# OpenProcessing Creative Coding API > Live creator and sketch data from OpenProcessing, the community for Processing and p5.js creative-coding sketches, served from its public API. The user endpoint returns a creator's profile — username, name, bio, location, website, join date and total sketch count. The sketches endpoint lists a creator's published sketches with title, license, engine mode and dates. The sketch endpoint returns a single sketch's detail — title, description, tags, license, libraries used, the fork parent it was remixed from, and the author. The social endpoint returns a creator's followers or the accounts they follow. This is a creative-coding community stats API — creator profiles, sketch catalogues and the follow graph — distinct from the code-hosting, package-registry and other social-platform APIs in the catalogue. A user is a numeric OpenProcessing userID and a sketch is a numeric visualID, both visible in OpenProcessing URLs. Live, no key on the upstream, nothing stored. ## Authentication All requests require your oanor API key in the `x-oanor-key` header. Get one at https://www.oanor.com/developer/keys. ```bash curl -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_live_…" "https://api.oanor.com/openprocessing-api/..." ``` ## Pricing - **Free** (Free) — 26,000 calls/Mo, 4 req/s - **Starter** ($4/Mo) — 310,000 calls/Mo, 12 req/s - **Pro** ($14/Mo) — 1,340,000 calls/Mo, 30 req/s - **Scale** ($33/Mo) — 4,750,000 calls/Mo, 80 req/s ## Endpoints ### Creators #### `GET /v1/social` — A creator's followers or following **Parameters:** - `user` (query, required, string) — Numeric userID Example: `1` - `type` (query, optional, string) — followers or following Example: `followers` - `limit` (query, optional, string) — Max users (max 100) Example: `50` **Example:** ```bash curl -H "x-oanor-key: $KEY" \ "https://api.oanor.com/openprocessing-api/v1/social?user=1&type=followers&limit=50" ``` **Response:** ```json { "data": { "type": "followers", "count": 50, "limit": 50, "users": [ { "since": "2020-04-19 11:54:26", "user_id": 134, "fullname": "ahmet kizilay", "username": "ahmetkizilay", "membership_type": 0 }, { "since": "2026-03-19 23:45:01", "user_id": 990, "fullname": "Owaun Scantlebury", "username": "owaun", "membership_type": 1 }, { "since": "2024-07-18 01:51:55", "user_id": 1273, "fullname": "Marius Watz", "username": "watz", "membership_type": 0 }, { "since": "2012-03-23 04:38:39", "user_id": 1277, "fullname": "R.A. Robertson", "username": "Phospheros", "membership_type": 0 }, { "since": "2013-02-21 07:08:34", "user_id": 1707, "fullname": "haoyun", "username": "misterioso", "membership_type": 0 }, { "since": "2012-04-24 19:02:52", "user_id": 1720, "fullname": "bitcraft", "username": "bitcraft_1720", "membership_type": 0 }, …(truncated, see openapi.json for full schema) ``` #### `GET /v1/user` — Creator profile + total sketch count **Parameters:** - `user` (query, required, string) — Numeric OpenProcessing userID Example: `1` **Example:** ```bash curl -H "x-oanor-key: $KEY" \ "https://api.oanor.com/openprocessing-api/v1/user?user=1" ``` **Response:** ```json { "data": { "bio": "OpenProcessing master magician.Trying to stop obsessing with icon alignment.", "joined": "2008-02-06 22:58:37", "source": "OpenProcessing", "user_id": 1, "website": "https://wiredpieces.com", "fullname": "Sinan Ascioglu", "location": "Amsterdam", "username": "msawired", "total_sketches": 263, "membership_type": 2 }, "meta": { "timestamp": "2026-06-12T01:41:37.859Z", "request_id": "ac0423a1-e9e3-47e3-aba0-e03b8dbe070e" }, "status": "ok", "message": "User retrieved successfully", "success": true } ``` ### Sketches #### `GET /v1/sketch` — A single sketch's detail (incl. fork parent) **Parameters:** - `sketch` (query, required, string) — Numeric visualID Example: `13481` **Example:** ```bash curl -H "x-oanor-key: $KEY" \ "https://api.oanor.com/openprocessing-api/v1/sketch?sketch=13481" ``` **Response:** ```json { "data": { "mode": "pjs", "tags": [], "title": "Sugar