TL;DR
API Status Check provides real-time uptime information for over 270 APIs and services including major platforms like GitHub, AWS, Stripe, Discord, and Twilio. Just hit the endpoint and get JSON back with each service's current status, response time, and latest outage history. No API key, no rate limits advertised — perfect for building a status dashboard or monitoring page.
Quick start: https://apistatuscheck.com/api/status
No API key needed — just make a request!
How to Use This API
1. Get All Service Statuses
Returns the current health status of every monitored service:
https://apistatuscheck.com/api/statusThe response includes each service name, current status (up/down/degraded), latency, and last checked timestamp.
2. JavaScript — Build a Status Board
fetch('https://apistatuscheck.com/api/status')
.then(res => res.json())
.then(data => {
console.log('Monitored services:', data.length);
const down = data.filter(s => s.status !== 'up');
if (down.length) {
console.warn('Services experiencing issues:', down.map(s => s.name));
}
});3. Python — Check Specific Services
import requests
resp = requests.get('https://apistatuscheck.com/api/status')
services = resp.json()
for svc in services:
if svc['name'] in ('GitHub API', 'AWS'):
print(f"{svc['name']}: {svc['status']} ({svc['latency']}ms)")
Try the status endpoint:
https://apistatuscheck.com/api/status
Frequently Asked Questions
- What services does API Status Check monitor?
- Over 270 APIs including GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, AWS (individual services), Google Cloud, Azure, Stripe, Twilio, Discord, Slack, DigitalOcean, Heroku, Netlify, Vercel, and many more.
- How often is the data refreshed?
- Each service is typically checked every 60 seconds from multiple regions to ensure accurate uptime reporting.
- Do I need an API key?
- No. The API is completely free and open. Just make a GET request to the status endpoint.
- What format does the response use?
- JSON. Each service object contains name, status (up/down/degraded), latency in milliseconds, last checked timestamp, and historical uptime percentage.
- Can I filter for specific services only?
- The current endpoint returns all services at once. You'll need to filter client-side by the service name field for targeted results.
- Is there historical data available?
- The main endpoint returns current status. For detailed 30-day uptime history, check the service-specific pages on the API Status Check website.
API Details
- API URL
https://apistatuscheck.com/api/status- Documentation
- apistatuscheck.com
- Category
- Development
- Authentication
- Not Required
- Geographic Coverage
- Global — multi-region monitoring
What You Can Build
- Real-time status dashboard for your DevOps team tracking critical third-party dependencies
- Automated alert system that sends notifications when key services go down
- Public status page for your SaaS product that references upstream API health
- CI/CD pipeline gate — pause deployments when dependent services are degraded
- Historical uptime tracker for SLA compliance reporting