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GET
/
v2
/
context
Get documentation context
curl --request GET \
  --url https://context7.com/api/v2/context \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
import requests

url = "https://context7.com/api/v2/context"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://context7.com/api/v2/context', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://context7.com/api/v2/context",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://context7.com/api/v2/context"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://context7.com/api/v2/context")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://context7.com/api/v2/context")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "codeSnippets": [
    {
      "codeTitle": "Middleware Authentication Example",
      "codeDescription": "Shows how to implement authentication checks in Next.js middleware",
      "codeLanguage": "typescript",
      "codeTokens": 150,
      "codeId": "https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/docs/middleware.mdx#_snippet_0",
      "pageTitle": "Middleware",
      "codeList": [
        {
          "language": "typescript",
          "code": "import { NextResponse } from 'next/server'\nimport type { NextRequest } from 'next/server'\n\nexport function middleware(request: NextRequest) {\n  const token = request.cookies.get('token')\n  if (!token) {\n    return NextResponse.redirect(new URL('/login', request.url))\n  }\n  return NextResponse.next()\n}"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "infoSnippets": [
    {
      "pageId": "https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/docs/middleware.mdx",
      "breadcrumb": "Routing > Middleware",
      "content": "Middleware allows you to run code before a request is completed...",
      "contentTokens": 200
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Get your API key at context7.com/dashboard. Treat your API key like a password and store it securely.

Query Parameters

​
libraryId
string
required

Context7-compatible library ID — the URL path of the library on context7.com. Use /owner/repo for GitHub repositories, or /<source>/<id> for other sources (websites, llms.txt, GitLab/Bitbucket, etc.). Optionally suffix with /<version> or @<version> to pin a specific version. See Library ID format.

Required string length: 1 - 500
Pattern: ^/[^/]+/[^/]+([/@][^/]+)?$
​
query
string
required

User's original question or task - used for intelligent relevance ranking

Required string length: 1 - 500
​
type
enum<string>
default:txt

Response format type

Available options:
json,
txt
​
fast
enum<string>
default:false

When true, skip LLM reranking and return top vector-search results directly. Trades relevance quality for lower latency.

Available options:
true,
false

Response

Documentation context

Documentation context response

​
codeSnippets
object[]
required

Relevant code snippets

​
infoSnippets
object[]
required

Relevant documentation snippets

​
rules
object

Optional library-specific rules and guidelines