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NPR One API (NPR Developer Center)
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- Free allowance
- None reachable: the developer center said it was not accepting new login accounts, and its host no longer resolves.
- Verdict
- fails: identitythe identity required is not reachable without it
- Cost
- not stated
- Identity
- institutionno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- write-gatednew developer accounts are closed; a Content Distribution Service key goes to member stations through member partnership
- Evidence
- reported5 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-18checked 2026-11-03 (live); stale on 2026-11-18
| Free tier | none reachable: the developer center said it was not accepting new login accounts, and its host no longer resolves. unit none; metered on none; The legacy Story API is retired. Its successor, the Content Distribution Service, gives a key to member stations through NPR member partnership; no self-serve key is described. |
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| Price | none stated |
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| Limits | - write-gated (binding) new developer accounts are closed; a Content Distribution Service key goes to member stations through member partnership source
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| Binding | write-gated No new account can be opened, so no rate or quota is reachable. |
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| Identity | institution New developer logins were closed on the last copy of the developer center read; the successor service names member stations as its key holders. |
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| Egress | not assessed: no account can be opened to read content |
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| Per-object cap | not stated |
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| Retention | not stated |
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| Interface | rest REST over HTTPS at listening.api.npr.org, identity.api.npr.org and authorization.api.npr.org, with an OAuth bearer token from the authorization service |
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| Tooling | any HTTP client; NPR published a JavaScript SDK and a PHP backend proxy for token handling |
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| Composes with | Audio recommendations and listening data for NPR One apps; the news text route is the Content Distribution Service, for member stations. |
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| Reliability | The developer center host dev.npr.org failed DNS on 2026-11-03; the API hosts still answer HTTP 401 without a token; the Story API is retired. |
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| Notes | Storage: no storage term was readable because the developer center host does not resolve. Bulk path: none found. |
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| Evidence note | reported The closed-registration notice is read from an archived copy of the developer center dated 2024-07-14, and the host no longer resolves, so the present state of registration is inferred; the API hosts answering 401 shows the service is up for existing holders. |
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Evidence 5
Unknown values 1
- egress metered: egress metering was not published