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GET /v1/meta

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/devto-api/v1/meta" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/devto-api/v1/meta", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/devto-api/v1/meta");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/devto-api/v1/meta",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "note": "DEV (dev.to) is one of the largest developer-writing communities, built on the open-source Forem platform. /v1/articles = browse published articles, filter by tag (tag=javascript), by author (username=ben), by most-reacted over a period (top=7 for the last 7 days), or by state (fresh/rising), with pagination — each result carries title, description, canonical url, tags, reaction and comment counts, reading time, cover image and author; /v1/article?id=5 = a single article with its full markdown body and author links; /v1/user?username=ben = a user's public profile (name, bio, location, joined date, social links, avatar); /v1/tags = popular tags on the platform. Article ids are numeric and stable. Data from the DEV Forem API (public, free). Ideal for developer-content aggregators, reading lists, dashboards, newsletters and bots.",
        "source": "DEV (dev.to) — Forem API (dev.to/api)",
        "endpoints": [
            "/v1/articles",
            "/v1/article",
            "/v1/user",
            "/v1/tags",
            "/v1/meta"
        ]
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-01T16:23:47.971Z",
        "request_id": "f69d520c-0986-4f44-8efd-b48e8f02a115"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Meta retrieved",
    "success": true
}