CheapShark API

CheapShark API — CheapShark is a price comparison website for digital PC…

📚 Open DataUNMONITORED
AUTH NONECORS AGENT ?HTTPS COMMERCIAL ?

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.

HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
GET https://apidocs.cheapshark.com/status

{
  "version": "1.3.1",
  "uptime": 20825240.54,
  "mem": 0.6501680520884908,
  "load": [
    0.86,
    1.13
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
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

Endpoints · 3On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /status awaits first probe
GET/statusPROBED

CheapShark API — CheapShark is a price comparison website for digital PC…

GET/health

Health check — confirms the service is up.

GET/ping

Lightweight ping endpoint.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

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 You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).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?

CheapShark API is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.