WIA Standards APIWIA standards, as an API
Read WIA standards, their specification documents and JSON Schemas as JSON over HTTPS. Check your own data against a standard's schema.
The standards stay free to read on wiastandards.com. The API is for programs that need them in machine-readable form.
Quick start
- Get a free key. It arrives by email.
curl -X POST https://api.wiastandards.com/v1/keys \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"email": "you@example.com"}' - Send the key in the Authorization header.
curl "https://api.wiastandards.com/v1/standards?q=security" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer wia_YOUR_KEY" - Check your data against one of a standard's schemas.
curl -X POST https://api.wiastandards.com/v1/standards/security/validate \ -H "Authorization: Bearer wia_YOUR_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"schema": "alert", "data": { "version": "1.0.0", "id": "3f1c2b9e-8a4d-4f6e-9b2a-1c5d7e8f9a0b", "type": "alert", "timestamp": "2026-10-21T10:00:00Z", "severity": 7, "source": {"type": "siem", "name": "Demo"}, "data": {"alert_id": "A-1", "title": "Test", "category": "malware", "status": "new", "priority": "urgent"}}}' {"valid": false, "standard": "security", "schema": "alert", "errors": [{"path": "/data/priority", "message": "The data should match one item from enum"}]}
Endpoints
All responses are JSON. Base URL: https://api.wiastandards.com/v1
| Request | What it does |
|---|---|
GET/standards | List and search standards. |
GET/standards/{slug} | One standard. |
GET/standards/{slug}/docs/{name} | A specification document as Markdown. |
GET/standards/{slug}/schemas/{name} | One JSON Schema. |
POST/standards/{slug}/validate{"schema": "ā¦", "data": {ā¦}} | Check your JSON against a schema. |
GET/domains | Fields. |
GET/usage | Your plan and the requests left this month. |
POST/keys/rotate | Replace your key. |
POST/keys{"email": "ā¦"} | Request a free key. |
Every response carries X-RateLimit-Limit and X-RateLimit-Remaining headers.
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