Diffbot API

Diffbot API — free-tier JSON endpoint

🔭 Science & SpaceHEALTHYchecked 4h ago
AUTH APIKEYCORS AGENT HTTPS COMMERCIAL ?

Diffbot API offers a free API tier. We verified JSON on a sample GET (Machine Learning). Check provider docs for key requirements and limits.

80HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 80 · healthy
Uptime history
100%90 days
100%30 days
1144P50 · ms
4885P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 385 ms, slowest 3712 ms, most recent 1073 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://www.diffbot.com/api

{
  "errorCode": 500,
  "error": "Missing API."
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://www.diffbot.com/api"
const res = await fetch("https://www.diffbot.com/api");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://www.diffbot.com/api")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 2HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /api1144 mschecked 4h ago
GET/apiPROBED

Diffbot API — free-tier JSON endpoint

GET/api?limit=5

Paginated variant with limit parameter.

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

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Diffbot API: common questions

Is Diffbot API free to use?

Yes — Diffbot API is a free science & space API. Free tier: Free tier — API key may be required for production. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Diffbot API need an API key?

Yes — Diffbot API needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.

Can I call Diffbot API from the browser?

Yes — Diffbot API 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 Diffbot API up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Diffbot API is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 1144 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.