API (1.0)

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OSV API

Want a quick example?

Please see the quickstart.

How does the API work?

There are three different types of requests that can be made of the API.

1. Query vulnerabilities for a particular project at a given commit hash or version.
2. Batched query vulnerabilities for given package versions and commit hashes.
3. Return a Vulnerability object for a given OSV ID.

Is the API rate limited?

Currently there are no limits on the API.

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Table of contents

• API Quickstart
• POST /v1/query
• POST /v1/querybatch
• GET /v1/vulns/{id}