This document provides an overview of how to call Kakao APIs, intended for those new to the Kakao API.
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To use Kakao APIs, you need an app. If you do not have an app yet, create one first.
When calling Kakao APIs, you must pass the app key in the authorization header to identify which app is calling the API.
Go to [My Application] > [App Keys] to check your app keys. Depending on the platform or API, you may need different types of app keys. Each API development guide indicates which authorization method is required.
To easily make an API call without any prerequisites, let's call the Daum Search API as an example.
According to the development guide, this API requires the REST API key for authorization.
Include the REST API key obtained in the previous step in the request header:
curl -v -G GET "https://dapi.kakao.com/v2/search/web" \
--data-urlencode "query=kakao" \
-H "Authorization: KakaoAK ${YOUR_REST_API_KEY}"
For example, if your REST API key is 6f95e7e3146********
, make a request as follows:
curl -v -G GET "https://dapi.kakao.com/v2/search/web" \
--data-urlencode "query=kakao" \
-H "Authorization: KakaoAK 6f95e7e3146********"
Request examples in the REST API documentation use curl. You can run curl commands by opening a terminal (or command prompt) on each operating system.
You can also call Kakao APIs using the test tool provided by Kakao Developers.
You can view the response result and check sample request code.
For more details on how to use the REST API test tool, refer to Test tool.
As described above, you can use various APIs provided by the Kakao API platform. To call APIs, you must first complete the prerequisites required for each API.
At the top of each development guide, the Basic information table shows any prerequisites needed to call that API.
Each item in the Basic information table has the following meaning: