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.
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aol/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: "2026-03-23"
modified: "2026-04-19"
specificationVersion: '0.16'
tags:
  - Advertising
  - Digital Media
  - Entertainment
  - News
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-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/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/

maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: info@apievangelist.com
    X: apievangelist
    url: https://apievangelist.com
common:
  - 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