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GOV.UK Pay API

GOV.UK Pay API — free tier with API key

📈 FinanceDEADchecked 5h ago
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GOV.UK Pay API exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.

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Uptime history
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Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://publicapi.payments.service.gov.uk/v1

{
  "message": "Unauthorized",
  "url": "http://publicapi.payments.service.gov.uk:50203/v1",
  "status": "401"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://publicapi.payments.service.gov.uk/v1"
const res = await fetch("https://publicapi.payments.service.gov.uk/v1");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://publicapi.payments.service.gov.uk/v1")
print(res.json())

THIS API IS DEAD — NOTHING TO RUN

Endpoints · 4DeadFULL DOCS ↗
Offline — GET /v1 no longer responds reliably
GET/v1PROBED

GOV.UK Pay API — free tier with API key

GET/v1/

V1 — documented GET route.

GET/v1/search

Search by query parameters.

GET/v1/popular

Popular items ranked by usage.

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.

GOV.UK Pay API: common questions

Is GOV.UK Pay API free to use?

Yes — GOV.UK Pay API is a free finance API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does GOV.UK Pay API need an API key?

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 Rate limits: Unpublished.

Can I call GOV.UK Pay API from the browser?

Not directly — GOV.UK Pay 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 GOV.UK Pay API up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, GOV.UK Pay API is dead. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.