Currents
Currents — free tier with API key
Currents exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.
We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗
On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.
GET https://currentsapi.services/health
{
"status": "ok"
}curl "https://currentsapi.services/health"const res = await fetch("https://currentsapi.services/health");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);import requests
res = requests.get("https://currentsapi.services/health")
print(res.json())BROWSER CALLS BLOCKED (NO CORS/HTTPS) — USE THE CURL SNIPPET
/healthPROBEDCurrents — free tier with API key
/pingLightweight ping endpoint.
/statusService status metadata.
We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.
Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.
Currents: common questions
Is Currents free to use?
Yes — Currents is a free open data API. Free tier: Free tier — key may be required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.
Does Currents need an API key?
Yes — Currents needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.
Can I call Currents from the browser?
Not directly — Currents 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 Currents up right now?
Currents 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.