GET /api/v1/index.json
API index. What this API is, its license and attribution, the sections it covers, and every endpoint.
Example: https://knowyouronions.news/api/v1/index.json
Sample response
{
"api": "Know Your Onions Data API",
"version": "v1",
"docs": "https://knowyouronions.news/api",
"data_as_of": "2026-11-10",
"data_as_of_label": "Nov 10, 2026",
"data_pulled_at": "2026-11-11T00:22:24.975Z",
"generated_at": "2026-11-11T07:49:13.070Z",
"attribution": "Credit Know Your Onions (knowyouronions.news) with a visible link to the page the figure came from; every record carries its page_url.",
"name": "Know Your Onions Data API",
"description": "Free JSON for every number published on Know Your Onions (knowyouronions.news): origins, varieties, packs, price trend, exports, the Board, why prices are moving, current price. The onion market page produce buyers actually need.",
"publisher": {
"name": "Know Your Onions",
"url": "https://knowyouronions.news"
},
"auth": "none",
"cors": "*",
"format": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
"license": "Free to use and republish with attribution; no key or sign-up. The underlying figures are public records from the agencies named in each series' provenance; Know Your Onions collects, checks and publishes them.",
"update_policy": "Static files rebuilt every time the site rebuilds with new data. data_as_of in each response is the newest observation it holds; data_pulled_at is when the site last pulled its sources.",
"counts": {
"series": 23,
"stats": 0
},
"sections": [
{
"key": "origin",
"label": "Origins",
"series": 12,
"example": "https://knowyouronions.news/api/v1/series/origin/california.json"
},
{
"key": "variety",
"label": "Varieties",
"series": 4,
"example": "https://knowyouronions.news/api/v1/series/variety/red.json"
},
{
"key": "pack",
"label": "Packs",
"series": 2,
"example": "https://knowyouronions.news/api/v1/series/pack/50-lb-sacks.json"
},
{
"key": "trend",
"label": "Price trend",
"series": 1,
"example": "https://knowyouronions.news/api/v1/series/trend/onion-prices.json"
},
{
"key": "export",
"label": "Exports",
"series": 1,
"example": "https://knowyouronions.news/api/v1/series/export/benelux.json"
},
{
"key": "board",
"label": "The Board",
"series": 1,
"example": "https://knowyouronions.news/api/v1/series/board/weekly-movers.json"
},
{
"key": "why",
"label": "Why prices are moving",
"series": 1,
"example": "https://knowyouronions.news/api/v1/series/why/onion-prices-falling.json"
},
{
"key": "current-price",
"label": "Current price",
"series": 1,
"example": "https://knowyouronions.news/api/v1/series/current-price/onions.json"
}
],
"endpoints": [
{
"method": "GET",
"path": "/api/v1/index.json",
"url": "https://knowyouronions.news/api/v1/index.json",
"description": "What this API is, its license and attribution, the sections it covers, and every endpoint."
},
{
"method": "GET",
"path": "/api/v1/latest.json",
"url": "https://knowyouronions.news/api/v1/latest.json",
"description": "The newest reading of every data page on Know Your Onions (23 series): the headline value as the site shows it, the newest point of each charted line with its date, whether it is current, and links to its page and full history."
},
{
"method": "GET",
"path": "/api/v1/series/{section}/{slug}.json",
"url": "https://knowyouronions.news/api/v1/series/origin/california.json",
"description": "Everything behind one data page: every charted point (date + value), the historical band where the page draws one, the page's tables exactly as shown, its source and citation. Find each series_url in latest.json."
},
{
"method": "GET",
"path": "/api/v1/openapi.json",
"url": "https://knowyouronions.news/api/v1/openapi.json",
"description": "A machine-readable OpenAPI 3.1 description of these endpoints."
}
]
}