Pinterest API

Social / OAuth Advanced HTTPS

63 C

Metadata Score Metadata estimate · not endpoint-tested

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Overview

Pinterest API lets you read and write Pinterest data such as boards, pins, and user profiles through OAuth 2.0 authentication. You can build apps that create pins, read a user's boards, or analyze pin engagement. The API requires creating a developer app at developers.pinterest.com and going through an OAuth approval process.

Beginner Tip

Pinterest API requires OAuth 2.0 — start by creating an app at developers.pinterest.com to get your App ID and Secret, then use the sandbox mode to test without affecting real data.

Available Data

The kind of data this API exposes, based on its documentation. We could not call the endpoint to confirm the exact field names.

Use case: Integrate the world's catalog of ideas data into web and mobile applications

Pinterest data via REST API

Example Response

Illustrative shape only — we were not able to call this endpoint (it requires credentials or exposes no public sample URL), so the fields below show the kind of data this API returns rather than a recorded response.

JSON Response · Illustrative

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "result": "Data from Pinterest",
    "description": "The world's catalog of ideas",
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
  }
}

Field Reference

username Unique Pinterest username of the authenticated user

account_type Type of account — PINNER or BUSINESS

profile_image URL of the user's profile picture

website_url Website URL listed on the user's Pinterest profile

follower_count Number of followers the user has

Implementation Example

Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.

Request

const url = "https://api.pinterest.com/v5/user_account";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
  "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

What Can You Build?

Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.

Common Errors & Troubleshooting

Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.

401 Unauthorized Access token is missing, expired, or revoked

✓ Use the OAuth 2.0 refresh token flow to get a new access token; Pinterest tokens expire after a set period

403 Forbidden The OAuth scope does not include permission for the requested action

✓ Re-authorize your app with the correct scope (e.g., boards:read, pins:write) in the OAuth request

429 Too Many Requests API rate limit exceeded

✓ Pinterest enforces hourly rate limits; add delays between requests or cache responses to reduce API calls

Metadata Score Breakdown

Estimated from metadata — endpoint not independently tested

This score is estimated from observable metadata — HTTPS support, authentication model, declared CORS, and documentation reachability — because the API requires authentication or exposes no publicly testable endpoint. The five-signal breakdown is only shown for live-tested APIs.

Metadata estimate · endpoint not independently tested

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