Cisco Spark
Cisco Spark — free tier with API key
Cisco Spark exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.
GET https://developer.ciscospark.com/ping
{
"serviceName": "developer-portal",
"serviceVersion": "2.0",
"serviceType": "REQUIRED",
"serviceState": "online",
"message": "Healthy",
"lastUpdated": "2026-07-05T19:31:19.170Z",
"upstreamServices": [
{
"serviceName": "Common Identity",
"serviceType": "REQUIRED",
"serviceState": "online",
"statusCode": 200,
"message": "Healthy",
"lastUpdated": "2026-07-05T19:31:19.067Z",
"serviceUrl": "https://idbroker-eu.webex.com/idb/HealthCheck.jsp"
},
{
"serviceName": "Hydra",
"serviceType": "REQUIRED",
"serviceState": "online",
"statusCode": 200,
"message": "Healthy",
"lastUpdated": "2026-07-05T19:31:19.068Z",
"serviceUrl": "https://webexapis.com/v1/ping"
}
],
"defaultCharset": "UTF-8"
}curl "https://developer.ciscospark.com/ping"const res = await fetch("https://developer.ciscospark.com/ping");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);import requests
res = requests.get("https://developer.ciscospark.com/ping")
print(res.json())/pingPROBEDCisco Spark — free tier with API key
/healthHealth check — confirms the service is up.
/statusService status metadata.
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.
Cisco Spark: common questions
Is Cisco Spark free to use?
Yes — Cisco Spark is a free social & work API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.
Does Cisco Spark need an API key?
Yes — Cisco Spark needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.
Can I call Cisco Spark from the browser?
Yes — Cisco Spark returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.
Is Cisco Spark up right now?
As of our last scheduled check, Cisco Spark is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 1608 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.