controls.
WeatherKit REST API
Access weather forecasts, current conditions, and historical weather data.
MapKit JS
Embed interactive Apple Maps on websites.
Sign in with Apple REST API
Integrate Sign in with Apple authentication.
Apple Push Notification Service (APNs)
Send push notifications to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS devices.
App Store Server API
Manage customer App Store transactions from your server, including in-app purchases and subscriptions.
App Store Server Notifications V2
Receive real-time notifications about in-app purchase events and subscription lifecycle changes.
Apple Maps Server API
Server-side geocoding, reverse geocoding, search, and estimated time of arrival using Apple Maps.
Apple News API
Publish, manage, update, and delete Apple News Format articles.
DeviceCheck API
Reduce fraudulent use of your services by managing device state and asserting app integrity.
Apple Ads Campaign Management API
Create, manage, and report on Apple Search Ads campaigns programmatically.
Wallet Passes Web Service
Create, distribute, and update passes for the Apple Wallet app via a web service.
Enterprise Program API
Automate management of users, roles, provisioning profiles, and bundle identifiers for enterprise apps.
Apple School and Business Manager API
Automate device management actions and access data about devices enrolled via Automated Device Enrollment.
Apple Pay on the Web
Accept Apple Pay payments on your website using JavaScript-based APIs.
Wallet Orders
Create, distribute, and update orders in Apple Wallet for order tracking.
ClassKit Catalog API
Declare educational activities supported by your app for use with Apple Schoolwork.
Apple Music Feed API
Access the Apple Music catalog metadata in bulk for albums, songs, and artists.
Apple Apps API
Manage your apps in App Store Connect, including app metadata, pricing, availability, and app information.
Apple Beta Testers API
Manage TestFlight beta testers, including inviting testers, managing tester groups, and controlling access to beta builds.
Apple Builds API
Manage builds uploaded to App Store Connect, including build metadata, processing state, and build relationships.
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Postman Collections 3
A runnable collection turns the contract into something a developer can execute in seconds. We profile them because the fastest way to trust an API is to make a real call against it.
Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.
Open Collections 5
Open, tool-agnostic collections carry the same runnable value as Postman without locking you to one client — the portable, forkable form of the same exercise.
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
API Collection
OPEN COLLECTIONApple App Store Connect API
OPEN COLLECTIONApple App Store Connect Apps API
OPEN COLLECTIONApple App Store Connect Apps Beta Testers API
OPEN COLLECTIONApple App Store Connect Apps Builds API
OPEN COLLECTIONMCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers expose these APIs directly to AI agents. We profile them because agent-native access is the fastest-growing way this provider's capabilities actually get used.
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
MCP Server
MCP SERVERGraphQL 1
Where a provider ships GraphQL, the schema is the contract. We profile it alongside the REST surface so the whole interface is legible in one place.
GraphQL schemas published by this provider.
Apple GraphQL Schema
This conceptual GraphQL schema represents the Apple App Store Connect API and related Apple developer APIs. Apple's public APIs are REST-based (App Store Connect API, Apple Musi...
GRAPHQLPricing Plans 1
Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the six things the Kin Score reads for commercial clarity.
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Apple Plans Pricing
PLANSRate Limits 1
Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Apple Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals let a buyer model the financial operations of an API before it's live. We profile them for the same reason we profile pricing: the money is part of the contract.
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Apple Finops
FINOPSFeatures 12
The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
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Semantic Vocabularies 2
JSON-LD contexts give the data shared meaning across APIs. We profile them because semantics are what let a machine reconcile 'customer' here with 'customer' somewhere else.
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
App Store Connect Context
JSON-LDApple Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Governance rulesets we run against this provider's specs — the automated checks behind parts of the score. Profiling them makes the quality bar explicit and re-runnable, not a matter of opinion.
Apple API Rules
SPECTRALApple API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 35
Standalone JSON Schema definitions describe the data models behind the API. We profile them so the shapes are validatable on their own — useful long after a single request is forgotten.
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
AppAttributes
JSON SCHEMAAppRelationships
JSON SCHEMAAppResponse
JSON SCHEMAApp
JSON SCHEMAAppUpdateRequest
JSON SCHEMAAppsResponse
JSON SCHEMABetaGroupAttributes
JSON SCHEMABetaGroupBetaTestersLinkagesRequest
JSON SCHEMABetaGroupCreateRequest
JSON SCHEMABetaGroupRelationships
JSON SCHEMABetaGroupResponse
JSON SCHEMABetaGroup
JSON SCHEMABetaGroupUpdateRequest
JSON SCHEMABetaGroupsResponse
JSON SCHEMABetaTesterAttributes
JSON SCHEMABetaTesterCreateRequest
JSON SCHEMABetaTesterRelationships
JSON SCHEMABetaTesterResponse
JSON SCHEMABetaTester
JSON SCHEMABetaTestersResponse
JSON SCHEMABuildAttributes
JSON SCHEMABuildRelationships
JSON SCHEMABuildResponse
JSON SCHEMABuild
JSON SCHEMABuildUpdateRequest
JSON SCHEMABuildsResponse
JSON SCHEMADocumentLinks
JSON SCHEMAErrorDetail
JSON SCHEMAErrorResponse
JSON SCHEMAPagedDocumentLinks
JSON SCHEMAPagingInformation
JSON SCHEMARelationshipData
JSON SCHEMARelationshipLinks
JSON SCHEMAResourceLink
JSON SCHEMAApple App Store Connect Core Models
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JSON Structure 34
JSON Structure captures the data shapes in a form built for tooling — a complement to JSON Schema that keeps the model machine-legible.
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
App Store Connect App Attributes Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect App Relationships Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect App Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect App Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect App Update Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Apps Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Beta Group Attributes Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Beta Group Create Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Beta Group Relationships Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Beta Group Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Beta Group Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Beta Group Update Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Beta Groups Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Beta Tester Attributes Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Beta Tester Create Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Beta Tester Relationships Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Beta Tester Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Beta Tester Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Beta Testers Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Build Attributes Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Build Relationships Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Build Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Build Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Build Update Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Builds Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Document Links Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Error Detail Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Error Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Paged Document Links Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Paging Information Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Relationship Data Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Relationship Links Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApp Store Connect Resource Link Structure
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Examples 34
Real request and response payloads are what turn a spec from abstract into obvious — and they're one of the twelve things an agent needs to call an API correctly on the first try.
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
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Security Posture 3
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 5
What developers actually build with this provider — captured so the catalogue answers 'what is this for', not just 'what does this expose'.
What developers build with this provider.
App Distribution
Automate app submissions, manage TestFlight beta testing, and handle app metadata at scale.
In-App Purchases
Manage subscriptions, consumables, and transaction history with server-side verification.
Enterprise Device Management
Automate device enrollment and management for schools and businesses at scale.
Content Publishing
Publish and manage articles in Apple News with rich media and analytics.
Location Services
Build location-aware applications with geocoding, routing, and interactive maps.
Integrations 4
Pre-built integrations with other platforms tell you where this provider already fits in a stack.
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Xcode
Full IDE integration for building, testing, and deploying apps across all Apple platforms.
TestFlight
Beta testing platform for distributing pre-release builds to internal and external testers.
App Analytics
View app performance metrics, downloads, and user engagement data.
CloudKit
Store and sync app data across devices using Apple's cloud infrastructure.
Resources
Every other property we hold for Apple — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Get Started 2
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Agent Surfaces 2
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 2
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 4
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 4
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Learn 2
Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance
Operate 4
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
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