aid: bitstrips
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bitstrips.png
name: Bitstrips
description: 'Bitstrips was a Toronto-based consumer software company, founded in 2007
  by Jacob "Ba" Blackstock, that created the personalized comic platform Bitstrips and
  the personal-avatar app Bitmoji. Snap Inc. acquired Bitstrips in March 2016, retired
  the original Bitstrips comic product, and now operates the technology as Bitmoji.
  The public developer surface today is the Bitmoji Direct API (Bitmoji for Developers):
  an OAuth2 authorization-code-with-PKCE flow via www.bitmoji.com/connect that grants
  third-party apps access to a user''s avatar ID, sticker packs, and sticker search,
  served from bitmoji.api.snapchat.com/direct. Note that Snap has deprecated the
  "Bitmoji For Identity" product; the standalone stickers and search integrations
  remain documented. This profile was surfaced as a Kleiner Perkins portfolio company
  and enriched from the public Bitmoji developer documentation.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bitstrips/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- kleiner-perkins
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Avatars
- Stickers
- Bitmoji
- Messaging
- Images
- OAuth
- Social
apis:
- name: Bitmoji Direct API
  description: 'OAuth2 (authorization code + PKCE) API for Bitmoji for Developers,
    providing access to a connected user''s avatar ID, sticker packs, and sticker
    search. Served from bitmoji.api.snapchat.com/direct with authorization initiated
    at www.bitmoji.com/connect.'
  humanURL: https://github.com/Bitmoji/BitmojiForDevelopers
  baseURL: https://bitmoji.api.snapchat.com/direct/
  tags:
  - Avatars
  - Stickers
  - OAuth
  properties:
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/bitstrips-authentication.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/Bitmoji/BitmojiForDevelopers/blob/main/docs/DIRECT_AUTH_FOR_DEVELOPERS.md
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bitstrips-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bitmoji.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/Bitmoji/BitmojiForDevelopers
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Bitmoji
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bitstrips-authentication.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/bitstrips-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/bitstrips-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/bitstrips-well-known.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence