canonical: https://jentic.com/apis/reverb.com/reverb

# reverb

reverb provides programmatic access to developer tools functionality. The API exposes 163 endpoints secured with oauth2 authentication.

## For AI agents

Programmatically list of all article categories, list of supported product categories. Covers 163 operations with oauth2 authentication.

## Scope

Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for developer tools only.

## Capabilities

- List of all article categories
- Full taxonomy tree of categories including middle categories
- Get subcategory details
- Returns a set of comparison shopping pages based on the current params
- Show comparison shopping page

## Use cases

### Developer Tools Operations

Use the reverb to perform developer tools operations programmatically. The API provides 163 endpoints covering core functionality including list of all article categories, list of supported product categories, full taxonomy tree of categories including middle categories.

Example prompt: Call GET `/articles/categories` to list of all article categories

### Automated Articles Management

Automate articles operations by combining multiple reverb endpoints. Agents can list of supported product categories and then full taxonomy tree of categories including middle categories in a single workflow.

Example prompt: Call GET /categories to list of supported product categories, then verify the result

### AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call reverb endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle oauth2 tokens manually.

Example prompt: Search Jentic for 'list of all article categories', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

## Key endpoints

| Method | Path | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GET | `/articles/categories` | List of all article categories |
| GET | `/categories` | List of supported product categories |
| GET | `/categories/taxonomy` | Full taxonomy tree of categories including middle categories |
| GET | `/categories/{product_type}/{category}` | Get subcategory details |
| GET | `/categories/{uuid}` | Get category details |
| GET | `/comparison_shopping_pages` | Returns a set of comparison shopping pages based on the current params |
| GET | `/comparison_shopping_pages/find` | Show comparison shopping page |
| GET | `/comparison_shopping_pages/{id}/listings` | Return new or used listings for a comparison shopping page |

## Key resources

- **Articles** — Operations for articles
- **Categories** — Operations for categories
- **Comparison_Shopping_Pages** — Operations for comparison_shopping_pages
- **Conversations** — Operations for conversations
- **Countries** — Operations for countries

## AI readiness

This API is usable in Jentic One now. Its AI-readiness score against Jentic's framework shows where it stands today and where improvements would make it even easier for agents to use.

- **Score:** 48 / 100
- **Maturity:** Foundational
- **Dimensions:**
  - Foundational Compliance: 71 / 100
  - Developer Experience & Jentic Compatibility: 56 / 100
  - AI-Readiness & Agent Experience: 25 / 100
  - Agent Usability: 61 / 100
  - Security: 85 / 100
  - AI Discoverability: 100 / 100
- **View full report:** https://jentic.com/apis/reverb.com/reverb/scorecard
- **How the score is calculated:** https://docs.jentic.com/reference/api-readiness-framework/overview/
- **More about the dimensions:** https://docs.jentic.com/reference/api-readiness-framework/specification/#dimensional-model-overview

### Score it yourself

Every API in the directory is allowlisted, so you can re-score it with no key required.

- **Score your own API:** https://jentic.com/scorecard.md
- **Scoring CLI agent skill:** https://github.com/jentic/jentic-api-scorecard/blob/main/skills/jentic-api-scorecard/SKILL.md

```sh
npx @jentic/api-scorecard-cli score <openapi-url>
```

## Why Jentic

- **Setup:** Wiring Reverb by hand means running its OAuth2 client-credentials flow, refreshing tokens against reverb.com, and mapping the right read and write scopes for each call to api.reverb.com yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import Reverb from the API Directory, store the credentials once, and your agent calls it.
- **Permission scoping:** Reverb's catalog and comparison-shopping reads travel in the path and query, not as a single resource you can pin, so limit the agent to the operations it needs, such as listing categories or fetching comparison-shopping pages. You choose that set, so write operations like editing listings or feedback are not included unless you add them.
- **Credential handling:** Your Reverb OAuth2 credentials are stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. They never enter the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
- **Discovery method:** Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'list all article categories' or 'find comparison shopping pages', and Jentic returns the matching Reverb operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

## Related APIs

- **Github** — Alternative developer tools API
- **Gitlab** — Alternative developer tools API

## FAQ

### What authentication does the reverb use?

The reverb uses OAuth 2.0 for authorization. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

### Can I list of all article categories with the reverb?

Yes. Use the GET `/articles/categories` endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

### What are the rate limits for the reverb?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

### How do I list of all article categories through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'list of all article categories'. Jentic returns the matching reverb operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.

### How many endpoints does the reverb have?

The reverb exposes 163 endpoints covering articles, categories, comparison_shopping_pages operations.

### Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the Reverb API?

Yes. Because Jentic One is self-hosted and governed by your own rules, you decide exactly which Reverb operations the agent can call. You can restrict it to the read operations it needs, such as listing article and product categories or fetching comparison shopping pages, while excluding write operations like editing listings or sending feedback. Those operations are never available to the agent unless you explicitly add them to its allowed set.