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GET /v1/meta

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/dogbreeds-api/v1/meta" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/dogbreeds-api/v1/meta", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/dogbreeds-api/v1/meta");
curl_setopt($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/dogbreeds-api/v1/meta",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

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

{
    "data": {
        "groups": {
            "Terriers": 36,
            "Dachshunds": 1,
            "Retrievers": 22,
            "Sighthounds": 14,
            "Pointing Dogs": 36,
            "Companion and Toy Dogs": 27,
            "Pinscher and Schnauzer": 57,
            "Sheepdogs and Cattledogs": 47,
            "Spitz and primitive types": 48,
            "Scent hounds and related breeds": 72
        },
        "service": "dogbreeds-api",
        "endpoints": {
            "GET /v1/list": "List all breeds (limit, offset).",
            "GET /v1/meta": "This document.",
            "GET /v1/breed": "Breed by name (name=, e.g. Akita) or FCI number (id=).",
            "GET /v1/group": "Breeds in an FCI group (group=, e.g. Terriers).",
            "GET /v1/search": "Search breeds across languages and country (q=).",
            "GET /v1/country": "Breeds from a country of origin (country=, e.g. Germany)."
        },
        "description": "FCI dog-breed nomenclature: FCI number, English + German/French/Spanish names, FCI group and section, country of origin and links to the official breed standard and illustration. Look up by name or number, search across languages, list by FCI group or country. No key.",
        "total_breeds": 360,
        "countries_indexed": 66
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-08T18:25:03.261Z",
        "request_id": "141d44fa-d428-4e12-aa61-d0f908c0e7d0"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Meta",
    "success": true
}