Content API

The Content API is the preferred mechanism for querying reader-facing data in Arc XP. The Content API returns a “denormalized” view of documents created in Arc XP applications. For example, stories saved in Composer will contain metadata for all embedded photos from Photo Center when view in Content API.

The Content API offers parameterized filtering that enables you to serve specific slices of content, such as the top 20 most recently published stories with the “news” tag. It is not intended to serve as a site search replacement. Customers are encouraged to use Queryly to power open-ended site search experiences. If you attempt to leverage the Content API for open-ended queries, you will likely quickly reach your rate limit and begin seeing 429 HTTP error codes.

Customers are advised not to take direct input from URLs, query parameters, or other input fields on public sites and directly map that to queries in the Content API.

This API has a default rate limit of 30 requests per minute. Contact your Technical Account Manager to learn your organization’s current limit or to discuss a rate limit change request. See Understanding Content API Rate Limit: What You Need To Know.

This API requires an access token, which are managed within Developer Center. Learn more about working with access tokens here.