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RescueGroups.org

RescueGroups.org provides the only updatable HTTP/JSON API for adoptable pet data, offering comprehensive search across animals, organizations, breeds, species, colors, and patterns with geodistance filtering. The API supports both public read-only access via API key and authenticated write access via bearer token, enabling rescue organizations to manage and share pet adoption data in real time.

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APIs

RescueGroups.org API

The RescueGroups.org REST API v5 provides access to adoptable pet data including animals, organizations, breeds, species, colors, and patterns. It supports advanced search with ...

Capabilities

RescueGroups.org Pet Adoption Search

Workflow capability for searching and discovering adoptable pets and rescue organizations. Enables geographic search, breed/species filtering, and organization lookup for pet ad...

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Semantic Vocabularies

Rescuegroups Org Context

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API Governance Rules

RescueGroups.org API Rules

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aid: rescuegroups-org
name: RescueGroups.org
description: >-
  RescueGroups.org provides the only updatable HTTP/JSON API for adoptable pet
  data, offering comprehensive search across animals, organizations, breeds,
  species, colors, and patterns with geodistance filtering. The API supports
  both public read-only access via API key and authenticated write access via
  bearer token, enabling rescue organizations to manage and share pet adoption
  data in real time.
type: Index
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tags:
  - Animals
  - Pet Adoption
  - Rescue
  - Animal Welfare
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rescuegroups-org/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-01-07'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: rescuegroups-org:rescuegroups-org
    name: RescueGroups.org API
    description: >-
      The RescueGroups.org REST API v5 provides access to adoptable pet data
      including animals, organizations, breeds, species, colors, and patterns.
      It supports advanced search with geodistance filtering, pagination, and
      relationship inclusion. API key authorization is used for public data
      access; bearer token authorization is used for private/write operations.
    humanURL: https://rescuegroups.org/services/adoptable-pet-data-api/
    baseURL: https://api.rescuegroups.org/v5
    tags:
      - Animals
      - Pet Adoption
      - Rescue
      - Organizations
      - Animal Welfare
      - Breeds
      - Species
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
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        url: >-
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      - type: PostmanCollection
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      - type: JSONSchema
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rescuegroups-org/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rescuegroups-org-animal-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rescuegroups-org/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rescuegroups-org-organization-schema.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: >-
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      - type: JSONLDContext
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      - type: SpectralRules
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rescuegroups-org/refs/heads/main/rules/rescuegroups-org-rules.yml
      - type: NaftikoCapabilities
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rescuegroups-org/refs/heads/main/capabilities/pet-adoption-search.yaml
      - type: Vocabulary
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rescuegroups-org/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/rescuegroups-org-vocabulary.yml
    contact:
      - FN: RescueGroups.org Developer Community
        url: https://groups.google.com/a/rescuegroups.org/g/apidev
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://rescuegroups.org/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://userguide.rescuegroups.org/spaces/APIDG/pages/8192120/API+Developers+Guide+Home
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/60615/SWT5j1e4
  - type: CommunityForum
    url: https://groups.google.com/a/rescuegroups.org/g/apidev
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://userguide.rescuegroups.org/spaces/APIDG/pages/24053254/v5
  - type: About
    url: https://rescuegroups.org/about/
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]