buildings in HTML5", "source": "OpenProcessing", "created": "2012-03-03 23:35:46", "fork_of": 2921, "license": "by-nc-sa", "updated": "2025-12-30 08:03:21", "user_id": 1, "username": "msawired", "libraries": [], "visual_id": 13481, "mode_label": "Processing (Java)", "description": "To see if it is going to work in HTML5, I just copy pasted the code of Sugar Buildings by Jean-no:\nhttp://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=2921\nPerformance is not too bad unless there are more than 100 blocks, but probably depends on the computer", "is_template": false, "instructions": null }, "meta": { "timestamp": "2026-06-12T01:41:38.146Z", "request_id": "374657be-275a-4459-8415-02b86b3f8032" }, "status": "ok", "message": "Sketch retrieved successfully", "success": true } ``` #### `GET /v1/sketches` — A creator's published sketches **Parameters:** - `user` (query, required, string) — Numeric userID Example: `1` - `limit` (query, optional, string) — Max sketches (max 100) Example: `25` - `offset` (query, optional, string) — Pagination offset Example: `0` **Example:** ```bash curl -H "x-oanor-key: $KEY" \ "https://api.oanor.com/openprocessing-api/v1/sketches?user=1&limit=25&offset=0" ``` **Response:** ```json { "data": { "count": 25, "limit": 25, "offset": 0, "source": "OpenProcessing", "user_id": 1, "sketches": [ { "mode": "pjs", "title": "Sugar buildings in HTML5", "created": "2012-03-03 23:35:46", "license": null, "updated": "2025-12-30 08:03:21", "is_draft": false, "visual_id": 13481, "mode_label": "Processing (Java)", "description": "To see if it is going to work in HTML5, I just copy pasted the code of Sugar Buildings by Jean-no:\nhttp://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=2921\nPerformance is not too bad unless there are more than 100 blocks, but probably depends on the computer" }, { "mode": "pjs", "title": "Swirlies in HTML5", "created": "2012-04-24 21:47:59", "license": null, "updated": "2025-12-30 08:03:21", "is_draft": true, "visual_id": 19142, "mode_label": "Processing (Java)", "description": "Html5 version of Swirlies by Tymm.\n\nPerformance drops a lot if you increase the SIZEW, SIZEH" }, { "mode": "pjs", "title": "Leaf Experience", "created": "2011-01-31 00:06:19", "license": null, "update …(truncated, see openapi.json for full schema) ``` ### Meta #### `GET /v1/meta` — Spec **Example:** ```bash curl -H "x-oanor-key: $KEY" \ "https://api.oanor.com/openprocessing-api/v1/meta" ``` **Response:** ```json { "data": { "note": "user is a numeric OpenProcessing userID; sketch is a numeric visualID (both visible in OpenProcessing URLs). Username lookup is not offered by the upstream, so ids are used. mode is the sketch engine (p5js, pjs, html).", "source": "OpenProcessing public API (openprocessing.org/api, live)", "service": "openprocessing-api", "endpoints": { "GET /v1/meta": "This document.", "GET /v1/user": "Creator profile + total sketch count (user=1).", "GET /v1/sketch": "A single sketch's detail incl. fork parent (sketch=13481).", "GET /v1/social": "A creator's followers or following (user=1, type=followers).", "GET /v1/sketches": "A creator's published sketches (user=1, limit=25, offset=0)." }, "description": "Live creator and sketch data from OpenProcessing, the community for Processing / p5.js creative-coding sketches. user returns a creator's profile (username, name, bio, location, website, join date, total sketches); sketches lists a creator's published sketches; sketch returns a single sketch's detail (title, description, tags, license, libraries, fork parent, author); social returns a creator's followers or the accounts they follow. Live, no key, nothing stored. A creative-coding community stats API distinct from the code-hosting, package-registry and other social-platform APIs.", "upstream_status": "ok", "sample_user_total_sketches": 263 …(truncated, see openapi.json for full schema) ``` --- Marketplace page: https://www.oanor.com/api/openprocessing-api OpenAPI spec: https://www.oanor.com/api/openprocessing-api/openapi.json