API
API stands for application-programmer-interface. Essentially what this means is a way to integrate your code with scratch.
Scratch itself provides a number of urls which can be used for interaction via web requests, shown below.
Info
It is recommended to use an existing library to interact with scratch instead of making your own
Web API
In order to make requests to scratch, there are a multitude of different urls where you can make
GET, POST, PUT, DELETE and other types of request.
These urls can be generally categorized by their subdomain and/or path.
Warning
This is not a complete list.
Scratch
| URL | Purpose |
|---|---|
| https://scratch.mit.edu/ | The main website |
| https://api.scratch.mit.edu/ | The main API for public use, documented on the scratch wiki |
| https://assets.scratch.mit.edu/ | Interaction with assets (costumes and sounds) |
| https://backpack.scratch.mit.edu/ | Interaction with the backpack |
| https://scratch.mit.edu/site-api/ | An API used internally by the scratch website. Provides access for the same things, but less restrictive, e.g. classroom alerts |
| wss://clouddata.scratch.mit.edu/ | This is where the scratch cloud server websocket lives |
| https://projects.scratch.mit.edu | Downloading projects |
| https://uploads.scratch.mit.edu | Thumbnails/profile images |
| https://translate-service.scratch.mit.edu/ | Translation requests - which the translate extension uses |
| https://cdn.scratch.mit.edu | Content delivery network - hosts images, css, js, emojis, etc. |
| https://synthesis-service.scratch.mit.edu | Text2Speech requests - which the Text2Speech extension uses |
Ocular
| URL | Purpose |
|---|---|
| https://jeffalo.net/api/ | Jeffalo's API |
| https://my-ocular.jeffalo.net/api/ | API for ocular |
TurboWarp
| URL | Purpose |
|---|---|