GitBook Developers

This documentation is intended to get you up-and-running with the GitBook APIs. We’ll cover everything you need to know, from authentication, to manipulating results, to combining results with other services.

REST and Platform APIs

The REST APIs provide programmatic access to read and write GitBook data. List books, edit content, proofread text, and more. The REST API identifies users using basic auth; responses are available in JSON.

Third-party plugins

This documentation also cover how to create, develop and publish a plugin for the GitBook toolchain.

Help and Support

We're always happy to help out with your plugins, applications or any other questions you might have. You can ask a question or signal an issue on the following contact form at gitbook.com/contact.

You can also leave comments in the documentation itself :)

Contribute to this documentation

You can contribute to improve this documentation on GitHub by signaling issues or proposing changes.