CheapShark API
CheapShark API — CheapShark is a price comparison website for digital PC…
CheapShark API exposes cheapShark is a price comparison website for digital PC Games, tracking prices across multiple stores including Steam, GreenManGaming, and Fanatical. The API provides developers with access to CheapShark pricing data to integrate into their own applications or websites. We verified a keyless GET endpoint returning JSON (Open Data). Check the provider docs for rate limits and terms before production use.
GET https://apidocs.cheapshark.com/status
{
"version": "1.3.1",
"uptime": 20825240.54,
"mem": 0.6501680520884908,
"load": [
0.86,
1.13
]
}curl "https://apidocs.cheapshark.com/status"const res = await fetch("https://apidocs.cheapshark.com/status");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);import requests
res = requests.get("https://apidocs.cheapshark.com/status")
print(res.json())BROWSER CALLS BLOCKED (NO CORS/HTTPS) — USE THE CURL SNIPPET
/statusPROBEDCheapShark API — CheapShark is a price comparison website for digital PC…
/healthHealth check — confirms the service is up.
/pingLightweight ping endpoint.
We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.
Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.
CheapShark API: common questions
Is CheapShark API free to use?
Yes — CheapShark API is a free open data API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.
Does CheapShark API need an API key?
No — CheapShark API needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).
Can I call CheapShark API from the browser?
Not directly — CheapShark API doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.
Is CheapShark API up right now?
As of our last scheduled check, CheapShark API is healthy with 99.04% uptime over 90 days and a 776 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.