# Ways to publish an API

Any account with a verified email can publish APIs on Zyla API Hub and earn from every subscription. Your API stays on your servers: Zyla proxies the calls, handles billing and sends a secret header or query parameter so your origin only accepts traffic from the hub.

New to selling on the hub? Start with [Earn with your APIs](https://zylalabs.com/docs/earn).

Start from **Add new API** in the account menu. There are four ways to create a listing:

| Method | Best when | What you provide |
|---|---|---|
| **Manual** | You want full control of every field | Name, descriptions, endpoints, plans and FAQs, step by step, with AI help for descriptions and categories |
| **Postman import** | You have a Postman collection | The exported collection (JSON) |
| **OpenAPI import** | You have an OpenAPI / Swagger spec | The `openapi.json` file |
| **AI agents** | You work with Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT, or publish many APIs | Your agent publishes through the [Listings API](https://zylalabs.com/docs/listings-api) and the `provider_*` MCP tools. See [Publish with your AI agent](https://zylalabs.com/docs/publish-with-agent) |

All methods end in the same listing and go through the same [quality rules](https://zylalabs.com/docs/quality-rules).

## What a listing needs to go live

1. A name and descriptions in English that pass the [quality rules](https://zylalabs.com/docs/quality-rules).
2. At least one endpoint with an example response.
3. Active plans (at least three paid monthly plans).

When all three are met, the listing is published (`public`) and appears in the catalog and in search.

## After publishing

- Edit the listing at any time from **My APIs**. Edits go through the same checks.
- Endpoints you remove while there are paying customers are reported to the Zyla team.
- An API with active paid subscriptions cannot be deleted; hide it instead.


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Source: https://zylalabs.com/docs/publishing