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title: "Bynder Developer Platform"
description: "Authenticate once and build against 170 REST endpoints across 10 API products - assets, upload, delivery, workflow and governance."
url: "https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/"
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# The complete API for digital asset management

Authenticate once and build against 170 REST endpoints across 10 products - assets, upload, delivery, workflow and governance.

[Browse APIs](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis)[Get started](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/getting-started)

Authentication

Upload an asset

Search assets

Webhooks

Transform on the fly

● Now on Kong Konnect · OpenAPI 3.1

## [Platform at a glance](#platform-at-a-glance)

170

Endpoints

10

API Products

REST

JSON over HTTPS

OAuth2

Authentication

## [Start in three steps](#start-in-three-steps)

### Create an app

Register an OAuth2 client in your Bynder portal to get a client ID and secret.

### Get a token

Exchange your credentials for a bearer token using the client-credentials grant.

`POST /v6/authentication/oauth2/token`

### Make your first call

List assets in your portal to confirm your setup end-to-end.

`GET /api/v4/media`

## [API products](#api-products)

### [Core building blocks](#core-building-blocks)

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#### Platform & Access

Authenticate with Bynder and manage identity: OAuth2 tokens, users, groups, security profiles and webhooks.



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[All developers ·](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis) [Reference →](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis)

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#### Digital Asset Management

Manage the core DAM: assets, collections, tags, smart filters, brands, metadata and AI similarity search.



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[External devs, partners, internal ·](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis) [Reference →](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis)

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#### Upload & Ingestion

Ingest files through the modern chunked upload flow. Legacy flow retained for migration only.



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[External devs, partners ·](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis) [Reference →](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis)

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#### Asset Delivery & Transformation

Deliver and transform assets: derivatives, on-the-fly transforms, download locations and video streaming.



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[External devs, partners ·](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis) [Reference →](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis)

### [Content operations](#content-operations)

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#### Content Workflow

Run creative production: campaigns, jobs, approvals and workflow configuration.



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[Customers, partners ·](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis) [Reference →](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis)

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#### Automation

Automate governance and content actions with triggers, conditions and rules.



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[Customers, internal ·](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis) [Reference →](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis)

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#### Product Information Management

Manage product information metadata and options for PIM use cases.



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[Customers, partners ·](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis) [Reference →](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis)

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#### Brand Guidelines (CXUC)

Retrieve managed text content for content experience and brand guidelines use cases.



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[Customers, onboarding ·](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis) [Reference →](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis)

### [Governance & insight](#governance-insight)

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#### Governance, Security & Compliance

Control access, visibility and asset safety: content & metaproperty access and antivirus quarantine.



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[Admins, internal, security ·](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis) [Reference →](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis)

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#### Analytics & Insights

Measure asset, collection, search and user activity with reports and historical exports.



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[Customers, internal ·](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis) [Reference →](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis)

## [Build faster](#build-faster)

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### SDKs

Official SDKs for PHP, Python, JavaScript, Java and C#. Install from your package manager and authenticate in minutes.



](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/sdks)

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[](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/sdks)[SDK docs →](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/sdks)

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### Integrations

Browse pre-built integrations on the Bynder Marketplace — connect Bynder to the tools your team already uses.



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[](https://marketplace.bynder.com/en-US/home)[Marketplace ↗](https://marketplace.bynder.com/en-US/home)

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### UI Components

Embed Bynder asset selection directly in your web app using the Universal Compact View component — handles UI, auth and API requests.



](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/sdks#ui-components)

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[](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/sdks#ui-components)[Component docs →](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/sdks#ui-components)

**What's new:** Developer portal launched on Kong Konnect — 10 API products, OpenAPI 3.1. [View changelog →](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/changelog)

## [Featured endpoints](#featured-endpoints)

| Method | Endpoint                        | Description            |
| :----- | :------------------------------ | :--------------------- |
| POST   | /v6/authentication/oauth2/token | Get access token       |
| GET    | /api/v4/media                   | List assets            |
| GET    | /api/v4/media/{id}              | Retrieve asset         |
| POST   | /api/1/assets/similarity/search | Search similar assets  |
| POST   | /v7/file_cmds/upload/prepare    | Prepare chunked upload |
| GET    | /api/v4/collections             | List collections       |

## Ready to build?

Create an app, generate an OAuth2 token, and make your first call in minutes.

[Get your API key](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/apis)[Read the docs](https://earlyaccess.developers.bynder.com/guides)