# Etsy API Review

**Author:** kinlane  
**Canonical:** https://apievangelist.com/2011/06/11/etsy-api-review/

kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com [![](https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/apievangelist/api-evangelist/etsy/etsy-logo.jpg)](http://www.etsy.com/)[Etsy's](http://www.etsy.com/) mission is to enable people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers .

[Ety's](http://www.etsy.com/) vision is to build a new economy and present a better choice.

Etsy provides a RESTful API with JSON responses, and uses oAuth for authentication.

**Documentation & Tools**

*   [](http://www.etsy.com/)[API Explorer](.http://www.apievangelist.com/ecosystem-building-blocks-detail.php?Building_Block_ID=209)
*   [Code Libraries](.http://www.apievangelist.com/ecosystem-building-blocks-detail.php?Building_Block_ID=125)
*   [Reference & Documentaton](.http://www.apievangelist.com/ecosystem-building-blocks-detail.php?Building_Block_ID=120)

**Community**

*   [Forum](.http://www.apievangelist.com/ecosystem-building-blocks-detail.php?Building_Block_ID=131)

**Developer**

*   [Account Info](.http://www.apievangelist.com/ecosystem-building-blocks-detail.php?Building_Block_ID=199)
*   [App Gallery](.http://www.apievangelist.com/ecosystem-building-blocks-detail.php?Building_Block_ID=180)
*   [Registration](.http://www.apievangelist.com/ecosystem-building-blocks-detail.php?Building_Block_ID=198)