name: AOL
description: >-
  AOL (America Online) is a digital media company and a division of Verizon
  Media (now Yahoo). AOL operates news and entertainment properties including
  AOL.com, Engadget, and TechCrunch. Historically, AOL provided developer APIs
  for advertising, content, and identity services that have since been
  consolidated into the Yahoo/Verizon Media API ecosystem.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/aol.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aol/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: "2026-03-23"
modified: "2026-04-19"
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
  - Advertising
  - Digital Media
  - Entertainment
  - News
  - Fortune 1000
apis:
- name: Yahoo Developer Network (formerly AOL Developer)
  description: >-
    Following AOL's acquisition by Verizon and subsequent merger with Yahoo, AOL developer APIs have been
    consolidated into the Yahoo Developer Network. Yahoo/AOL APIs provide access to advertising services,
    weather, finance, search, and identity services for developers building on the Oath/Verizon Media
    platform.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.yahoo.com
  baseURL: https://api.yahoo.com
  tags:
  - Advertising
  - Digital Media
  - Yahoo
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.yahoo.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.yahoo.com/oauth2/guide/openid_connect/
  contact:
  - FN: Yahoo Developer Support
    url: https://developer.yahoo.com/forum/
- aid: aol:aol-oauth2-api
  name: AOL OAuth2 API
  description: OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code grant endpoints
  humanURL: https://developer.yahoo.com
  baseURL: https://api.yahoo.com
  tags:
  - OAuth2
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aol-oauth2-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aol:aol-openid-connect-api
  name: AOL OpenID Connect API
  description: OpenID Connect userinfo and JWKS endpoints
  humanURL: https://developer.yahoo.com
  baseURL: https://api.yahoo.com
  tags:
  - OpenID Connect
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aol-openid-connect-api-openapi.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: info@apievangelist.com
    X: apievangelist
    url: https://apievangelist.com
common:
  - type: AgenticAccess
    url: agentic-access/aol-agentic-access.yml
  - type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
    url: security/aol-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
  - type: DomainSecurity
    url: security/aol-domain-security.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/aol-authentication.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/aol-scopes.yml
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/aol
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aol
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.aol.com
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://legal.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/terms/otos/index.html
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://legal.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/privacy/index.html